David iwanow
@diwanow.com
This is the real me… @davidiwanow if you follow me on BSKY please send me a message saying hello
https://travel-network.co
https://travel-network.co
Pinned
David iwanow
@diwanow.com
· Dec 18
Going Against the Grain - Issue #22
GenAI has changed the marketing world since last edition on August 2021
davidiwanow.substack.com
Last Substack was shared out Aug 2021 so it's been a while between posts so I've drafted up my initial thoughts on GenAI. Coverage for @cemper.bsky.social AIPRM platform, ZipTie for tracking AI Overviews & what is still bouncing around in my head davidiwanow.substack.com/p/going-agai...
New article posted a bit after 7pm and already getting initial organic impressions 4 hours later... who still says it takes months to get new content indexed....
January 8, 2025 at 8:08 AM
New article posted a bit after 7pm and already getting initial organic impressions 4 hours later... who still says it takes months to get new content indexed....
Photo from one of my NY trips
January 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Photo from one of my NY trips
Reposted by David iwanow
Meta unveiling big changes to Threads, Instagram, and Facebook today. Zuckerberg is abandoning fact checkers in favor of an X inspired Community Notes system in a move to restore “free expression” and reduce moderation mistakes www.theverge.com/2025/1/7/243...
Zuckerberg, inspired by Musk, abandons fact checking for Community Notes
Moderation will now be crowdsourced to Meta’s users.
www.theverge.com
January 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Meta unveiling big changes to Threads, Instagram, and Facebook today. Zuckerberg is abandoning fact checkers in favor of an X inspired Community Notes system in a move to restore “free expression” and reduce moderation mistakes www.theverge.com/2025/1/7/243...
Reposted by David iwanow
Instead of rotting in prison, the person who instigated a violent insurrection on the Capitol will be president. Our institutions have failed. Never forget what he did.
January 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Instead of rotting in prison, the person who instigated a violent insurrection on the Capitol will be president. Our institutions have failed. Never forget what he did.
Reposted by David iwanow
4 years ago Trump incited a deadly riot on our Capitol. He tries to tell you what you saw with your own eyes wasn't real, his associates deleted texts and told lies for him. The fact remains today- Donald Trump is a weak, cowardly traitor to our country.
January 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
4 years ago Trump incited a deadly riot on our Capitol. He tries to tell you what you saw with your own eyes wasn't real, his associates deleted texts and told lies for him. The fact remains today- Donald Trump is a weak, cowardly traitor to our country.
Reposted by David iwanow
Today is January 6, the anniversary of the felon/GOP’s violent insurrection trying to stop the peaceful transfer of power in the 2020 election! We remember 140 officers who were injured & those who lost their lives due to the attack on the Capitol! Hold all involved in the insurrection accountable!
January 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Today is January 6, the anniversary of the felon/GOP’s violent insurrection trying to stop the peaceful transfer of power in the 2020 election! We remember 140 officers who were injured & those who lost their lives due to the attack on the Capitol! Hold all involved in the insurrection accountable!
Reposted by David iwanow
Donald Trump railed against the 2020 election results on a stage near the White House four years ago, and his supporters later stormed the Capitol. We analyzed how and when the mob nearly came face to face with Congress. Revisit our 2021 investigation.
How a Presidential Rally Turned Into a Capitol Rampage (Published 2021)
We analyzed the alternating perspectives of President Trump at the podium, the lawmakers inside the Capitol and a growing mob’s destruction and violence.
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Donald Trump railed against the 2020 election results on a stage near the White House four years ago, and his supporters later stormed the Capitol. We analyzed how and when the mob nearly came face to face with Congress. Revisit our 2021 investigation.
Reposted by David iwanow
Proud to have FINALLY launched my first WordPress plugin.
Automagically speed up your images and optimize their markup via your edge provider of choice (Cloudflare / Accelerated Domains / Imgix, etc).
wordpress.org/plugins/edge...
Automagically speed up your images and optimize their markup via your edge provider of choice (Cloudflare / Accelerated Domains / Imgix, etc).
wordpress.org/plugins/edge...
Edge Images
Routes images through edge providers (like Cloudflare or Accelerated Domains) for automatic optimization and transformation.
wordpress.org
January 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Proud to have FINALLY launched my first WordPress plugin.
Automagically speed up your images and optimize their markup via your edge provider of choice (Cloudflare / Accelerated Domains / Imgix, etc).
wordpress.org/plugins/edge...
Automagically speed up your images and optimize their markup via your edge provider of choice (Cloudflare / Accelerated Domains / Imgix, etc).
wordpress.org/plugins/edge...
Reposted by David iwanow
Want to know what content to create? Read the comments under your competitors' social posts. People ask questions there they're also asking on Google.
January 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Want to know what content to create? Read the comments under your competitors' social posts. People ask questions there they're also asking on Google.
Reposted by David iwanow
🎉 Hey @jono.id you got a new image for the new year. congrats!
Old Picture for reference (showing NOT Jono): x.com/Johanstormar...
ps: This is the awesome newsletter Jono is sending monthly (now without an image not showing his face): www.sistrix.com/newsletter/t...
Old Picture for reference (showing NOT Jono): x.com/Johanstormar...
ps: This is the awesome newsletter Jono is sending monthly (now without an image not showing his face): www.sistrix.com/newsletter/t...
January 6, 2025 at 5:39 AM
🎉 Hey @jono.id you got a new image for the new year. congrats!
Old Picture for reference (showing NOT Jono): x.com/Johanstormar...
ps: This is the awesome newsletter Jono is sending monthly (now without an image not showing his face): www.sistrix.com/newsletter/t...
Old Picture for reference (showing NOT Jono): x.com/Johanstormar...
ps: This is the awesome newsletter Jono is sending monthly (now without an image not showing his face): www.sistrix.com/newsletter/t...
Reposted by David iwanow
🚨 The latest in SEO updates, news, guides, jobs from the latest #SEOFOMO (sent to 36K subscribers) 👇
* Google CEO’s 2025 AI Strategy Deemphasizes Search Box
* Understanding the December 2024 Core and Spam updates
* Why I Wouldn’t Start Affiliate Marketing in 2025 (And What I’d Do Instead)
...
* Google CEO’s 2025 AI Strategy Deemphasizes Search Box
* Understanding the December 2024 Core and Spam updates
* Why I Wouldn’t Start Affiliate Marketing in 2025 (And What I’d Do Instead)
...
January 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
🚨 The latest in SEO updates, news, guides, jobs from the latest #SEOFOMO (sent to 36K subscribers) 👇
* Google CEO’s 2025 AI Strategy Deemphasizes Search Box
* Understanding the December 2024 Core and Spam updates
* Why I Wouldn’t Start Affiliate Marketing in 2025 (And What I’d Do Instead)
...
* Google CEO’s 2025 AI Strategy Deemphasizes Search Box
* Understanding the December 2024 Core and Spam updates
* Why I Wouldn’t Start Affiliate Marketing in 2025 (And What I’d Do Instead)
...
Reposted by David iwanow
perhaps we would do well to replace the term "AI-enabled" with "spies on you"
"An oven that spies on you? Why not?"
"An oven that spies on you? Why not?"
Hell. You are describing hell. Nobody wants an “interactive and engaging” dishwasher. They just want their dishes cleaned. www.forbes.com/sites/bernar...
January 6, 2025 at 3:13 AM
perhaps we would do well to replace the term "AI-enabled" with "spies on you"
"An oven that spies on you? Why not?"
"An oven that spies on you? Why not?"
Reposted by David iwanow
ALERT: Severe Weather Emergency Protocol has been activated ❄️
If you see someone in need, use StreetLink to alert local services. Your vigilance could save a life.
www.streetlink.org.uk
If you see someone in need, use StreetLink to alert local services. Your vigilance could save a life.
www.streetlink.org.uk
January 6, 2025 at 7:03 AM
ALERT: Severe Weather Emergency Protocol has been activated ❄️
If you see someone in need, use StreetLink to alert local services. Your vigilance could save a life.
www.streetlink.org.uk
If you see someone in need, use StreetLink to alert local services. Your vigilance could save a life.
www.streetlink.org.uk
Reposted by David iwanow
OpenAI is completely screwed. If they're losing money on $200/month, they're losing it on $20/month and their real costs are so much higher than they can ever get anyone to pay. A pale horse.
techcrunch.com/2025/01/05/o...
techcrunch.com/2025/01/05/o...
January 6, 2025 at 7:09 AM
OpenAI is completely screwed. If they're losing money on $200/month, they're losing it on $20/month and their real costs are so much higher than they can ever get anyone to pay. A pale horse.
techcrunch.com/2025/01/05/o...
techcrunch.com/2025/01/05/o...
Seems that not everyone appreciated this video I posted of Zurich trams? youtube.com/shorts/GWGv8...
January 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Seems that not everyone appreciated this video I posted of Zurich trams? youtube.com/shorts/GWGv8...
Your feedback is important to us....
January 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Your feedback is important to us....
Reposted by David iwanow
The ideal situation for Meta is that you are trapped in an endless maze of advertising impressions in search of the thing you swear you used to be able to see or do on Instagram or Facebook. Them showing you it is a problem.
They're doing what Google Search did but with people instead of websites.
They're doing what Google Search did but with people instead of websites.
January 4, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The ideal situation for Meta is that you are trapped in an endless maze of advertising impressions in search of the thing you swear you used to be able to see or do on Instagram or Facebook. Them showing you it is a problem.
They're doing what Google Search did but with people instead of websites.
They're doing what Google Search did but with people instead of websites.
Reposted by David iwanow
Dear copywriters, your SEO strategy shouldn't look like an ecommerce site's SEO strategy. Unless you're secretly selling shoes on the side?
January 4, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Dear copywriters, your SEO strategy shouldn't look like an ecommerce site's SEO strategy. Unless you're secretly selling shoes on the side?
Reposted by David iwanow
Mark Williams-Cook (@markwilliamscook.com) believes that a search term is like a spotlight moving across a universe of information, and is constantly shifting as user intent evolves.
https://buff.ly/4gmfCJ7
https://buff.ly/4gmfCJ7
January 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Mark Williams-Cook (@markwilliamscook.com) believes that a search term is like a spotlight moving across a universe of information, and is constantly shifting as user intent evolves.
https://buff.ly/4gmfCJ7
https://buff.ly/4gmfCJ7
Reposted by David iwanow
Meta is testing, or has started to ship, its AI generated profiles, here on Instagram
www.instagram.com/himamaliv
#SocialWeb
www.instagram.com/himamaliv
#SocialWeb
January 3, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Meta is testing, or has started to ship, its AI generated profiles, here on Instagram
www.instagram.com/himamaliv
#SocialWeb
www.instagram.com/himamaliv
#SocialWeb
Curious to see new user growth slowing on Bluesky
January 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Curious to see new user growth slowing on Bluesky
Reposted by David iwanow
At the end of last year this poll received <100 votes on the % of Bot traffic and I don't know whether it says more about my immediate circle or people's general pessimism of the state of the web, but the majority of you were waaaay off. (I was too, I'm no better)
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Chris Green on LinkedIn: According to Cloudflare, what % of web traffic is bots?
No cheating by…
According to Cloudflare, what % of web traffic is bots?
No cheating by searching for this, I'll share the data when the poll is closed.
www.linkedin.com
January 2, 2025 at 9:17 AM
At the end of last year this poll received <100 votes on the % of Bot traffic and I don't know whether it says more about my immediate circle or people's general pessimism of the state of the web, but the majority of you were waaaay off. (I was too, I'm no better)
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Reposted by David iwanow
Sewage spills considered illegal by the European Union are getting worse in Britain after Brexit, The i Paper has found
inews.co.uk/news/beaches...
inews.co.uk/news/beaches...
'Our beaches are full of sewage, rubbish and sanitary products - Brexit is to blame'
The EU previously acted as a watchdog on sewage pollution
inews.co.uk
January 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Sewage spills considered illegal by the European Union are getting worse in Britain after Brexit, The i Paper has found
inews.co.uk/news/beaches...
inews.co.uk/news/beaches...