Let’s take a look at some sites and pages that saw nice improvements following Google’s June 2025 Core Update. We’ll look at specific queries that improved and see if we can determine why Google’s new systems found them helpful. I recently speculated that Google’s new breakthrough in vector search called MUVERA will help Google do […]

Grok 4 is impressive. Elon says that Grok 4 is performing at or beyond PhD level in nearly all academic fields. Last night’s demo showcased some incredible scores in AI benchmarks. The most impressive of these was Grok 4’s score on “Humanity’s Last Exam”. Humanity’s Last Exam is a challenging AI benchmark created by the […]

As I write this, the June 2025 core update is rolling out. I highly suspect that this update will implement a new advancement Google has made in search called MUVERA. MUVERA helps Google do multi-vector search as quickly as single-vector search. Single-vector search is fast, but sometimes misses details. Multi-vector retrieval keeps a small vector […]

You know that I love talking about vector search. I've had good success optimizing for vector search. Often though, that success does not last. I think I've realized why, and if this thought is true, it may turn out that doing a great job at optimizing for vector search could possibly do more harm than […]

This morning I had a notification that as a Pro user, I can connect ChatGPT with Google Drive, Gmail and more. This service will be incredibly useful.  You can summarize things from across your Google Drive, do deep research across your Gmail and more. Let me share my experience in using these connectors. Searching across […]

In an interview with Lex Fridman, Google CEO Sundar Pichai confirmed that AI Mode is the future of Search. New features will be tested in AI mode, and as they figure out what works well, those features will be transported over to Google’s "main experience." Here is a short clip from this interview. It's worth […]

Let’s take a look at some sites and pages that saw nice improvements following Google’s June 2025 Core Update. We’ll look at specific queries that improved and see if we can determine why Google’s new systems found them helpful. I recently speculated that Google’s new breakthrough in vector search called MUVERA will help Google do […]

Grok 4 is impressive. Elon says that Grok 4 is performing at or beyond PhD level in nearly all academic fields. Last night’s demo showcased some incredible scores in AI benchmarks. The most impressive of these was Grok 4’s score on “Humanity’s Last Exam”. Humanity’s Last Exam is a challenging AI benchmark created by the […]

As I write this, the June 2025 core update is rolling out. I highly suspect that this update will implement a new advancement Google has made in search called MUVERA. MUVERA helps Google do multi-vector search as quickly as single-vector search. Single-vector search is fast, but sometimes misses details. Multi-vector retrieval keeps a small vector […]

You know that I love talking about vector search. I've had good success optimizing for vector search. Often though, that success does not last. I think I've realized why, and if this thought is true, it may turn out that doing a great job at optimizing for vector search could possibly do more harm than […]

This morning I had a notification that as a Pro user, I can connect ChatGPT with Google Drive, Gmail and more. This service will be incredibly useful.  You can summarize things from across your Google Drive, do deep research across your Gmail and more. Let me share my experience in using these connectors. Searching across […]

In an interview with Lex Fridman, Google CEO Sundar Pichai confirmed that AI Mode is the future of Search. New features will be tested in AI mode, and as they figure out what works well, those features will be transported over to Google’s "main experience." Here is a short clip from this interview. It's worth […]

Let’s take a look at some sites and pages that saw nice improvements following Google’s June 2025 Core Update. We’ll look at specific queries that improved and see if we can determine why Google’s new systems found them helpful. I recently speculated that Google’s new breakthrough in vector search called MUVERA will help Google do […]

Grok 4 is impressive. Elon says that Grok 4 is performing at or beyond PhD level in nearly all academic fields. Last night’s demo showcased some incredible scores in AI benchmarks. The most impressive of these was Grok 4’s score on “Humanity’s Last Exam”. Humanity’s Last Exam is a challenging AI benchmark created by the […]

As I write this, the June 2025 core update is rolling out. I highly suspect that this update will implement a new advancement Google has made in search called MUVERA. MUVERA helps Google do multi-vector search as quickly as single-vector search. Single-vector search is fast, but sometimes misses details. Multi-vector retrieval keeps a small vector […]

You know that I love talking about vector search. I've had good success optimizing for vector search. Often though, that success does not last. I think I've realized why, and if this thought is true, it may turn out that doing a great job at optimizing for vector search could possibly do more harm than […]

This morning I had a notification that as a Pro user, I can connect ChatGPT with Google Drive, Gmail and more. This service will be incredibly useful.  You can summarize things from across your Google Drive, do deep research across your Gmail and more. Let me share my experience in using these connectors. Searching across […]

In an interview with Lex Fridman, Google CEO Sundar Pichai confirmed that AI Mode is the future of Search. New features will be tested in AI mode, and as they figure out what works well, those features will be transported over to Google’s "main experience." Here is a short clip from this interview. It's worth […]

Let’s take a look at some sites and pages that saw nice improvements following Google’s June 2025 Core Update. We’ll look at specific queries that improved and see if we can determine why Google’s new systems found them helpful. I recently speculated that Google’s new breakthrough in vector search called MUVERA will help Google do […]

Grok 4 is impressive. Elon says that Grok 4 is performing at or beyond PhD level in nearly all academic fields. Last night’s demo showcased some incredible scores in AI benchmarks. The most impressive of these was Grok 4’s score on “Humanity’s Last Exam”. Humanity’s Last Exam is a challenging AI benchmark created by the […]

As I write this, the June 2025 core update is rolling out. I highly suspect that this update will implement a new advancement Google has made in search called MUVERA. MUVERA helps Google do multi-vector search as quickly as single-vector search. Single-vector search is fast, but sometimes misses details. Multi-vector retrieval keeps a small vector […]

You know that I love talking about vector search. I've had good success optimizing for vector search. Often though, that success does not last. I think I've realized why, and if this thought is true, it may turn out that doing a great job at optimizing for vector search could possibly do more harm than […]

This morning I had a notification that as a Pro user, I can connect ChatGPT with Google Drive, Gmail and more. This service will be incredibly useful.  You can summarize things from across your Google Drive, do deep research across your Gmail and more. Let me share my experience in using these connectors. Searching across […]

In an interview with Lex Fridman, Google CEO Sundar Pichai confirmed that AI Mode is the future of Search. New features will be tested in AI mode, and as they figure out what works well, those features will be transported over to Google’s "main experience." Here is a short clip from this interview. It's worth […]