Dumbing it down | Seth’s Blog

There’s a lot of pressure to make things dumber. Better to make it dumb than to have someone simply walk away, apparently. With so much to consume, and an unlimited amount to learn, there’s a race to make knowledge into a checklist item. Freon gas! Large language model! Coefficients! Many people just want to say…

The 50 Top Trending Tech Startups (Q4 2024)

We analyzed the branded search growth of 2,700 software companies to discover the hottest trending startups in tech. Here’s how we built this list (and how you can do the same using Ahrefs): Used Keywords Explorer to find keyword data for every company’s brand name (e.g. “stealthgpt” for StealthGPT) Used the Trending filter to identify high-growth…

The problem with the movie version

There are lights, camera and action, but mostly there’s the unreality of making it fit. Happily ever after, a climax at just the right moment, perfect heroes, tension, resolution and a swelling soundtrack. Every element is amplified and things happen right on schedule. Consume enough media and we may come to believe that our life…

Kinds of power | Seth’s Blog

There’s the James Bond villian sort of power, based on division, dominance and destruction. This is the short-term power of bullies, trauma and mobs. And then there’s a more resilient form of power. This is power based on connection, discussion and metrics. A power based in reality over the long term. Divisive power tears things…

100 Trending Products: November 2024

Get the week’s best marketing content Here are the top 100 trending products right now, showing their growth in Google Search volume in the last three months, and their current US and global search volumes. Keyword Volume in the USA Global volume Growth % (3mo) love shack fancy stanley 40000 45000 115.41 jogging stroller pish…