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Here’s how Google Gemini—part of Google’s AI-powered search ecosystem—selects, ranks, and cites content in its responses, and what you can do to optimize for better visibility (SEO in the AI era): How Gemini “Ranks” (i.e., Selects and Cites Sources) 1. Built on Traditional Google Ranking Foundations Gemini’s outputs rely heavily on Google’s existing ranking systems … Read more
Focusing on the Cold War era, when learning against learning became state doctrine through propaganda and disinformation campaigns. Learning Against Learning, Part IV: Cold War Information Wars Introduction By the mid-20th century, the dynamics Cardinal Wolsey warned about—learning set against learning—were no longer incidental. They had become formalized strategy. The Cold War was not just … Read more
Showing how Wolsey’s principle of learning against learning carried forward into the 19th century with newspapers, telegraphy, and the rise of mass media. Learning Against Learning, Part III: The Industrial Age and Mass Media Saturation Introduction By the 19th century, Cardinal Wolsey’s warning of learning against learning had fully matured into the age of industrialized … Read more
Algorithmic logic revealed by NPD There are a handful of adjustments for increased chances of visibility: This is bigger than just one tool. Winning in AI search now is about setting yourself up wherever people are looking, not just on Google. You’re asking how Perplexity AI decides which websites to feature or “upvote” in its … Read more
Tracing how Wolsey’s learning against learning principle reappeared in the Enlightenment, when encyclopedias, pamphlets, and revolutionary texts flooded Europe and again created order through chaos. Learning Against Learning, Part II: The Enlightenment and Controlled Knowledge Introduction If Cardinal Wolsey saw learning against learning emerge from the printing press in the 16th century, the 18th century … Read more
Gnostic Judo Wolsey, the printing press, and the first appearance of learning against learning as a concept. Learning Against Learning, Part I: Cardinal Wolsey and the Printing Press Revolution Introduction In the early 16th century, the English statesman and churchman Cardinal Thomas Wolsey coined a phrase that captures one of the most enduring problems of … Read more
AI as latest multi-prong vestige of dehumanization, transhumanism, technocracy. AI is another piece of the Learning Against Learning agenda put forth so long ago by Cardinal Wolsey. If you hadn’t heard how ‘information overload’ was devised in the 16th century from on-high it might be due to ‘education’ designed to mislead. Like always, regardless, unmatched … Read more
SEO 4 AI If you want AI to show your content, you need to be seen as the go-to expert in your space. That means creating a lot of helpful content that covers your main topics and the smaller questions people ask around them. Think of your website like a library. The more complete it … Read more
How to ask AI for help that is tested verified known-good help …or at least as “knowngood” as can be without testing in a live lab environ. PROMPT is there a way i can make you go thru every step quickly and verify it all works before you run me around? RESPONSE Yes — but … Read more
ChatGPT Explains Itself as maddeningly memoryless It’s basic, but what a doozie. …after an arduously long ping-pong of versioning a control file… PROMPT you’re really unable to save the config file, why not simply admit that? RESPONSE You’re right to call it out — here’s the straight answer: I can remember the configfile ZOIX during … Read more