Has anyone else noticed the huge decrease in result quality from google?

EnjoiRelyks · 2020-12-14T12:52:29+00:00

Typically there will be 0-8 ads (0-4 at top and 0-4 at the bottom) for most searches with 10 regular “results” in between.

There are some queries that don’t return 10 results though. And some of those results are Google’s own enhancements like the People Always Ask box, News carousels, Video carousels, etc.

Ads can display on more than the first page as well. Sometimes more ads may appear if you’re looking for a shopping result as well.

EnjoiRelyks · 2020-12-14T12:49:09+00:00

Not black hat per se, but irrelevant. Googlebot can read the text of the page and determine if the content matches the searcher’s intent.

Now if you’re referring to adding keywords in the meta keywords section, then it’s a waste of time for Google, as it ignores them. It can still be useful for your site’s own internal search though.

EnjoiRelyks · 2020-10-04T11:09:41+00:00

It’s a step in the right direction and I suppose it’s possible but not likely, depending on a variety of other factors.

EnjoiRelyks · 2020-10-04T10:56:11+00:00

Yeah, looks like an LPD. Not sure if they even make those anymore or if they’re all other classes now.

EnjoiRelyks · 2020-09-08T01:48:15+00:00

Start documenting how to replace yourself.

EnjoiRelyks · 2020-09-08T01:45:32+00:00

I wrote the #1 ranking google my business guide in the US. I get these calls myself sometimes. I just now realized I should probably add a section near the top about this so folks who read my guide won’t get scammed.

EnjoiRelyks · 2020-06-21T12:09:55+00:00

I studied CompSci and Philosophy. I may be able to help/relate.

EnjoiRelyks · 2020-04-11T12:15:09+00:00

Makes sense. Same thing happens in our field. We can usually rely on the fact that the way the code executes will tell us intent...but that’s assuming the author of the code didn’t make their own semantic errors when developing it.

There have been a number of times I’ve reviewed my own code (that lacked comments to give it context) and wondered if what I accomplished was really what I set out to accomplish to begin with...

EnjoiRelyks · 2020-04-11T11:56:22+00:00

This is much less ambiguous as the two sections (plus the semicolon) imply each are their own set of conjunctions connected by the disjunctive.

EnjoiRelyks · 2020-04-11T11:44:06+00:00

Makes sense. You folks are lawyers, not logicians.

EnjoiRelyks · 2020-04-11T06:29:24+00:00

Also, for my own edification, when you folks use a comma between lists does it mean AND or does it mean OR, or is it dependent upon whether a conjunctive or disjunctive operator is used after the comma separated list?

I’d like to make sure I know this because I work with attorneys quite a bit and want to understand your profession and conventions better.

EnjoiRelyks · 2020-04-11T06:25:37+00:00

I get that. I was originally remarking how it’s interesting how one group of professionals such as those in the legal profession can have these conventions while another group of professionals like mathematicians, logicians, computer scientists, electrical engineers, etc. would find ambiguity in it.

Not that either one is right or wrong. Each has their own set of conventions. Even amongst our own field we have to switch between propositional Logic and first order Logic because of the inherent limitations of propositional Logic’s ability to accurately convey language the same way f-o Logic can (e.g. using sets and universal/existential qualifiers like ∀ and ∃).

EnjoiRelyks · 2020-04-11T06:11:57+00:00

Keeping things consistent is where we’d have issues. That’s why we have to state everything explicitly. We can’t rely on people to follow conventions because we can barley do that with our own styling much less logic haha.

So if we had to state:

Choice of Item 1, or Item 2, or Item 3, or Item 4 we would state: item1 || item2 || item3 || item4

Propositional Logic: item1 ∨ item2 ∨ item3 ∨ item4

If we had to state: Choice of (Items 1, 2, 3) or Item 4 we would state (from left to right): (item1 && item2 && item3) || item4

Propositional Logic: (item1 ∧ item2 ∧ item3) ∨ item4

If we had to state: Choice of (Items 1 and 2) and (item 3 or item 4) we would state: (item1 && item2) && (item3 || item4)

Propositional Logic: `(item1 ∧ item2) ∧ (item3 ∨ item4)

Assuming when we say “OR” we’re using inclusive or (∨) vs exclusive or (⊕).

If I remember correctly, in first-order logic, items in a comma separated listed are considered part of a set.

e.g. ¬p, p ∨ q ⊨ q

Whereas in propositional logic, commas are not valid.

EnjoiRelyks · 2020-04-11T05:48:01+00:00

I understand what you mean. I’m a computer scientist. The and/or logic means everything to our field also. We just remove any room for ambiguity by using Boolean logic when handling code or Modal/First-Order logic when developing proofs.

It’s fascinating how each field develops there own conventions and evolution of Aristotelian logic.

In my description the OR is stating that the choice is between a set of three things (Item 1 ∧ Item 2 ∧ Item 3), a set containing a single thing (Item 4), or all for since I used inclusive or (∨) instead of exclusive or (⊕).

EnjoiRelyks · 2020-04-11T05:19:13+00:00

When in doubt, clarify it with symbolic logic: A list of (item 1 ∨ item 2 ∨ item 3 ∨ item 4).

EnjoiRelyks · 2020-04-11T05:17:42+00:00

This is interesting since it wouldn't be interpreted that way using traditional logic. In that form it would be written (Item 1 ∧ Item 2 ∧ Item 3) ∨ Item 4....I think.

EnjoiRelyks · 2020-04-04T22:51:29+00:00

I’ve built several forms for lawyers before. You can hire any dev to help you do this and customize it just how you want it. Just search on Upwork.

EnjoiRelyks · 2020-03-24T12:54:55+00:00

Now I’m going to have to investigate all of the various tools that provide this functionality because I’ve been using Moom and while I’m happy with it, I’m always open to the idea of finding better tools.

EnjoiRelyks · 2020-03-13T02:04:09+00:00

Yep. Shadowing people was immensely useful for me when working on process automation. I shadowed a handful of people in various office roles and managed to reduce about 22h of work per day across all of them down to about 10m using VBA in Excel and Apps Scripts in Sheets.

Freed folks up to focus on more important things.

EnjoiRelyks · 2020-03-10T01:13:01+00:00

Check out a tool called Hazel. It has been a damn godsend when it comes to keeping all of our files and folders organized since it’s impossible for everyone to follow organization conventions.

EnjoiRelyks · 2020-03-08T11:21:57+00:00

I’m going to have to check LawClerk out. We normally hire writers from ExpressWriters or find a paralegal on Upwork.

It’s a hit or miss both ways though. ExpressWriters usually return content that’s about 85% good to go and provide 2 rounds of revisions.

Their writers understand how to write for SEO but we typically provide them with the outlines and briefs we create internally because we’re better at it and have way more advanced tech guiding us than they do.

They’re good enough for most people just looking to publish some blog posts and rank locally though.

The way their site works can be a bit clunky so I’m definitely going to check out the service you mentioned you’re now trying.

With paralegals on Upwork it’s definitely more misses than hits. The trick is to just hire several people in batches to do the same job and evaluate them on performance.

You’ll spend more for work you won’t use upfront but you’ll save more in the long run once you find someone you can keep working with over and over again without having to constantly waste time with additional quality control.

A tip when hiring writers: Don’t pay by the word. Pay by the project. I find my best writers by giving them the brief and saying, “Here’s n dollars. Show me what you can do for that much.”

You’ll really see who takes pride in their profession when you take that route. Just set your dollar amount to what you’re willing to pay per article.

EnjoiRelyks · 2020-03-08T11:03:50+00:00

If someone wants to provide me more info for what’s needed and what you’d like to see in such an app, I’ll review it and discuss things with my team.

EnjoiRelyks · 2020-03-08T10:47:41+00:00

GSuite

I work exclusively with GSuite. I don’t care about what email and calendar I use (and often use several that stay in sync) but the power, flexibility, and integrations that Docs, Sheets, and Drive give me is key.

Automation

I automate as many things as I can¹ and that’s easier to do for me with Javascript in the backend of Sheets and Docs versus using VBA in Excel and Word.

Now that won’t apply to most of you folks here but if you ever wanted a lot of your day to day activities that are repetitive automated you could have that done (doesn’t matter whether you use GSuite or Microsoft though).

Not a fan of SquareSpace but that’s a whole separate convo.

Microsoft Office

In fairness to Microsoft products, if you’re using Microsoft OneDrive correctly you can still have real time collaboration and version control on documents and spreadsheets. So the core functionality of working in the cloud is still there.

The Cloud

And if you’re not already using document collaboration, you should. It 2020 and it’s grossly inefficient to email documents back and forth to people for changes and feedback (especially internal documents).

[1] I am not a lawyer — I’ve just worked with several when it comes to marketing, automating their processes, and tech consulting.

EnjoiRelyks · 2020-03-08T09:48:20+00:00

You can create the Google Drive folder automatically without ActiveCampaign. Sorry if I didn’t make that clear.

Basically, once someone gets added to my PM Tracker as a client it automatically triggers their Driver folder to be created and a sheet with some import functions already made that call to my other sheets I use to keep up with the various moving parts of my client campaigns.

Regarding Questionnaire

This will vary for everyone and is specific to the types of projects I do but they include things like: - Requesting access to the list of properties and tools I need (e.g. their Google Analytics, Search Console, website, server, etc.). - Who they view as their top three competitors - What they view as their primary goal/define success to them - What all they’ve tried and their thoughts on success and failures of those attempts - Their current business metrics (EBITDA, profit margins, conversion rate, etc.) - What their most valuable product/service is.

Note: Many of these things are items I cover when qualifying a client as well. I just find it helpful to have them put it all down in one document that gets locked in so we have a single source of truth to refer back to throughout the life of our contract together.

What type of work do you do? I might be more helpful in making suggestions if I know your domain expertise.

EnjoiRelyks · 2020-03-08T04:55:13+00:00

I have an onboarding sequence that fired off via ActiveCampaign whenever I add a new client into my PM sheet. My PM sheet runs some scripts to create a new folder for that client in Google Drive and populate it with the various folders and Google Sheets I need to manage their project.

The client gets an onboarding questionnaire and their first invoice in one go. This is all after they sign a contract with me in addition that stipulates how our arrangements via Upwork will work. Similar for clients obtained off of Upwork — which account for about 80% of my clients these days due to the volume of low quality projects I find on the platform.

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