Google admits the open web is in ‘rapid decline’
For months, Google has maintained that the web is “thriving,” AI isn’t tanking traffic, and its search engine is sending people to a wider variety of websites than ever. But in a court filing from last week, Google admitted that “the open web is already in rapid decline,” as spotted earlier by Jason Kint and reported on by Search Engine Roundtable.
My colleagues launched a really slick integration with Google Photos today, so this is me test driving it with a joke I stole from myself:
I’m preparing for the Trump presidency/decline of civilization by training a tiny ninja militia in my basement.
Really impressed with Google Voice’s transcription capabilities these days.
Fortunately for me, none of the above suggestions were actually what I was searching for.
(This post was co-authored by my lovely wife.)
Like any good nerd, I was excited about today’s Data.gov announcement, so I put together this infographic (using Google’s fancy MotionChart API) which charts the yearly average departure times for major domestic air carriers.
The chart isn’t terribly interesting; this was more of a mental exercise than an attempt to do anything useful with the data.
There is one notable data point in the chart though, and that’s JetBlue circa 2007—their average departure time spikes as a result of the infamous Valentines Day screwup. Having myself spent 9 hours (and my first wedding anniversary) on the tarmac at JFK during that fiasco, I was curious to see how that would be reflected in the data.