Our industry is changing (new blog post)


Hi Reader,

SGE is not going away. SGE in Assistant will one day be the way people get their information and communicate with their technology.

This letter was originally written to my paid subscribers in September. Now that there is so much discussion on what is happening with our search results, it's time for me to share it publicly.

It has been Google's goal from day one to organize the world's information and make it accessible to all. I do not believe Search is their end goal.

More here:

https://www.mariehaynes.com/our-industry-is-changing/

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