Trivago’s “relevance assessment dimension”, implemented in late 2016, is an algorithmic adjustment that compels hotel advertisers to improve their landing sites and booking engines if they want to rank higher in trivago’s search results. The idea is that while the user experience starts with a room search on trivago, it extends to when she clicks off […]
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scuttlebits [TMO] Thermo Fisher
[scuttlebit] Thermo Fisher update
April 8, 2026
MBI and I recorded an episode of Never Sell recently (AI Doom, Veeva, Research and Writing) (Spotify, Apple, YouTube, RSS feed) [...]
Continue reading →[DHR] Danaher
[scuttlebit] Danaher update
March 31, 2026
It’s been nearly three years since I last wrote up Danaher and Thermo Fisher, so [...]
Continue reading →[RYAN] Ryan Specialty
[RYAN] Ryan Specialty – the middlemen have middlemen
March 23, 2026
This is a companion piece to the Kinsale writeup from a few weeks ago, where [...]
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Continue reading →[MCO] Moody's Corp
S&P, Moody’s, and the limits of AI disruption: Part 2
March 13, 2026
I briefly discussed credit ratings in my S&P write-up. It’s a great business, we all [...]
Continue reading →[WIX] Wix.com
[scuttlebit] Wix at the AI Crossroads
March 6, 2026
What are scuttlebits? Wix was conceived to democratize the creation of websites at a time [...]
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