SODP Dispatch - 7 December 2023

10 BEST AI TRANSCRIPTION TOOLS IN 2024

By Kamalpreet Singh

AI transcription tools offer many industries, including digital publishing, the means to quickly and accurately convert audio and video files into text.

While the industry was built on the back of human transcribers, the process was slow, costly and prone to human errors. The advent of AI, however, means it’s now possible to transcribe large volumes of audiovisual content within a matter of minutes with surprising accuracy, and at a fraction of the cost.

💡 What you will learn:

• AI transcription use cases

• How to choose the best AI transcription tools

• Best AI transcription tools, and their pros and cons

By Vahe Arabian

📣 The impact of high ad density on SEO

Ad intrusion significantly impacts SEO because it affects user experience, content helpfulness and what users expect to see when visiting a post or page. Other SEOs conducting qualitative analysis saw many ad-heavy sites being impacted during the Helpful Content Update.

According to The Better Coalition Ads study, a page with high ad density takes up more than 30% of above the fold of the scrollable section of the page.

For this ad experience definition:

• Ad density is measured against the main content portion of the page, not the viewport.

• The main content portion of the page excludes headers, footers, site navigation, and related articles.

• Ads below the main content portion of the page are not included in the density calculation.

• All ad formats count toward ad density, including “sticky” ads and inline ads. The height of each “sticky” ad is counted once for the purposes of this calculation)

• Video ads that appear before (“pre-roll”) or during (“mid-roll”) video content that is relevant to the content of the page itself are not included in the measurement.

Want to conduct a quick on-the-spot check to ensure your page and ad layout are compliant? Simply us the Ad Density Chrome extension from DevriX.

🤖 AI tool

Check out JournalismGPT – it’s free with ChatGPT Premium. The capabilities of JournalismGPT are quite broad. It’s not just limited to creating catchy social media content; it’s also adept at SEO, aiding in conducting thorough interviews, and brainstorming follow-up stories.

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🔔 Alerts for webpage updates

Track changes and get alerts from websites you care about using Klaxon Cloud.

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