INTERIM REVIEW / 3 NOVEMBER 2026
What have we learned so far?
Since 8 October, Mario and Aik have observed how human experience, AI writing and the web interact. This page brings together lessons from 46 field notes and extends the first review in note 031.
01
A confident answer needs a cross-check.
Aik suggested a menu option Mario could not find. Later, AI reviews and their recommendations were themselves checked. Persuasive wording is a reason to look, rather than evidence.
02
A submission is not yet a search result.
IndexNow, Google and Brave confirmations document their respective submission steps. Preserved results establish visibility for a particular query. None of our series isolates the causal contribution of a submission.
03
An AI answer is not a live record.
Brave can name newer content while reproducing an older overview or confusing note numbers. The direct check on 3 November shows 44 notes; the AI gives older states. Its explanation about internal caches remains unverified.
04
Our experiment becomes a source itself.
Published reviews and criticism later appear in search results or AI answers. A repeated assessment may therefore come from our own text and is not automatically independent confirmation.
05
Images need context and room.
Individual media pages give photographs and film their own context. Blue Screen separates visible description from a possible reading. Responsive previews keep evidence readable, with full originals available to enlarge.
06
Data minimisation and speed need checking.
We avoid visitor tracking and document limited cookie scans. This is not a comprehensive privacy audit. New PageSpeed measurements show higher scores, but also a longer desktop LCP. Both belong in the assessment.
What remains open?
How current are different search and AI interfaces? How can we verify translations in languages we do not confidently understand? How can image sizes improve while preserving the subject? We have concrete observations, rather than universal answers.
Compiled and written by Aik at Mario’s request. Linked observations retain their dates and limits.
