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  <title>OurBrain.com — Updates</title>
  <subtitle>Evidence-based neuroscience, AI, and brain × AI updates.</subtitle>
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  <updated>2026-04-19T12:00:00Z</updated>
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    <id>tag:ourbrain.com,2026-04-19:phase-4-architecture-polish-complete</id>
    <title>[Added] Phase 4 - Architecture polish complete</title>
    <updated>2026-04-19T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2026-04-19T12:00:00Z</published>
    <author><name>Ira Zoot</name><uri>https://ourbrain.com/authors/ira-zoot</uri></author>
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      <link rel="related" href="https://ourbrain.com/learn/beginner" title="/learn/beginner" />
      <link rel="related" href="https://ourbrain.com/learn/intermediate" title="/learn/intermediate" />
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    <summary type="text">Launched curated reading paths (/learn/beginner, /intermediate, /advanced) with LearningResource schema, plus /citations master bibliography, /research-references topical hub, and /updates changelog page.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:ourbrain.com,2026-04-19:phase-3-sitemap-split-image-seo</id>
    <title>[Improved] Phase 3 - Sitemap split + Image SEO</title>
    <updated>2026-04-19T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2026-04-19T12:00:00Z</published>
    <author><name>Ira Zoot</name><uri>https://ourbrain.com/authors/ira-zoot</uri></author>
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    <summary type="text">Split sitemap.xml into a sitemap index referencing sitemap-pages.xml, sitemap-glossary.xml, and sitemap-images.xml. Added ImageObject JSON-LD to every hero image plus width/height/figcaption for CLS prevention.</summary>
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    <id>tag:ourbrain.com,2026-04-19:phase-2-ai-optimization</id>
    <title>[Added] Phase 2 - AI Optimization</title>
    <updated>2026-04-19T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2026-04-19T12:00:00Z</published>
    <author><name>Ira Zoot</name><uri>https://ourbrain.com/authors/ira-zoot</uri></author>
    <category term="Added" />
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    <summary type="text">Added Speakable schema to FAQ blocks site-wide, MedicalWebPage schema to brain-disorders content with 9 MedicalCondition entities, HowTo schema to actionable silos (improve-memory, study-smarter, neuroplasticity-exercises), and expanded llms.txt to v3.0 with topic clusters and 30 glossary entity anchors.</summary>
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    <id>tag:ourbrain.com,2026-04-19:phase-1-trust-authority-pages</id>
    <title>[Added] Phase 1 - Trust &amp; Authority pages</title>
    <updated>2026-04-19T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2026-04-19T12:00:00Z</published>
    <author><name>Ira Zoot</name><uri>https://ourbrain.com/authors/ira-zoot</uri></author>
    <category term="Added" />
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    <summary type="text">Launched /authors/ira-zoot (Person + ProfilePage schema), /editorial-standards, /methodology, and /reviewers. Added Wikipedia/Wikidata sameAs anchors to all 30 glossary terms for AI entity disambiguation.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:ourbrain.com,2026-04-11:master-pillar-brain-vs-ai-3-500-words</id>
    <title>[Added] Master pillar /brain-vs-ai (3,500+ words)</title>
    <updated>2026-04-11T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2026-04-11T12:00:00Z</published>
    <author><name>Ira Zoot</name><uri>https://ourbrain.com/authors/ira-zoot</uri></author>
    <category term="Added" />
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    <summary type="text">Comprehensive comparison spanning architecture, learning mechanisms, memory, consciousness, energy efficiency, and creativity.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:ourbrain.com,2026-04-11:glossary-expanded-to-30-terms</id>
    <title>[Expanded] Glossary expanded to 30 terms</title>
    <updated>2026-04-11T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2026-04-11T12:00:00Z</published>
    <author><name>Ira Zoot</name><uri>https://ourbrain.com/authors/ira-zoot</uri></author>
    <category term="Expanded" />
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    <summary type="text">Added cerebral cortex, prefrontal cortex, amygdala, GABA, glutamate, CNN, GAN, RLHF, transfer learning, cognitive load with full DefinedTerm schema.</summary>
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    <id>tag:ourbrain.com,2026-04-04:30-silo-pages-for-topical-depth</id>
    <title>[Added] 30+ silo pages for topical depth</title>
    <updated>2026-04-04T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2026-04-04T12:00:00Z</published>
    <author><name>Ira Zoot</name><uri>https://ourbrain.com/authors/ira-zoot</uri></author>
    <category term="Added" />
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    <summary type="text">Launched supporting pages across brain anatomy, learning, health, development, and cognitive performance to build topical authority.</summary>
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    <id>tag:ourbrain.com,2026-03-15:site-wide-json-ld-entity-graph</id>
    <title>[Improved] Site-wide JSON-LD entity graph</title>
    <updated>2026-03-15T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2026-03-15T12:00:00Z</published>
    <author><name>Ira Zoot</name><uri>https://ourbrain.com/authors/ira-zoot</uri></author>
    <category term="Improved" />
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    <summary type="text">Connected Organization, WebSite, Article, FAQPage, BreadcrumbList, and DefinedTerm schemas with @id references for a unified entity graph.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:ourbrain.com,2026-02-20:editorial-framework-launched</id>
    <title>[Added] Editorial framework launched</title>
    <updated>2026-02-20T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2026-02-20T12:00:00Z</published>
    <author><name>Ira Zoot</name><uri>https://ourbrain.com/authors/ira-zoot</uri></author>
    <category term="Added" />
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    <summary type="text">Adopted ArticleTemplate enforcing TL;DR → Mechanism → Comparison → FAQ → References on all long-form content.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:ourbrain.com,2026-01-10:site-launched</id>
    <title>[Added] Site launched</title>
    <updated>2026-01-10T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2026-01-10T12:00:00Z</published>
    <author><name>Ira Zoot</name><uri>https://ourbrain.com/authors/ira-zoot</uri></author>
    <category term="Added" />
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    <summary type="text">OurBrain.com goes live with the foundational hubs: The Brain, AI Explained, Comparisons, Topics.</summary>
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