Do you feel like your Facebook friends just don’t get you? Ever wish your online communities could be a bit more… exclusive? Gated, even? Basically, are you tired of hearing people complain about how poor they are on the Internet?
John Mueller recently announced that Google’s Penguin 3.0 update is likely to launch sometime this year. Webmasters
Two weeks ago, we discussed how and why Facebook is curbing click-bait in users’ News Feeds. When the announcement was made, the first sites that people looked toward were Upworthy and Buzzfeed – arguably the originators and largest proponents of click-bait and it’s maligned headlines.
According to a blog post shared by Tarun Jain, Twitter is testing out a new feature that could seriously increase the social network’s e-commerce influence. Known simply as the “buy” button, the feature will allow users to purchase products directly from a Tweet.
Well, it’s official – Google Authorship is done and gone. First they removed author photos, and now all author info will be dropped from the SERPs completely. According to Google, the “rel=author” markups signifying authorship will not incur penalties – they’ll just be ignored.
At the beginning of this year, business consultant Mark Schaefer coined the term content shock to describe how the overwhelming amount of content being posted on the Internet every day could result in content marketing ending up as an unsustainable strategy for many companies.
Ok, you definitely won’t cry – in fact, you might even rejoice. In a blog post published by the Facebook Newsroom earlier this week, the social giant announced that it would be cracking down on click-bait headlines similar to the one above.
In an apparent attempt to compete with the reigning web map service, Google Maps, Microsoft’s Bing has recently added some new features. The new options will allow users to preview certain landmarks, buildings and streets in over 100 U.S. cities.
In order to comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter typically do not allow children less than 13 years of age to use their services without parental consent. One of the problems with the system, however, is that it’s relatively easy to fake your age when signing up for an account.