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.





