Search marketers are buzzing about Google’s John Mueller calling AI-generated content “spam.” He did this while answering a question during the April 1 Google Search Central SEO office-hours hangout (and it was no joke). Mueller’s response is not shocking. Especially considering Google has answered this question many times in recent years. Plus, automatically generated content…
Over the past few days, a video from former president Donald Trump’s most recent rally in Michigan went viral. The clip, which now has more than 2.5 million views just on Twitter, features a woman decked out in American flag gear sharing her thoughts about how the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Trump. (It…
You’ve likely heard of #BookTok, a rapidly growing corner of the TikTok algorithm ran by and for book lovers with the purpose of recommending their favorite reads, offering critique of popular novels, and essentially operating digital book clubs in the app’s comment section. BookTok has a ton of social power now, influencing book sales and…
“The customer is always right.” That business mantra highlights the importance of empathy and understanding the customer’s point of view. It isn’t just an emotional sentiment. However, the translated version of that phrase doesn’t have the same impact or meaning in different languages and cultures. For example, in France, they say “Le client n’a jamais…
Today, April 6, Pinterest is rolling out a new policy to eradicate climate change misinformation across both user generated content and ads. The new policy removes content that denies the existence or impacts of climate change, the human influence on climate change, or that climate change is backed by scientific consensus. It will also ban content…
Twitter is finally giving in. The social media giant announced Tuesday that, yes, it’s actually for real working on an edit button that it plans to start testing in the “coming months.” And no, it hastened to add, this move has nothing to do with Elon Musk. “yes, we’ve been working on an edit feature…
Twitter has made Professional Accounts available to all of its global users. Professional Accounts, originally introduced in October, are now available to “anyone who comes to Twitter to do business.” Businesses, brands, creators and publishers who make the switch will gain access to advanced profile features, promotional tools and new features, according to Twitter. Converting is…
When Elon Musk tweets, the market listens. Twitter shares skyrocketed Monday as news broke that the Tesla CEO and Twitter obsessive had purchased a 9.2 percent stake in the social media company. At the end of the day’s trading, CNBC reported that Twitter stock was up 27 percent — bringing the value of Musk’s holding…
Just over a month after going live on the Apple App Store, two central tech figures working at Truth Social are saying “bye bye” to former president Donald Trump’s social media endeavor. According to a new report by Reuters, Truth Social’s “chiefs of technology and product development” Josh Adams and Billy Boozer have resigned from…
Some days in the world of SEO, it feels like “Groundhog Day” – the classic 1993 movie where Phil Conners (played by Bill Murray) repeats the same day over and over. But instead of the day repeating, one question gets asked over and over and over. It usually goes something like this: what are some…