It’s been nine months since President Joe Biden won the 2020 U.S. presidential election, but the acrid stench of the Trump administration’s corpse continues to linger. Now Twitter has finally thrown open some windows, permanently suspending eight accounts which baselessly pushed for the election results to be audited. The bans are for reasons unrelated to…
Beginning on October 1, 2021, Google will include a 2% “Regulatory Operating Cost” surcharge to advertisers’ invoices for ads served in India and Italy, according to an email sent to Google advertisers on Tuesday. The surcharge applies to ads purchased through Google Ads and for YouTube placements purchased on a reservation basis. Why we care…
Google is rolling out the link spam update today and throughout the next two weeks. This link spam update targets spammy links “more broadly” and “across multiple languages,” Duy Nguyen, a Google search quality analyst, said. The announcement. Google wrote “in our continued efforts to improve the quality of the search results, we’re launching a…
On Friday, Google published a timeline reflecting the stages of development for various categories of Privacy Sandbox initiatives. Caption: The Privacy Sandbox timeline, as of July 23, 2021. The timeline (shown above) divides initiatives into four categories (“fight spam and fraud on the web,” “show relevant content and ads,” “measure digital ads,” and “strengthen cross-site…
Google has confirmed it is fixing two search related bugs that impact what is shown and displayed in the Google search results. The issues are with review stars showing in the search results and how Google processes soft 404 documents. The two issues seem to be unrelated but are both being addressed and fixed by…
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No one should be made to feel unsafe, harassed, targeted, abused, or harmed online or off. When it’s happening on social media apps, it’s up to the platform itself to effectively tackle this. But are they really getting there fast enough? Like most social platforms, hate speech and abusive comments plague some Instagram users —…
TL;DR: A one-year subscription to HelloWoofy Social Media Management is on sale for £35.68 as of July 23, saving you 91% on list price. A lot goes into running a successful social media account. You have to post at the right time of day, write engaging captions, keep track of analytics, and monitor what’s working…
The internet is generally a sordid latrine of unsolicited penis and debauchery, but it has outdone itself yet again. On Thursday, several respectable websites discovered that some videos embedded in old articles had turned against them, displaying hardcore pornography where innocuous clips once stood. Affected publications included The Washington Post, New York Magazine, and yes,…
If you want to listen to a new album or podcast with all your long-distance besties, and you don’t want to just hold your phone up to your speakers, try creating a Group Session on Spotify. Last year Spotify unveiled Group Sessions for Spotify Premium users. Group Sessions allow Premium users to listen to music…