Clubhouse’s leaked text messaging feature has finally officially arrived. Called Backchannel, the new messaging system allows users to talk to each other via the written word, just like in practically every other social media app that came before it. Tech is a circle. The audio-based app announced its new feature in a blog post on…
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Twitter knows sometimes you need to change your tweets after the fact. On Tuesday, the company announced a new feature that allows users to retroactively restrict who can respond to specific tweets. The thinking, according to a Twitter spokesperson, is that sometimes users don’t realize their tweets are going to draw heat until it’s too…
Google has announced a new property to the job posting structured data and updated its editorial guidelines for job postings in Google Search. Google said “today we are announcing a new structured data property and new editorial content policy.” New editorial guidelines for job postings Google has updated and added new guidelines for job postings…
Google has confirmed that the July 2021 core update is now “effectively complete.” Google wrote on the Search Liaison Twitter account “the July 2021 core update rollout is now effectively complete.” The announcement. Here is the tweet: The July 2021 core update rollout is now effectively complete. — Google SearchLiaison (@searchliaison) July 12, 2021 July…
Unlike most social media platforms, Instagram allows you to change your username. Whether you’ve actually changed your name or just fancy something different for a while, it’s quick and easy to alter your Instagram username, both on the .com desktop version of Instagram and in mobile apps. Here’s how to change your username on Instagram.…
Instagram is a bit of an anomaly in the social media marketplace in that it doesn’t offer a native option to share other users’ content. While you can easily retweet on Twitter, or hit the “Share” button on Facebook, Instagram gives you no such choices. Instagram maintains this is a strategy to protect copyright and…
At some point, imitation is no longer a form of flattery. GETTR, the Twitter clone helmed by Donald Trump’s former spokesperson Jason Miller, ran into additional trouble Saturday when it lost the ability to automatically import tweets directly from Twitter. So claimed Miller, who announced the latest setback for his fledgling social media platform via…
It’s not Twitter, it’s you. The social media company announced on Friday plans to more thoroughly explain why certain users don’t meet its requirements for verification. It seems Twitter wants them to know why, in painfully specific detail, they failed in their quest for the elusive blue check. “We’ve heard your feedback that we can…
When Eric Enge came to Search Engine Land with the idea to start a mentorship program for the search community, we thought we’d be lucky to forge five partnerships between mentors and mentees. However, as usual, the search community blew us out of the water. Over 1000 people applied to be mentors or mentees in…