Congratulations, internet! We’ve ruined another glorious thing. On Friday, beloved cozy and outdoors-y things retailer L.L. Bean announced that it would end its famed lifetime return policy. And social media is at least in part to blame. “What we have seen, and it has come to the point where we had to act upon it,…
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more. The Google soda lab: Source: Instagram An escape ladder at Google: Source: Twitter Google cupcakes: Source:…
Hating on dumb Facebook comments may be on the verge of getting a whole lot easier. Ever the innovator, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears to have found a way to transfer all the bickering in your feed into something much more orderly. Specifically, downvotes. SEE ALSO: Why social media companies won’t kill off bots On…
Google has officially launched its 2018 Winter Olympics-themed features across the web, which includes includes Search, YouTube, Assistant, and more. Winter Olympics in Google Search Searching for anything related to the Winter Olympics now return many unique additions to the top of the page, all of which are designed to keep searchers more engaged with…
It’s been said, many times, but it’s worth repeating: Instagram’s algorithmic timeline is a steaming pile of nonsense. SEE ALSO: Instagram is actively ruining my life with its inhumane algorithm The photo-focused social network replaced its chronological feed with an algorithmic one back in 2016, meaning the content you see is ranked according to the…
Within the Google Search Console, there is the ability to Fetch as Google and then submit the URL you fetched to the Google index for possible inclusion. In that submit feature, Google used to show how many URL submissions remained from a monthly quota. That limit notification no longer appears in the Search Console interface,…
Shares 410 The Journey, a Social Media Examiner production, is an episodic video documentary that shows you what really happens inside a growing business. [embedded content] Watch The Journey: Episode 16 The Journey, a Social Media Examiner production. Episode 16 of The Journey follows Michael Stelzner, founder of Social Media Examiner, as he continues to…
Shares 950 Do you want more people to find your blog posts? Looking for tools to help? In this article, you’ll discover six tools that will help boost the visibility of your blog posts. 6 Blogger Tools for Sharing and Promoting New Content by Sandra Clayton on Social Media Examiner. #1: Automate Sharing With SmarterQueue…
Google is stepping up its hotel and flight search features on mobile, aiming to make it easier to plan travel no matter the size of the screen being used. Starting today, a number of new features will begin rolling out across Google’s mobile travel search experience. According to the announcement, the updates include better price-filtering…
Google is continuing to enhance the travel search experience, adding the ability to book hotels from search results. This comes just a week after Google upgraded the flight booking experience with delay predictions and cheaper fares. In addition to letting users complete bookings right from Google, hotel searches will also let users filter prices in…