Instagram’s Experimenting with a New ‘Friend Map’ Live Location Display
After it was first spotted in testing back in November, Instagram has now confirmed that it is indeed working on a new “Friend Map” display in the app, which is …
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LinkedIn Launches New Ad Campaign for LinkedIn Premium
LinkedIn has launched a new promotional campaign for its LinkedIn Premium subscription product, which is the first time that LinkedIn has run a brand campaign for the offering. The campaign …
Google Answers A Crawl Budget Issue Question
Someone on Reddit posted a question about their “crawl budget” issue and asked if a large number of 301 redirects to 410 error responses were causing Googlebot to exhaust their …
Meta Abandons Legal Case Over Data Scraping After Losing Key Judgment
The rules around data scraping, and what constitutes legal and illegal use of people’s personal information, as listed within social apps, remains opaque, as Meta drops its latest lawsuit against …
Threads Expands Saved Posts to All Users
After testing it out with selected users over the past few weeks, Threads is now rolling out its new “Save” post option to all users, which will enable you to …
X Says That There Are Now More Than a Million Open Jobs Posted in the App
While it’s not exactly becoming an “everything app” as yet, X is having success with at least one of its new additions, with over a million open job roles now …
Major 2023 Google Updates & 2024 Predictions
Google rolled out several game-changing algorithm shifts last year that shook up the SEO world, from core updates to Helpful Content. In order to master SEO in 2024, staying ahead …
More Generative AI Tools Are Coming to Social Apps — Is That a Good Thing?
The latest developments in generative AI have opened up a range of new possibilities and potential use cases. But are we sure that there’s a value to them within social …
Q&A with Justin Sharaf: The MarTech Conference
Justin Sharaf, founder of marketing services and consulting company GIR Consulting, has put together a fantastic panel for the upcoming MarTech Conference. Together with Michelle Martinez (partner/co-founder, Seicho Syndicate), Carol …
X Expands Audio and Video Calls To Nonpaying Users
Look, I don’t know why this would be considered revolutionary or an advance, or even a significant step in any direction really. But for some reason, Elon Musk and his …