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YouTube Predicts What Will Go Viral In 2023
On the latest episode of YouTube’s official trends podcast, company representatives discuss the video trends they predict will dominate the platform in 2023.
Instagram Chief Lists Top 3 Priorities For 2023
Instagram Chief Adam Mosseri lists his top priorities for 2023, which focus on amplifying content distribution and making new connections.
LinkedIn Announces 7 Updates Coming In 2023
LinkedIn previews seven new features coming in 2023, including improved video accessibility, updates to job search, post scheduling, and content analytics.
WordPress Popup Maker Vulnerability Affects Up To +700,000 Sites
WordPress Popup Maker plugin published an update to fix a flaw that could lead to a stored XSS exploit
Popular Plugin for WooCommerce Patches Vulnerability
Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability may affect up to 70,000+ installs of WooCommerce Booster plugin
Is This Google’s Helpful Content Algorithm?
Google research paper may shed light on how the helpful content update works
How The ChatGPT Watermark Works And Why It Could Be Defeated
A looming ChatGPT watermark will expose auto-generated content. What is it and will the watermark be easy to defeat?
WordPress Anti-Spam Plugin Vulnerability Affects Up To 60,000+ Sites
60,000+ websites potentially at risk due to vulnerability discovered in a popular anti-spam WordPress plugin
Twitter Adds Public View Counts To Tweets
Elon Musk announced today that Twitter will now display view counts on tweets, giving users more insight into the reach of other users’ content.
Twitter Enhances Search Results For Cashtags
Twitter is upgrading the user experience for cashtags, showing pricing graphs when users click on the symbol of a major stock, ETF, or cryptocurrency.
Mastodon Reaches 2.5 Million Users, Founder Holds Reddit AMA
Since Elon Musk acquired Twitter, Mastodon, a decentralized and open-source social media platform, has grown its user base from 300K to 2.5M monthly active users.
TikTok’s For You Page Shows Why A Video Is Recommended
TikTok’s ‘For You’ page, the first screen people see when opening the app, will tell users why the algorithm put a video in their feed.
Twitter Launches Blue For Business With Square Profile Photos
Twitter is launching Blue For Business, a new version of Blue Verified designed to distinguish brand accounts from personal accounts.
Google Debuts New Search Technology, Including In-Video Search
Google is rolling out brand new search technology in India, one of the search company’s biggest markets, including bilingual search results and in-video search.
Google CALM: A New Language Model Technology
New research paper demonstrates a way to increase language model performance speed by up to three times with minimal modifications to the LLM
Google Retires Web Light Webpage Transcoding
Google retired the Web Light service that made the Internet faster for users in countries where mobile connections were slow.
New Instagram Templates: Create Year-In-Review Highlight Reels
Instagram is rolling out four new Reels templates that allow users to create a narrated video of their 2022 highlights.
Google’s John Mueller: WordPress Not Inherently Better For SEO
In response to a thread on Reddit, Google Search Advocate John Mueller says there’s no inherent SEO advantage to WordPress over coding a website yourself.
Meta Focused On Safety, Security in 2022
Meta implemented a number of new programs and features designed to improve safety and security on its platforms in 2022.
Google Analytics 4 Rolling Out Built-In Landing Page Report
Google Analytics 4 (GA4) is rolling out built-in functionality that allows users to generate landing reports.
Google E-E-A-T: How To Demonstrate First-Hand Experience
Demonstrating first-hand experience is more important than ever for Google Search rankings. Updates to the search quality rater guidelines list the criteria Google looks for.
Google Reveals More Information About Search Status Dashboard
Google search podcast reveals more details about the new Search Status Dashboard including why it’s not coming to other languages
Google Helps Searchers Find Cost Of Living Assistance
In response to a spike in searches for “cost of living,” Google is updating search results with quick access to helpful resources.
Google December 2022 Link Spam Update Rolling Out Now
Google confirms an update to its spam detection system, called the December 2022 link spam update, is rolling out and will finish within two weeks.?
Is Google Down Right Now? Check The Search Status Dashboard
Google is rolling out a search status dashboard that will inform you, in real-time, whether there’s an issue with crawling, indexing, or serving search results.?
Google Launches Visual Guide To Search Elements
Google’s new guide to search features visualizes and defines the various elements that appear on a search results page.
Google Ads Makes It Easy To Switch To Data-Driven Attribution
Google is making it easy to switch to data-driven attribution for Google Ads campaigns, and letting advertisers see how it will impact campaigns before switching.?
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SEO Trends 2023, According To 24 Experts [Ebook]
Which SEO trends will matter most in 2023? Find out in the latest edition of our SEO Trends ebook with insights from today’s top experts.
Twitter’s New Verification System Has Blue & Gold Checkmarks
Twitter is launching a modified version of its verification system which includes gold checkmarks for businesses and special labels for official accounts.
Twitter Expands Community Notes To All Users
Twitter is rolling out Community Notes worldwide, giving everyone the ability to view and rate fact checks contributed by other users.