Instagram launches Topic Channels in Explore, video chat in Direct & new camera effects
Instagram is now rolling out updates first announced at Facebook’s F8 Developers Conference in May. Last month, at the F8 Developers Conference, Facebook made a number of new announcements about coming features for Instagram. Yesterday, the company began rolling out the latest updates, which include bringing video chat to Instagram Direct, a new batch of […]
Google Emails AdSense & Others Their Responsibilities With GDPR
GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, is a huge deal for most businesses, whether they know it or not. In short, it is the new regulations and privacy and security regulations that businesses need to take to protect EU citizen data, even if the business is not based in the EU. Google late last week emailed […]
Possible Bing Search October 2015 Update?
Many of us do not really follow Bing search traffic, so when someone posts something at WebmasterWorld, even when it is a single post, I look into it. I checked dozens of profiles and the ones that showed real Bing organic traffic all showed a nice uptick in Bing traffic starting around the weekend, Saturday/Sunday […]
SEO Friendly Shopping Carts? Custom or Purchased?
A High Rankings thread asks members what is a good non-open source, but commercial shopping cart software package that is search engine friendly. Three people in the thread tell the guy to build a custom solution, because that is the best option (of course I agree). One person recommended x-cart and an other recommended SecureNetShop.com […]
Google to Remove HTTPS Secure Indicator in September
The Secure URL label HTTPS will no longer be seen on Google Chrome by September of this year. Google believes that secure websites should be the norm and as such, do not need any more labels. The news was confirmed on May 17 by Google Chrome Security Product Manager Emily Schecter on the company’s official […]
SEM Firm Pays Up After Not Delivering Top Results
I am all for this – if you promise top rankings then you must deliver. A promise is a promise, so make sure to be upfront with your clients and promise only what you can deliver. Chris Sherman posted a thread at SEW forums named SEO Firm Ordered to Refund Fees, Pay Fine, that quotes […]