Month: July 2023

The new X team is taking shape, with X staff being told on Monday that Elon Musk will now officially become the platform’s product and engineering chief, while new CEO Linda Yaccarino takes on responsibility for all other divisions. Yaccarino’s main focus is winning back advertisers, and getting the company’s ad business back on track. […]

At its core, a minimalist website strips away all the unnecessary elements and focuses on simplicity, clarity, and functionality. As a result, every item that is included carries more weight, so paying close attention to details is more important than ever. Every element, from the colors to the text, must reinforce the design’s message. Simple sites are […]

Meta has announced some new ad placement control options, which will provide more assurance for ad partners, and give advertisers more control over brand exposure, including, soon, within Reels, which is fast becoming a bigger ad consideration. First off, Meta’s expanded its brand suitability verification for Instagram Feed, with Zefr now also offering this as […]

X Corp’s looking to fight back against claims that instances of hate speech have increased across the platform since Elon Musk purchased the app, by suing The Centre for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) over various reports published by the group that track the rise of harmful content. The CCDH has published several reports in which […]

Google Search Advocate John Mueller recently corrected a common misunderstanding about linking to popular sites like Wikipedia while conversing online with the SEO community. Mueller was participating in a discussion on the r/SEO subreddit, where SEO experts exchange ideas and insights about the latest developments in their industry. He clarified that linking to sites like […]

X has announced that its creator ad revenue share program is now available to all creators worldwide, which will enable all users that see high engagement in the app to make money from their X posts, based on the ads shown in the replies. Today is the day: Ads Revenue Sharing is now live for […]

You may have noticed a change in the ads displayed in the X app of late, with the regular ‘Promoted’ signifier disappearing from the bottom of the post, and replaced, instead, by a small ‘Ad’ marker at the top right. This appears to be an updated ad approach for the newly rebranded app, which could […]

Jell‑O has been an American dessert staple for as long as we can remember — and we mean that literally. Pearle Bixby Wait trademarked the iconic brand name in 1897, and the product itself dates back to 1845. That’s right. You could buy a sample of Jell‑O before the American Civil War. Who knew? Unfortunately, Jell‑O’s sales have been […]

X/Twitter may have just reached a new user high, with owner Elon Musk sharing this chart of the app’s monthly users. Yeah, there’s not a lot of detail to go on, as Musk has intentionally left off the X axis (ironic). But according to Elon at least, X is thriving, despite rising competition, and reports […]

While Threads has quickly become a key development focus for the Instagram team, it’s also still working to integrate generative AI elements, as promised by Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg, who just last month noted that:  “In the last year, we’ve seen some really incredible breakthroughs on generative AI and that gives us the opportunity to […]