Have you ever scrolled through Facebook and seen the provocative polls about what your favorite color is or perhaps a memory that reminds you of your mother? You might have even been tempted to share your take on these questions to see how they compare to other people’s. Now what if you knew that that […]
Month: June 2021
New York Magazine Editor in Chief, David Haskell has said his publication is working with Apple on a “journalism project.” The news industry has been under siege for years, thanks mainly to the rise of digital news and publications. A number of companies have worked on solutions, one of those being Apple News. Various publications have […]
Currently available for clothing and shoes, users can upload an image or click on a product result to shop for visually similar items. Bing has added new visual search features to its sponsored Shopping results, the company announced Thursday. Users can click on the visual search icon in the Shopping search bar or in a product result […]
Columnist Julie Joyce shares tips and tricks for finding link-building prospects Every time I conduct an in-house survey and ask my linking team, “What do you think is the hardest part of your job,” they answer, “The discovery process!” Just to clarify, when they say “discovery,” they are referring to the process of finding new […]
Bidding agreements prevented 1-800 Contacts and its rivals from bidding on each other’s trademarked terms. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sued 1-800 Contacts for allegedly pursuing “anticompetitive agreements with rival online contact lens sellers that suppress competition in certain online search advertising auctions.” According to the FTC: 1-800 Contacts entered into bidding agreements with at […]
Volvo is working with Swedish steel maker SSAB in an effort to move to fossil-free steel for automotive production. Volvo has been one of the automakers working to transition to an all-electric lineup, with the company planning on completing the transition by 2030. Not content to stop there, the company is looking to reduce its carbon footprint […]
US officials are warning the EU not to single out American companies with “protectionist” tech policies. The EU has a much higher standard for consumer protections and privacy, policies that have put it on a collision course with numerous US companies. In addition, some specific EU countries, like Ireland and the Netherlands, have worked out […]
Originally launched in August of last year as Bing for Schools, the new Bing in the Classroom program has moved out of its pilot phase and is now available to all US schools, grades K through 12. For participating schools, the free program offers ad-free and safe searches, daily lesson plans, as well as opportunities […]
This was a ten day rollout, and it might be a good time to check to see how you were impacted by this update. The Google June 2021 core update that began rolling out on June 2nd has finished rolling out on June 12th, the company just announced on Twitter. The announcement. Google said “The June 2021 Core Update rollout […]
The people running Facebook are an ambitious crew; they see Facebook as a successor to Google in many respects. In fact many of the executives used to work at Google, including CTO Bret Taylor, COO Sheryl Sandberg, Advertising VP David Fischer and Communications VP Elliot Schrage, among others. However as a search property Facebook has, […]