algorithms

Playing the algorithm game

Can you really “cheat” the LinkedIn algorithm by hiding links in comments? Or is there something else at work?

Google seeks hidden gems, and YouTube polices AI

YouTube is policing AI, LinkedIn is getting personal — and so is Google?

LinkedIn, TikTok and the dawn of the algorithm wars

LinkedIn, the dull elder sibling of Facebook and Twitter, is slowly finding new relevance. But the war over TikTok points the way to social media's future.

Weaning media off its social addiction

Kicking the social media traffic fix, plus links on the tricks of pseudoscience and the future of media.

Coronavirus: Facebook is becoming an unreliable source of traffic

As content moderators are sent home, AI tools are taking over their content policing job - and getting it wrong.

Engaged Reading Digest: the unexpected face of polarisation

The assumptions many people make about social media, news consumption and polarisation may not be accurate. Prepare for a surprise…

How to fix your Twitter timeline

Here's one quick hack to make your timeline better (even if it might offend a few people…)

MailOnline takes brutal hit from Google algorithm update

A MailOnline SEO has admitted to a big traffic hit from a Google change.

Domain hopping to beat the Facebook algorithm