Facebook launches new Groups tools, and Google spends lobbying money on journalism
Facebook does a good thing, and Google does something that merely looks nice. This is platform economy life.
SEO
Why Google's Core Web Vitals update is going to hit medium-sized publishers hard
Major changes are coming to Google next year - and the technical burden of them are likely to fall disproportionatly on the middle rank of publishers.
twitch
The next wave of indie media, the Twitch ban hammer and Google's wallet
Twitch and Reddit ban things, Google might start paying for things, and podcasts still have indie cred. What a way to start the week.
engaged reading digest
Engaged Reading Digest: Google fights misinformation with $$$$
Google fights back against Covid-19 misinformation, YouTube prepares its TikTok clone and the click frauders gear up…
content moderation
Coronavirus: the social media moderation problem explained
As the social platforms empty their offices of staff, content moderation is taking a serious hit. Here's why.
SEO
SEO Update #4: Search 2020
New year, new algorithm update. Plus some clarity on subheadings, and predictions for the year ahead.
SEO
SEO Update #2: structured data, more on BERT and (gasp) the algorithm changes…
What you need to know in the world of SEO this week…
news innovation
Taking Google (and Facebook)'s money ethically
Can you use funding from the tech giants to build products that are sustainable without them?
SEO
New Google update aims to prioritise original reporting over rapid writethroughs
Big news from Google: it's tweaked its algorithms to prioritise original reporting - and to display it for longer.
SEO
SEOs buying up defunct URLs linked to by major news sites
The black hat SEO business has a new trick - and publishers should be careful of their old links.
privacy
We'll regret surrendering our ambient privacy
You don't know what you've got til it's gone. They paved paradise and put up a Facebook lot.
MailOnline
MailOnline takes brutal hit from Google algorithm update
A MailOnline SEO has admitted to a big traffic hit from a Google change.