Daily Minute Master Series
March 19, 2026

by Corey Padveen

Marketing News and Updates

Meta shuts down Horizon Worlds VR, shifting further from the metaverse

Meta announced that it’s shutting down the VR version of Horizon Worlds, its social environment for users of its Quest VR headsets.

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Facebook looks to lure high-profile creators with new program

Meta has launched another element in its evolving creator push, with its new “Creator Fast Track” program offering guaranteed monthly payments for popular creators on other apps to post their content to Facebook as well.

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Search Referral Traffic Down 60% For Small Publishers, Data Shows

Search referral traffic to small publishers dropped 60% over two years, according to Chartbeat data reported exclusively by Axios.

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Google: 404 Crawling Means Google Is Open To More Of Your Content

Google’s John Mueller answered a question about Search Console and 404 error reporting, suggesting that repeated crawling of pages with a 404 status code is a positive signal.

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How To Use AI To Streamline Time-Consuming SEO Tasks

SEO, like most organic and non-advertising or paid channels in digital marketing, is labor-intensive. Yes, there are software suites, analytics platforms, research tools, and a number of other things that help in the tech stack.

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Google Explains Why HTTPS Migration May Negatively Impact SEO

Google’s John Mueller answered a question about moving to HTTPS, explaining why the process of making a site secure is actually a major undertaking that can have a negative impact on rankings.

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