Social Media Instagram Adds Support for Landscape Videos in IGTV Instagram has announced that IGTV publishers will be able to upload horizontal format videos to IGTV, straying from its initial focus on more immersive, vertical viewing. IGTV was essentially built to tap into the rising consumption of vertical video, largely popularized by Snapchat. And while […]
Marketing Google’s indexing issue is now resolved – new content being indexed It appears that the search engine had some sort of issue getting new content into their index. So either Google had a crawling issue where they weren’t able to crawl new content, or more likely Google was crawling new content but was not […]
Social Media Instagram Continues to Work on New Option to Share a Link to an Individual Story Instagram continues to work on its option for sharing your Instagram Story via a unique link, with reverse engineering expert Jane Manchun Wong spotting a new variation of the share option in the back-end of the app’s code. […]
Social Media Instagram Re-Vamps IGTV to Better Align with Rising Consumption Trends Instagram has this week given the format of IGTV a refresh, which, as noted by TechCrunch, is more aligned with Snapchat and rising short-video tool TikTok. Instagram has done away with the categories and the lower screen, horizontal feed of videos, opting for […]
Social Media Facebook Announces Two New Algorithm Updates Aimed at Improving On-Platform Engagement The Social Network has announced two News Feed algorithm updates this week, one focused on increasing the prevalence of posts from your closest friends, and the other aimed at reducing shallow, click-bait style content in feeds. Since the implementation of the News […]
Social Media Facebook Implements New Restrictions on Who Can Go Live to Stop the Spread of Disturbing Content In the wake of the Christchurch terror attacks, in which the perpetrator broadcast his crimes live on Facebook, The Social Network scrambled to remove the footage, with various users posting clips, and/or variations of them, in quick […]
Social Media Facebook’s Developing New Link and Mention Stickers for Facebook Stories According to reverse engineering expert Jane Manchun Wong, within Facebook’s back end code, there are in-development options for both link and mention stickers for Facebook Stories, unreleased, and unannounced as yet, but very likely to be coming soon. The main option of interest […]
Social Media Instagram Separates New Likes on Posts, Adds Unfollower Stats for Creator Accounts Instagram is testing out an option that would separate new and old likes on your posts, helping you to more easily see the latest activity, and take action on the same. The option could make it easier for businesses to ensure […]
Social Media Facebook Launches New Tools for Small Businesses Facebook is rolling out new tools to help businesses run automated ad campaigns, book appointments, and edit videos. With Automated Ads, Facebook can develop a customized marketing plan after asking a few simple questions about your business and your goals. A new appointment booking feature will […]
Social Media Instagram is Working on a New ‘Join Chat’ Sticker for Stories Reverse engineering expert Jane Manchun Wong has uncovered a new ‘Join Chat’ sticker option which would enable Stories viewers to join a private chat group, direct from a Story. The ‘Join Chat’ sticker prompts the user to add a note on what […]
