X confirms it blocked Taylor Swift searches to ‘prioritize safety’ The move comes after nonconsensual pornographic deepfakes of the singer went viral last week. Cheyenne MacDonald Sun, Jan 28, 2024 Reuters / Reuters X has confirmed it’s preventing users from searching Taylor Swift’s name after pornographic deepfakes of the artist began circulating on the … Continue reading X confirms it blocked Taylor Swift searches to ‘prioritize safety’
Twitter confirms upcoming ad-supported and ad-free premium options Radek Zielinski / Oct 21, 2023 Twitter is poised to roll out multiple new subscription tiers in the coming weeks, according to owner Elon Musk. The move aims to boost revenue amid reports of declining ad sales since Musk’s takeover. Two Premium Options In an Oct. … Continue reading Twitter confirms upcoming ad-supported and ad-free premium options
Google Confirms Content Indexing Issues In Search by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, July 15, 2022 Google has confirmed issues with indexing new content and displaying that content in Google Search. Users need only do a search on the keyword “Google” — setting the tools criteria to the past hour — to identify the issue, which started … Continue reading Google Confirms Content Indexing Issues In Search
The experiment follows Instagram’s recent test to remove “Likes” on its platform. Amy Gesenhues on September 3, 2019 Facebook is following its efforts on Instagram and experimenting with removing “Like” counts from posts. The test was first spotted by app researcher Jane Manchun Wong. “Currently, with this unreleased feature, the like/reaction count is hidden from … Continue reading Facebook confirms it is considering removing “Like” counts
Ads placed in front of or beside unsafe content triggered a range of negative consumer reactions. Greg Sterling on October 31, 2018 Photo © Bloomicon / Shutterstock.com Brand safety has been an issue since the beginning of the internet. However in the past several years it has gained more importance and urgency, with incidents … Continue reading Study confirms brands’ worst fears about unsafe content
Google Takes Conservative GDPR Approach, Confirms Consent Before Targeting Ads by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, May 31, 2018 Google continues to take a conservative approach on the European Union’s General Data Protection Privacy Regulations — and it seems to be paying off. While most companies have been scrambling to comply with GDPR, The Wall Street Journal … Continue reading Google Takes Conservative GDPR Approach, Confirms Consent Before Targeting Ads
Ascendant Network, Signal Study Confirms Customer Focus Pays Off by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, June 14, 2017 Feeling special goes along with consumers searching for a relationship with brands. Some 60% of consumers participating in a survey scheduled for release Wednesday said they favor retail brands that make them feel like a valued customer, and 42% … Continue reading Ascendant Network, Signal Study Confirms Customer Focus Pays Off
by Christian Holst November 22, 2015November 22, 2015 Recent usability tests and benchmarks conducted by the Baymard Institute, an organization which regularly conducts large scale research studies on ecommerce usability, reveal that 46% of top U.S. ecommerce sites display too little product information in their product lists for users to accurately evaluate if a product … Continue reading Research Confirms Product Listing Hover Information Increases On-Site Product Discoverability and Conversion
by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, (October 06, 2015) Poor data integration sabotages cross-channel campaigns and few companies have made the necessary steps in data collection and measurement to gain a common view of consumers within their organization, per a Forrester Consulting study commissioned by IgnitionOne. No doubt the subject — a topic of conversation at Advertising Week … Continue reading Cross-Channel Campaign Study Confirms Integrated Data Required For Success
Sally FalkowJune 29, 2015 Google has acknowledged and confirmed that the “Phantom Update” many publishers suspected had occurred in May is real. The update is about how Google assesses content quality and there were changes to its core ranking algorithm in terms of how it processes quality signals. So although it is not strictly a Panda … Continue reading Google Confirms Quality Update
