If you’re keeping a list of Facebook apologies for 2018, you can now add “apologizes for accidentally setting 14 million users privacy status to public without their knowledge” to your list. From May 18 to May 22, Facebook accidentally changed the privacy setting for status updates for 14 million users to public from whatever previous…
As people are presented with more and more content, it gets harder to cut through all the noise. The key is to know what types of content work best and how to get that content front-and-center for your audience. Video content is one of the best ways to boost engagement. Video has repeatedly proven to…
Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: The Ultimate Agency Guide to Video Marketing Jun 6, 2018 by Digital Marketing Depot As people are presented with more and more content, it gets harder to cut through all the…
Keeping Node.js Fast: Tools, Techniques, And Tips For Making High-Performance Node.js Servers Keeping Node.js Fast: Tools, Techniques, And Tips For Making High-Performance Node.js Servers David Mark Clements 2018-06-07T13:45:51+02:00 2018-06-07T12:12:00+00:00 If you’ve been building anything with Node.js for long enough, then you’ve no doubt experienced the pain of unexpected speed issues. JavaScript is an evented, asynchronous…
Pay-per-click (PPC) advertising often focuses too much on the click. It sounds crazy. The industry is named after clicks, after all, but what happens after a user comes to your landing page is even more important. That’s why the direct integration between AdWords and Google Optimize has me so excited. Landing page optimization is now…
Facebook’s legal struggles continue. As we discussed yesterday, the company faces (and disputes) new allegations that it previously shared user data with smartphone device makers without consent. It was also sued today by Washington state for failing to comply with campaign finance laws. Google was also named in the complaint. Both companies are charged by…
UX Your Life: Applying The User-Centered Process To Your Life (And Stuff) UX Your Life: Applying The User-Centered Process To Your Life (And Stuff) JD Jordan 2018-06-06T13:30:18+02:00 2018-06-06T12:07:29+00:00 Everything is designed, whether we make time for it or not. Our smartphones and TVs, our cars and houses, even our pets and our kids are the…
Let’s face it, the future isn’t turning out to be what we were promised in decades past. No flying cars, and the closest thing to robot butlers are Siri and Alexa. Don’t get me wrong, they’re handy in their ways: suggesting nearby Thai food or tending to virtual shopping carts as we yell our grocery…
The Ethics Of Persuasion The Ethics Of Persuasion Lyndon Cerejo 2018-06-05T13:30:24+02:00 2018-06-05T12:03:38+00:00 (This article is kindly sponsored by Adobe.) A few months ago, the world was shocked to learn that Cambridge Analytica had improperly used data from a harmless looking personality quiz on Facebook to profile and target the wider audience on the platform with…
Apple further entrenched its strategic positioning as privacy protector against the ad tech ecosystem at WWDC, its annual developer conference, on Monday. Apple is taking aim at Facebook’s Like buttons, Disqus comments widgets and other third-party APIs that can be used for data collection, tracking and ad targeting. Last year, Apple shrugged at industry pushback…
