When you work in any sort of creative profession, your success is inherently contingent on whether or not people like you. Or rather, whether or not they like what you create. And here’s the thing. The stuff you create doesn’t even need to be *good* in the traditional sense, as long as people want to […]
The end is near for the Google Keyword Planner interface. When Google announced in May that it would retire the current iteration of its Keyword Planner by year-end, we thought that meant October, before the peak holiday selling season. For some users, though, it means July, according to a Search Engine Land report. The new
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Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek. Stars are supposed to be your most precious commodity. They carry your brand past its everyday obstacles and reach into the souls of your biggest fans — and even of the not so big. The NFL, however,
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse, Facebook revealed that Cambridge Analytica was able to access personal data of up to 87 million users. The figure was shockingly higher than the previous estimate of 50 million. The number was shared by the company’s chief technology officer, Mike Schroepfer, in a blog post. Schroepfer
Facebook has been accused of spreading fake news and manipulating your newsfeed for their profit. But that may be changing. Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook will be undergoing a major overhaul in 2018. In a recent Facebook post, Zuckerberg said users’ newsfeeds will begin to prioritize “meaningful social interactions” over “relevant content.” Zuckerberg explained the reason behind the changes by saying, “We
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With Google turning to artificial intelligence to power its flagship search engine business, has the SEO industry been left in the dust? The old ways of testing and measuring are becoming antiquated, and industry insiders are scrambling to understand something new — something which is more advanced than their backgrounds typically permit. The fact is,
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ProSmile / Pixabay The worlds of entertainment, politics and news media are still buzzing four days after The New York Times wrote about allegations that Harvey Weinstein sexually harassed a number of women over nearly three decades. People are talking about appalling behavior, attempts to keep things quiet through settlements, the courage of those who
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If you didn’t like WannaCry, you’re really going to hate the sequel. Like the Godfather and Star Wars movie franchises, the second installment of “the world gets its bell rung by ransomware” is way better than the original. In the May WannaCry ransomware attack, users running obsolete versions of Microsoft software were affected in more
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