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Curated the: November 30, 2020

From defining your campaign goals and KPIs, to designing ads, building ad sets, and launching your campaign, here’s one infographic for creating a winning speed social campaign.
Curated the: November 23, 2020

YouTube Will Start Inserting Ads into Non-Monetized Content, Updates Rules Around Facial Recognition

Until now, YouTube creators could decide whether they wanted ads on their videos or not. However, YouTube announced that this will change soon as ads will start to appear on every video, be it part of the YouTube Partner Program or not.
Curated the: November 16, 2020

Instagram Adds Reels and Shop Tabs on All User Home Screens

Instagram, looking to piggyback on TikTikto’s short video trend, is now featuring ‘Reels’ on the main screen. What’s more, the new Shop tab on the main screen also comes to boost the platform’s eCommerce capabilities.
Curated the: November 9, 2020

Blocked Hashtags, Violence Metrics, Bans - How Social Media Has Dealt With the US Election

It wouldn't be US elections without some drama. However, drama causes tension, and such tensions put some heavy pressure on social media platforms.
Curated the: November 9, 2020

New Study: Is Google Biased Towards Particular News Sites?

Is Google negatively biased towards the conservative world of ideas and the news sites that promote these ideas such as the New York Post and The Daily Wire? Ahrefs examines its massive amounts of data and gives some answers.
Curated the: November 2, 2020

TikTok Stars Win Injunction Against White House, Keeping the App Running the US

The TikTok drama regarding its operation in the US continues. Accordingly, a group of TikTok stars won an injunction against the Trump administration's Executive Order. But is this the end of all the US ban talk? Not really.
Curated the: October 26, 2020

Can Social Media Data Predict the Winner of the 2020 US Presidential Election? A Look at the Latest Trends

Social Media, especially Twitter, can reflect over voter preferences. What metrics such as Engagement per Tweet, Page Growth, and Total Interactions can foretell us for this year’s US elections?
Curated the: October 19, 2020

Facebook Announces New Messenger Branding, Adds New Messaging Features

The next phase of Messenger is here. Facebook changes the logo of its app and adds Rooms, collaborative video viewing, personalized stickers, and more customization overall.
Curated the: October 12, 2020

Twitter Announces New Election Integrity Measures as We Head Into the Final Weeks of the US Presidential Campaign

Twitter, the most political social media platform, announces new election integrity measures. According to these measures, whenever a user in the US tries to retweet, the app will ‘quote tweet’ by default.

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