Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek. Mark Zuckerberg has vowed to change. But is it change we can believe in? Should you have been ensconced in your panic room for the last week with only burgers, the collected works of Perry Como and Dramamine for […]
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A couple of days ago, Facebook made an announcement that has the marketing community buzzing… Big chances are coming to Facebook’s algorithms when it comes to Page content and the News Feed. And an additional announcement was made in the Facebook Newsroom. With phrases like… “a major change to how we build Facebook” “you’ll see
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Mark Zuckerberg, champion of the decades-old prom picture, the neighborly squabble, the adorable baby pictures, announced yesterday that the Facebook News Feed is about to undergo a fundamental shift. Because “passively reading articles or watching videos” is bad for human beings, Facebook is pivoting its core away from its current state (inescapable time suck) and
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Publishers have long seen it coming, and Facebook has made no secret about it, but now The Social Network has confirmed that they’ll be making concerted moves to show users more posts from people they know – and fewer posts from Pages. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the coming changes in a post, outlining that
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Earlier today, Facebook announced the end of the Facebook News Feed as we know it. In a Facebook post, Mark Zuckerberg today wrote: “recently we’ve gotten feedback from our community that public content — posts from businesses, brands and media — is crowding out the personal moments [from friends and family] that lead us to
Amazon Echo and its voice assistant, Alexa, might be the current market leaders in voice-activated smart technology, but recent announcements from the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show have shown that Google fully intends to challenge Amazon for that crown. The past few days have seen some big developments – and a couple of even bigger teasers – for the future
3839153 / Pixabay Reports that three Democratic senators were busted for running an underage prostitution ring are false. Rumors that Gov. Chris Christie’s office announced that state senators from New Jersey were arrested stemmed from a self-described “conservative satire” website. According to Snopes, the fake claim originated on Ladies of Liberty, a website that publishes
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Google has accidentally removed a number of news publishers from Google News over the past few days. Many news publishers were found complaining in the Google News forums. Google has confirmed with Search Engine Land that this was accidental. We do expect those publishers to be reinstated into Google News by the end of the
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robertwaghorn / Pixabay Reports that a Muslim doctor refused to save a Christian man’s life on a flight from New York to Las Vegas are false. Rumors that a doctor declined to treat a dying man because of his beliefs stemmed from a self-described “conservative satire” website. According to Hoax Alert, the fake claim originated
Barry Schwartz Barry Schwartz is Search Engine Land’s News Editor and owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry can be followed on social media at @rustybrick, +BarrySchwartz and Facebook. For more background information on Barry, see his full bio and
