Pinterest has finally launched a developer platform to allow developers access to APIs for building apps. On Pinterest, people have saved over 50 billion Pins. As a developer, you’ll have the chance to build something that makes those Pins a reality, like apps for ordering ingredients from a recipe Pin or booking trips based on […]
Archives for 2015
5 Plugins to Make WordPress Mobile Friendly Without a Mobile Theme
Being mobile friendly became more important last month after Google began giving webpages a boost in the search results for sites that were mobile friendly when someone is searching from a mobile device. If you haven’t quite undertaken a redesign for an older WordPress theme, but are looking for a “stop-gap” solution to make your […]
Google Launches Collections, Their Version of Pinterest
Google has announced their answer to Pinterest, a new Google+ feature. The feature is available for both Android and on the web, with an iOS version coming. Essentially the boards are just collections of Google+ posts that you can organize by theme. But the layout and theme seems very close to Pinterest’s design. By default, […]
Google Adds Followed Google Play Link to Homepage for Star Wars Day
In a move that is sure to bring some reaction, Google has added a Google Play promotional link to their homepage for the annual Star Wars Day, with a link titled “May the Fourth be with you”. When you click the link, it takes you to the Google Play store. Google has long been known […]
Facebook’s Hosted “Instant Articles” Give Publishers 70% of Ad Revenue
We finally know how Facebook plans to encourage websites to allow Facebook to host their content on Facebook, rather than simply linking to their website directly… and it comes down to the revenue share Facebook is offering. In exchange for the articles being hosted by Facebook – through a program officially called Instant Articles – […]
Google Testing Colored Dots in Tablet Results Too
Google is testing a new UI in tablet search results featuring 4 colored dots. Archwings Global spotted the test. This one is interesting because Google doesn’t normally categorize tablets as mobile, as you can see with the added notations such as the “About 12,700 results 0.62 seconds” and the lack of a “mobile-friendly” tag. With […]
6 Tools for Checking Broken Links on Your Website
Broken links can leave a bad impression on your site’s visitors. Everyone hates when they find exactly what they are looking for, yet when they click through, they discover a 404. While many people are still using Xenu, the old school link checker solution, there are several other options for running broken link reports that […]
Emojis Begin Showing Up in Bing Searches Too
Last week, we first noticed emojis being used to draw attention to organic search results in the Google search results. At the time, they were not showing up in Bing search results for the titles, only the descriptions, but they are now starting to show up. There are also more results with the emojis showing […]
Microsoft Cracking Down on Misleading Ads in Internet Explorer & Edge
Despite having announced plans for their new browser Edge, Microsoft is planning to crack down on ads that are misleading to users to make for a safer experience for their users. This change will come into effect on June 1, 2015 for Internet Explorer users. Their main targets seem to be ads that trick the […]
Google’s Gary Illyes Confirms Mobile Friendly Algo Finished Rolling Out
Google’s Gary Illyes has confirmed that the Mobile Friendly Algo has finished rolling out to all users. Barry Schwartz asked Gary Illyes on the status of the algo. @rustybrick Also, there were a load of sites that became MF recently, so the actual number of sites affected decreased considerably — Gary Illyes (@methode) May 1, […]