Richard Stallman, free software movement activist and originator of the “copyleft” concept, has resigned from his position as director of the board and president of the Free Software Foundation (FSF), which he established in 1985. This resignation comes on the heels...
In April, 2017, Facebook stopped allowing users and Page owners to alter news headlines shared via organic posts in an effort to stop the spread of misinformation on the platform. At the time, Facebook continued to allow advertisers to alter headlines if the news...
Yoast, a company primarily known for its popular Yoast SEO plugin, announced a new program earlier this month called Yoast Care. The project aims to reward volunteers in the WordPress community. “Care” stands for “Community Appreciation REwards.” Thousands of people...
When looking for ways to boost online conversion rates, you’ll notice that many website have a ‘deal of the day’ product section on their landing pages. This gives visitors a sense of urgency and can shorten the decision-making process. In this post, we’ll show you...
In the first two articles of my luxury search marketing series, we discussed the consumer mindset, what motivates and drives shoppers to purchase, and then the strategies and tactics that can be used to reach those shoppers and maximize results. Now, I’m going to tie...
Yesterday we spotted Google testing a new video feature titled in this video that shows a timeline of what happened in a specific video. Google now has officially launched this feature, calling it key moments in videos.What it looks like. Here is a screen shot of the...
Pinterest announced on Tuesday it has advanced its Lens capabilities, making it possible for the visual search tool to now identify more than 2.5 billion fashion and home products. With this latest advancement, the company is adding fashion and home related Shoppable...
If you’ve been using the Divi theme by Elegant Themes for some time now, you may have seen an error: the Divi Builder timeout error. This error usually comes in the form of a pop-up on pages or posts, that alerts you to the fact that the Divi Builder has failed to...
Boom! Someone just posted a tweet praising your product. On the other side of the world, an article featuring your company among the most promising startups of 2019 was published. Elsewhere, a Reddit user started a thread complaining about your customer care. A...
Everyone uses Slack. Well, not everyone, but a whole lot of people do. If you are looking for an alternative team chat app, either to get started with or to move from Slack onto, Mattermost is definitely worth taking a look at. Like WordPress itself, Mattermost is a...
Yoast has released version 12.1 of its WordPress plugin; the update adds your custom favicon to the mobile snippet preview, matches Google’s font sizes on desktop search results and introduces new schema filters.Yoast’s mobile snippet preview with custom favicon....
A decade ago there were numerous consumer sites that people used to find local business information. Now the landscape is dramatically different with only a few sites (and apps) capturing the bulk of local consumer eyeballs. As I have said previously, Google/GMB is...
Edwin Toonen Edwin is an experienced writer, editor & content manager. Before joining Yoast, he spent years honing his skill at The Netherlands’ leading web design magazine. Yoast SEO 12.1 is out today! It features a couple of changes in order to match the design...
WordCamp Lahore is getting rebooted on November 30 – December 1, at the National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences. The first edition of the event was planned for 2016 but was derailed by local disagreements and ultimately canceled. For the past three years...
The kid scampered ahead of his classmates. He wanted to be one of the first to set foot in the building, but he stopped as he got to the first step. He looked up to count the floors. One, two, three…it wasn’t The Times. He was awestruck all the same. The Birmingham...
