Google: “Always Try” To Replace HTTP Links With HTTPS via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Instagram is planning to scale back on its shopping features to focus more on e-commerce efforts that directly drive advertising. A change in priorities. In an internal memo this week Instagram staffers were told that the Shopping page would eventually disappear “given shifts in company priorities.” The memo states that Instagram isn’t going to abandon shopping altogether, but instead test a simpler, less personalized version of the page known as “Tab Lite.” TikTok Lite. Instagram has come under criticism as of late for focusing too much on […]

There is a schema property named significantLink which is a way to communicate in your markup “one of the more significant URLs on the page.” Ryan Jones asked John Mueller of Google how Google may take any hints from that schema property. Here is how John reacted to that.

Meta is threatening to remove news content from Facebook and Instagram in Canada if proposed legislation meant to establish a “fair revenue sharing” system becomes law. Why we care. Any publishers that rely on traffic, engagement or brand awareness from Meta properties could see a significant loss if news content is blocked from being shared. What Meta said. “We will have to end the availability of news content on Facebook and Instagram in Canada,” according to Nick Clegg, president of global affairs at Meta. Calling it “flawed […]