TikTok Introduces 3 Types Of Shopping Ads via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Meta’s “year of efficiency” is kicking off with killing the livestream shopping business on Instagram. Effective March 16, 2023, users will no longer be able to tag products while live streaming. The move reflects the challenges of making livestream shopping successful in the US market, in contrast to its popularity and profitability in Asian markets. Despite the early traction of businesses like TalkShopLive, NTWRK, and Brandlive, as well as adoption by big tech companies like Meta, Amazon, and YouTube, the difficulties persist. The effects of the […]

Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter, “when it comes to web pages in Google Search, hashtags are just words, they have no special meaning or effect.” So if you are big into hashtagging everything, Google will consume it as just content on the page.

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…