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article start Google is changing its search algorithm Tuesday to favor sites that look good on smartphones, a move some are calling “mobilegeddon” because of its impact on website operators. The new formula will give a boost in Google’s “organic” search results to sites that are designed to look good on smartphones, while penalizing those…
An internal review by BuzzFeed last week found three instances when editors deleted posts after an advertiser or employees from the company’s business side complained about their content, according to a memo sent to staff members on Saturday by the news and entertainment website’s editor in chief. The three deleted posts — out of more…
What the online juggernaut can learn from Time, USA Today,and MTV Adrienne LaFrance and Robinson Meyer April 15, 2015 Before Nyan Cat, before “Imma let you finish,” even before rickrolling, there was a small startup in New York dedicated to finding pre-viral content online. The first employees of BuzzFeed wrote about Borat, MySpace, and the “highly…
Arabelle Sicardi, who wrote a BuzzFeed post criticizing Dove that was later deleted (and eventually restored) at the request of editor-in-chief Ben Smith, is resigning from the site, according to an internal memo distributed by BuzzFeed Style editor Julie Gerstein. From: Julie Gerstein Date: Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 5:25 PM Subject: News about Arabelle…
The New York Times became an investor in Tina Brown’s event series Women in The World late last year. When the news was announced, the Times promised a new website for the brand. Today that site makes its debut, at nytimes.com/womenintheworld. The new site features responsive design and is updated throughout the day with content from Women…
Earlier this week the New York Times reported that Facebook was offering publishers a deal: With 1.4 billion users, the social media site has become a vital source of traffic for publishers looking to reach an increasingly fragmented audience glued to smartphones. In recent months, Facebook has been quietly holding talks with at least half…
Nothing attracts news organizations like Facebook. And nothing makes them more nervous. With 1.4 billion users, the social media site has become a vital source of traffic for publishers looking to reach an increasingly fragmented audience glued to smartphones. In recent months, Facebook has been quietly holding talks with at least half a dozen media…
April 21st (the day that Google will start using mobile-friendly compliance as a ranking factor in smartphone search) is coming, and if you haven’t done it already, you should really get your mobile ducks in a row. For most of us, mobile compliance is no longer optional. At SMX West this month, Mitul Gandhi of seoClarity…
New Media Disrupted: GigaOm Web Sites Suddenly Stop Publishing Posted by Tom Foremski – March 9, 2015 Above, at the recent Crunchies Awards, Om Malik (right) is told by Mike Arrington, founder of news site Techcrunch, that there’s far more money in investing in startups than there is in publishing. The management of GigaOm, the…
Like a great many such things, some of journalism’s most precious ideals were the happy result of geography and economics. That is, in any given geography, the dominant newspaper tended towards a natural monopoly for two reasons: When it came to costs, the ownership of expensive printing presses and distribution channels made entrance difficult for…