Google Maps is adding a “Follow” button to business listings that, when clicked, will send updates from the business to the user’s “For You” tab. New businesses will also have the ability to have their business listed via a Google My Business profile up to three months prior to their open date. To local search […]

It seems that Twitter is following through on its commitment to improve the health of its platform.  On July 24, the company announced all new requests to access Twitter’s API platform will be required to apply for a developer account.  Not just that, the default number of apps registered to a singling account is being restricted to […]

Back in March, Jack DOrsey of Twitter said that the company intends to open verification to everyone as it works to improve the health of the platform.  But based on a recent update from Twitter’s new head of products, Kayvon Beykpour, the company is pausing its work on the verification process to give its full efforts over to […]

In their ongoing mission to improve the health of the platform, the Twitter says that it is removing locked accounts from follower counts globally this week. The company’s current policy is to lock an account any time it detects unusual behavior, like tweeting out large numbers of unsolicited replies or mentions, sharing misleading links, or if an account […]

Twitter, in its newest attempt to improve the health of the social platform, will modify the way conversations happen based on the behavior and conduct of users versus the actual content of tweets. In a report by BuzzFeed, there are thousands of behavior signals that will be used to filter search, replies and algorithmic recommendations, […]

In a 45 minute livestream on March 8, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey addressed a number of safety-abuse and misinformation issues currently plaguing the site.  Three others joined him – David Gasca, head of product health; Vijaya Gadde, head of legal, policy and trust and safety; and Del Harvey, head of trust and safety.  Together, the four spend most of the […]

Substantial changes have been made by Twitter on February 21 that will greatly impact social media managers who oversee multiple accounts and use automation apps to manage their Twitter activity. Twitter announced that it isn’t going to permit identical or substantially similar content to be posted simultaneously from multiple accounts. Something else that has been […]

It will now be easier for multiple people to manage a brand’s account on Twitter while away from their computers. Thursday, Now that it’s been two and a half years since rolling out Teams on TweetDeck, Twitter is bringing the account-sharing feature to its own mobile apps, according to an announcement that Twitter made on Thursday. […]

There are some new buttons that Twitter is rolling out that will allow brands to add direct messages that, when are clicked on, can direct people to visit the brand’s site, post a pre-written tweet, follow the brand’s account, or open a DM thread with another of the brand’s accounts.  Brands will only be able […]

When it comes to Twitter, the term “bot” can be a little tricky, and this could be why, despite all the hype around chatbots on platforms like Facebook Messenger, Kik, Slack and Skype, Twitter’s own effort concerning chatbots have stayed more or less under the radar.  But this isn’t going to be the case any longer. […]