Archive for the Content Creation Category

To say it has been a challenging year for Twitch is quite an understatement. Since May of 2020, the popular video-streaming site has been slammed with DMCA notifications for copyrighted music. Many dedicated Twitch users have been forced to delete decades-worth of content in a matter of days. On

Even in our “Post-Truth Era,” Wikipedia has managed to retain an allure of objectivity. In fact, a recent UK survey found that more Brits believe this crowd-sourced online encyclopedia versus the mainstream media. To preserve its high credibility with the public, Wikipedia recently announced it’s taking steps to prevent

As the coronavirus continues to dominate international headlines, YouTube is taking proactive steps to ensure authoritative news reaches its users.   In a recent blog post, CEO Susan Wojcicki said YouTube will prioritize coronavirus content that has been put together by reliable, science-backed organizations. In particular, YouTube

This is a question which comes up over and over again in the world of SEO and even more so with Google focusing more and more on content quality. In short, no, word count does not affect content quality. But… Write for people, not computers. These two

There have been a few developments since we last published an article on the fair use trial between YouTubers Carl Benjamin (better known as Sargon of Akkad) and Akilah Hughes. If you need a quick refresher in this case before reading on, please click this link to

Do those long subscription forms discourage you from signing up for newspapers online? How about all the annoying pop-ups asking for you to renew your membership after you’ve already subscribed? If so, Google has the solution. In an article on Google’s blog, the tech giant unveiled its

I am not sure if Google is throttling content or not but after many many years of me using Google Search Console’s “Fetch and Render” to index new content (aka “Fetch as Google”) or using Google’s “Mobile Friendly Test” to crawl and index pages, these tools are

According to a recent blog post, Google employees say one of the biggest challenges in the Internet Age is the spread of “fake news.” To help the public get access to reliable online information, Google says it will work harder to filter out biased content and teach

On January 25, 2018, Google announced Google Bulletin to a live audience in Nashville Tennessee. The people of Nashville and Oakland, California will be the first two markets getting “Bulletin”. From the official Bulletin page: Bulletin is an app for contributing hyperlocal stories about your community, for

In December 2017, a client pointed out to me that another local business’s blog content was displaying in Google News. I was perplexed at first, as indeed, an article from their blog was displaying in Google News. I checked the site out and it did not appear

Google, Facebook, and a few other tech companies have announced they will team up with Santa Clara University’s Trust Project. By including Trust Indicator icons on web-based news content, tech leaders hope they can help readers distinguish between credible journalism and “fake news.” The Trust Project, which

I have the fortunate opportunity to work with websites all over the world in a wide variety of niches. Some are business sites which get 10 – 15 great hits every day. On the other end of the spectrum I work with publishers which occasionally get 20,000

The UK’s Guardian newspaper gave away 100,000 new virtual reality (VR) headsets to readers in its October 7th publication. This promotion was meant to draw attention to the newspaper’s new mobile app, which will allow users to experience various stories in a VR format. In addition to

Just two days after h3h3Productions won a monumental fair use trial against Matt Hoss (aka Bold Guy), Akilah Hughes has sued fellow YouTuber Carl Benjamin (aka Sargon of Akkad) over copyright infringement. Hughes, who produces YouTube videos on the channel “Akilah, Obviously,” claims that Benjamin used her

Internet superstars Ethan and Hila Klein are celebrating a landmark victory for fair use policy on YouTube. A New York district judge just ruled that this couple didn’t violate the U.S. fair use policy in their reaction video to “Bold Guy vs Parkour Girl” by Matt “Hoss”

Keyword density is a term content creators used long ago to measure the number of times keywords were used in their content. Repeating keywords over and over very rarely affects rankings although if it does affect rankings it will decrease a page’s rankings. This is because it

If you are attempting to recover content off of a deleted domain or an old website, the Wayback Machine can be a lifesaving resource. And other times it can be extremely frustrating. Error: Page cannot be displayed due to robots.txt. Sometimes a website displays just fine one

It never ceases to amaze me when people are willing to delete content. Today I discovered a California law firm which had recently deleted hundreds of articles from their blog. This was great content which is extremely valuable in the right hands. It just so happens I