Sherrilynne Starkie
This week's top five social media news features, Facebook, Instagram, Google, SnapChat, Video trends and algorithm changes.
To demonstrate to people who aren’t on Snapchat what the platform can do, Snap now lets users share some public Stories via links to Snapchat.com. It also makes it easier for bloggers and news websites to incorporate Snap-based content in their reporting.
Instagram has added GIF stickers to its ephemeral story features with a new library of hundreds of thousands of files from GIPHY. And it’s announced plans to eliminate the size restrictions for photo and video uploads. It’s big news for brands who find 15 second videos a bit limiting.
Imagine generating an invoice, preparing a presentation or following up on a sales opportunity, all from your inbox? With Gmail Add-ons, your inbox can contextually surface your go-to app based on messages you receive to help you get things done faster.
It’s no surprise that video content is still on the rise. But by how much? Who’s using it? How is it changing marketing and media? This story has the answers.
A great short video which explains how social network algorithms work, what they promote, what they punish. A very good summary and good advice from moz.com.
