Bing launches Ethical Shopping hub in UK

Microsoft Bing has launched its Ethical Shopping hub, which enables users to shop eco-friendly, upcycled or fair-trade fashion, the company announced Wednesday. The Ethical Shopping hub is currently only available to desktop users in the UK. “Currently, we are looking at a horizon of at least another quarter before a significant release in the U.S.,”…Continue Reading

How successful marketers plan paid media  in a changing world

“Think about how you handle planning or forecasting at your company: What does that process look like?” Greg Finn, CMO of Cypress North, asked this question to two paid media professionals in his session at SMX Next. The presentation highlighted the planned media best practices that remain vital despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the changes…Continue Reading

The cost of ignoring website accessibility

Search engine optimization and optimizing for accessibility are about doing what’s right for the user. While that is a shared objective, the business case for investing in SEO may be easier to understand than the case for improving your site’s accessibility. Although the gains from enhancing your site’s accessibility may not be obvious, that doesn’t…Continue Reading

How expired landing pages kill your Google rankings

A lot of landing pages expire every day when outdated information becomes obsolete, products are sold out, services are discontinued and entire communities sunset. How that expiring content is being handled from an SEO perspective can greatly impact the organic search rankings of websites. If its handling is floundered, SEO landing pages with expired content…Continue Reading

Senate Votes to Repeal Biden’s Vaccine Mandate for Businesses

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the authorization of the coronavirus vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11 at the White House in Washington, D.C., November 3, 2021. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) The Senate voted 52-48 on Wednesday to overturn President Joe Biden’s federal vaccine mandate for large businesses in a largely symbolic vote. Moderate Democratic Senators…Continue Reading

LA School District Fires Nearly 500 Employees Who Refused Covid-19 Vaccine

Students exit a bus at Venice High School in Los Angeles, Calif., December 2015. (Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters) The Los Angeles Unified School District has fired 496 employees for not complying with its Covid-19 vaccine mandate as of Tuesday. “We care deeply about all of our employees,” Interim Superintendent Megan Reilly said in a statement to Fox…Continue Reading

Mark Meadows Sues Pelosi, January 6 Committee

Then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks to reporters following a television interview outside the White House in Washington, D.C., October 21, 2020. (Al Drago/Reuters) Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows sued House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) and the members of the House Select Committee on the January 6 Capitol riot…Continue Reading

Massachusetts Middle School Hosted Racially Segregated ‘Safe Spaces’ to Discuss Rittenhouse Verdict

Kyle Rittenhouse waits for the jury to enter the room to continue testifying during his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., November 10, 2021. (Sean Krajacic/Pool via Reuters) A Massachusetts middle school hosted racially segregated “safe spaces” for students to discuss the verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial last week. The principal…Continue Reading

Jussie Smollett Defense Lawyer Labels Osundairo Bros ‘the Worst Type of Criminals’ in Trial’s Closing Argument

Chicago, Ill. – Former Empire star Jussie Smollett had no motive to stage a hoax hate crime against himself in January 2019, the actor’s lead defense attorney said during closing arguments in Smollett’s criminal trial on Wednesday, shortly before the jury began deliberations. Chicago police ignored evidence that could have proved that Smollett was telling…Continue Reading