In the span of just 48 hours this week, two separate juries in two different US states delivered verdicts that could reshape the entire social media industry — not because of the dollar amounts involved, but because of what those verdicts legally establish for the first time. On Tuesday, March 24, a jury in Santa Fe, New Mexico ordered Meta to pay $375 million for failing to protect children from sexual exploitation on Facebook and Instagram. Less than 24 hours later, on Wednesday, March 25, a jury in Los Angeles found both Meta and Google (YouTube) liable for engineering addiction in young users — finding them negligent in the design of their platforms and awarding a further $6 million in damages. Two days. Two states. Two juries. Both pointing at the same conclusion: that Big Tech can no longer hide behind the legal shields it has relied on for nearly three decades. This is the story of what happened, why it matters far beyond the headline numbers, and what comes next for the s...
Previously available in Google Webmaster tools, Author Stats is being tested within Google+. This is how Google Authorship works - when you do a search in Google, you see some results with a photo attached along with the name of the Author. This is called Google Authorship and a few lines of code can get this done for you. Especially if you have a site or blog online and want to add your name and photo to each result that shows up on Google - this is something you need to get done. So once you have added Google Authorship to your posts, you can check out detailed analytics by using Google's webmaster tools. Google however have announced that they have begun testing Author stats and analytics in Google+. So if you are a verified author of a blog or website, you can soon check how many people clicked on your article and reached your page right from within Google+.
This feature is currently being tested and has been rolled out to a few select users. So how will you know when the feature has been rolled out to your profile. You will see a link at the bottom of your Google+ profile called 'Authorship Analytics'. Once this link is available you can check out your detailed analytics from within Google+. You can also try this link to check and see if the feature has been enabled for you - plus.google.com/authorship/analytics. So keep checking to see if this useful feature is made available in your profile. Image via Danny Sullivan.
This feature is currently being tested and has been rolled out to a few select users. So how will you know when the feature has been rolled out to your profile. You will see a link at the bottom of your Google+ profile called 'Authorship Analytics'. Once this link is available you can check out your detailed analytics from within Google+. You can also try this link to check and see if the feature has been enabled for you - plus.google.com/authorship/analytics. So keep checking to see if this useful feature is made available in your profile. Image via Danny Sullivan.
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