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3 Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) Issues and Fixes for Your Blog

Published by Jeremy. Last Updated on May 3, 2021.

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Google's Core Web Vitals metrics are said to be a new ranking factor starting in June 2021, and bloggers across the world are rushing to implement improvements on topics like Largest Content Paintful (LCP), First Input Delay (FID), and Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS).

While we could talk about each of these topics individually for days, one, Cumulative Layout Shift, is perhaps the most vexing- so much so that even those who run premium caching plugins like WP Rocket Pro may still not pass by default!

In this one, we wanted to highlight a bit more about what CLS is, what it looks like, and a few unique ways you can possibly improve your CLS score on your site beyond caching plugin settings!

  • Note: We feel that plugins like WP Rocket Pro are obligatory for those who want to run fast sites (both for CLS and otherwise). Unfortunately, the compatibility of some of the settings found in plugins like these will vary based on your theme and plugin array. In this article, we assume you are using a plugin like this one by default. The purpose of this post is to talk about other CLS issues that are common that you may need to work on.

How to Be Original Online and Watch Out for Copycats

Published by Jeremy. Last Updated on October 8, 2021.

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It seems like we find a news story every week that is one big tech company copying another.

Facebook launching a Clubhouse clone. Facebook getting in on the Tiktok game. Spotify making moves to take on Clubhouse. Twitter launching a copy of Instagram stories called Fleets. LinkedIn even got into the stories game. We could go on.

Whenever a great new idea comes out on the scene, it is pretty safe to assume that every major player in the industry will throw a bunch of money at creating their own competitor. Why innovate when you can reverse engineer someone else's idea outright? Unfortunately, lack of originality happens just about everywhere and big tech isn't the only industry guilty of this.

This even cascades down to bloggers and social media users too. While verbatim copies of websites and social accounts can be remedied somewhat easily, imitators that are close but distinctly different (like all the tech clones mentioned above) are a problem for just about everyone- be it the biggest tech company or the smallest blogger.

In this one, we wanted to share a bit more on maintaining your originality online as well as protecting yourself when the imitation is literal theft.

Snapchat is Looking to Change E-Commerce

Published by Chris. Last Updated on April 2, 2021.

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Snapchat may not have the cache of an Instagram, a Facebook, or even a TikTok, but don't tell Snapchat users that. Snapchat, perhaps more than more social networks, has always had a devoted base of users, and that devotion doesn't seem to be abating.

In fact, particularly with the younger demographic, the devoted fanbase seems only to be expanding. For years, people have been writing off Snapchat, but it's clear that Snapchat sure isn't writing off itself.

Just days ago, Snapchat (or more specifically Snap Inc.) acquired Fit Analytics, which is a Berlin-based company that helps shoppers pick the right clothing size when they're shopping online.

From the outside, it may not seem like a game-changing acquisition, but it is, and we'll tell you why.

Dispo – Instagram's Controversial New Challenger

Published by Chris. Last Updated on March 30, 2021.

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Believe it or not, Dispo is already the 4th most downloaded social media app. That's no small feat, as there are almost too many photo-centric social media apps to count which have launched and subsequently burned before our eyes.

That's not to say that Dispo is necessarily here to stay, but they did have a promising start. Of course, that promising start is now in jeopardy, but for now, let's back things up and talk about what Dispo is.