New Releases from Apple and Samsung in 2021
Published by Chris. Last Updated on May 5, 2021.
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Apple announced a number of new products recently, so we thought we'd track that for you, as well as cover what Samsung is up to at the same time. As per usual, there are some exciting products from both companies that bloggers and content creators will probably want to have on their radar if they don't already.
What to Know About Copying and Plagiarism for Bloggers
Published by Chris. Last Updated on October 6, 2021.
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Wherever there is originality and creativity, there's bound to be copying.
We're going to double-click on that idea today, and look at how it's affected the trajectory of social media, but also offer some tips for finding and going after folks who think your blog might be a nice place to do a little copying (and subsequent pasting).
Copying in the blogging space is all too common, and at This Week in Blogging, we'd love to take a moment to arm you with the information you may need to do something about it.
At Substack, The Stacks May Not Appear Even
Published by Chris. Last Updated on May 3, 2021. Disclaimer: This Week in Blogging uses…
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.