Month: October 2019

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Google rolls out B.E.R.T Update – What does this mean for your website?

Chris Grant (he/him) October 28, 2019 0 Comments
Last week Google began rolling out it’s biggest update since Rankbrain was released back in 2015. Their announcement on their Webmasters blog by vice-head of search Pandu Nayak claims that this update will affect 1 in 10 of all searches so it's pretty major news! What is B.E.R.T and how does it work? B.E.R.T stands for Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers. Sounds...
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Expert Advice: Automatic email signatures can now sign binding contracts

Bethany Fitzgerald October 26, 2019 0 Comments
This is a guest post, for which we would like to thank Bethany Fitzgerald, a paralegal with the commercial team at Wansbroughs Solicitors. Automatic signatures found at the end of emails, stating name, place of work, job title and contact details, are now being included in what counts as a signature to form a binding contract – according to a ruling from Manchester County Court. In the case, a...
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Facebook to remove Gray Badges from verified pages on 30th October 2019

Chris Grant (he/him) October 25, 2019 0 Comments
Facebook have sent the following email to verified businesss today, 25th October: We're always working on better ways to help people understand more about the Pages they interact with. We introduced grey verification badges in 2015 to show which Pages for businesses and organisations are authentic. However, we've found that they can be more confusing than helpful, so we're removing them on 30...
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Social Media Templates for Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign

Chris Grant (he/him) October 20, 2019 0 Comments
These are template files - for Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign - for the most common social media platforms for profiles, covers, banners, posts, and backgrounds. We're sharing these templates, that we use to produce client social media posts and social media branding, as they can really make life easier when you have 20+ walls, pages, and tweeters to manage 😀 We hope you find them useful!...
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WordPress 5.2.4 Release Addresses Several Security Issues

Chris Grant (he/him) October 18, 2019 0 Comments
The core WordPress team released version 5.2.4 of WordPress on October 14th 2019. The release addresses six security issues that were all privately reported through WordPress’ responsible disclosure procedure. Like any security release, users should update immediately to the latest version to keep their sites secure. All major branches of WordPress from version 3.7 to 5.2 received the new...
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3 Reasons why no one replies to your messages anymore…

Chris Grant (he/him) October 17, 2019 0 Comments
Has anyone else noticed that there seems to be a marked rise, from even a decade ago, in terms of the regularity and predictability with which all kinds of messages are returned? Because I have. Call me old fashioned (I'm only 35 at the time of writing!), but I always felt that returning messages was important, a sign of reliability, a good thing in business. I always make it a point to return...
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