Our social round-up is back and better than ever in 2021 and a few of our favourite channels are making changes again to their platforms this month, including minor tweaks to major updates. From Twitter re-branding itself after five years of enjoying the same, steady design, to LinkedIn’s Story new Swipe-Up feature, and Facebook’s various rollouts, 2021 has been off to a busy start. Read on to discover how the social channels have developed so far in 2021… Facebook Updates January 2021 Facebook Begins Rolling Out ‘Facebook […]
Estimated Reading Time: 15 minutes Here is a comprehensive list of the most important social media stats for 2021. We’ve collated the most recent data to bring you the most up-to-date picture of the social media landscape. As we move into 2021, you can use these stats to inform your social media strategies for the […]
What Happened on Social Media in November 2020? As we approach another month closer to the end of the year, we look back on the journey so far. With a COVID-19 vaccine forecasted, the major tech platforms have agreed to partner on a new program, in conjunction with fact-checking organizations, in order to formulate a new, improved approach to combatting the spread of misinformation and conspiracies about the vaccine. As […]
UK Biddable Media Awards – Local Campaign Of The Year Winner We’re UK Biddable Award Winners from MRS Digital. The UK Biddable Media Awards recognise, celebrate, and reward the contribution that paid advertising makes to shaping the future of advertising sales, media planning and to the overall success and profits of businesses. We’re over the moon to announce our ‘23 Local […]
For many generations, culture before the Internet was kitschy and beige. This moment was relished for its television jingles, Tetris, disembodied radio babble, and those Nokia ringtones we inherited. The laundry list goes on like a familiar song to forgotten lyrics: there’s the cheer of a Sega Mega Drive powering on; the mechanical suction of a VCR gulping up a taped copy of Terminator 2; a pocketful of Gameboy that help us escape during the holidays. Yet, from the universe of sounds that connect […]
Search is a numbers game. So, how does Bing stack up? 40: that’s the number of languages that Microsoft’s Bing translates into, according to a survey on the search engine’s most fascinating statistics. In a world with widening horizons, Bing holds the second largest market share with its shy 4.4% in the UK, and a […]
In the dramatic year that has been 2020, our digital platforms have evolved in ways that they have never had to before. As this year comes to an end, we begin to wonder what the top social media trends will be for 2021? With consumers more aware than ever about global issues, audiences are becoming increasingly socially conscious and valuing how brands tackle these […]
In April 2020, as a response to a panicking retail market, Google announced that Google Shopping would open free listings for U.S. merchants. From their President of Commerce, Bill Ready’s update “It’s now free to sell on Google” captured the new move from the search giant after stores shuttered nationwide. After this large shift by Google to restructure […]
What happened on social media in September 2020? Big changes have been made to some of our favourite social platforms this month, including Facebook expanding the rights to detect images that have been copyrighted across its channels, Instagram evolving its Reels function and LinkedIn’s new makeover. Read on for all the updates regarding the social channels this month. Facebook Updates September 2020 In September, Facebook took the plunge to expand its Rights Manager tool, which will now automatically […]
