1.Google’s URL2Video Converts Web Pages Into Short Videos In Seconds
Google researchers introduced a new AI system that converts a web page into a short video, known as URL2Video. [Source: Analytics India Magazine]
2. LinkedIn Launches Company Engagement Report For B2B Marketers
LinkedIn’s new Company Engagement Report is rolling out now and offers data to help B2B marketers understand if they’re reaching the right audiences. [Source: Search Engine Journal]
3. WhatsApp rolls out payments in India
WhatsApp has finally expanded its payment feature to more users in India, which is the world’s second largest internet market. [Source: TechCrunch]
4. Facebook rolls out free offline-to-online guide for SMBs to go digital
Facebook announced an offline-to-online guide and new resources for SMBs, which will be available publicly for free. [Source: YourStory]
5. Snapchat Launches ‘Snap Connect’ Educational Insights for Marketers
Snapchat has launched a new expansion of its Snap Focus education platform for marketers, called the ‘Snap Connect.’ [Source: Social Media Today]
6. WordPress 5.6 May Break Sites on December 2020
WordPress 5.6 will make jQuery Migrate Helper Plugin “useless” which means some sites may break again. [Source: Search Engine Journal
7. New GPT-3 solutions can help speed up PPC ad and landing page copy creation
GPT-3 is Open AI’s powerful autoregressive language model that is capable of generating human-like natural language. [Source: Marketing Land]
8. Facebook Tests New Options to Add Motion Effects to Still Images in Feed
Facebook is testing some new visual effects options for still images posted to News Feed, which add simulated, video-like movement to your pictures. [Source: Social Media Today]
9. Snapchat Lets Users Display Follower Counts
Snapchat is finally giving users the option to display how many followers they have on their public profile. [Source: Search Engine Journal]
10. Microsoft Advertising promotion extensions available in time for the holidays
Promotion extensions are now available for Microsoft Advertising accounts in the U.S. These are similar to Google Ads promotion extensions, including the ability to select from a list of events or occasions such as Christmas, Black Friday or Cyber Monday. [Source: Search Engine Land]
