Dave Cullen of Computing Forever discusses the consequences of losing Net Neutrality. In practice, Net Neutrality protects Free Speech online. Without it, many obstacles can be placed to slow down or cut off access to content according to the mercy of the ISP and its plans or policies, which may be driven by its business …
Category: Technology Fails
The Fold Still Matters in Web Design and Visitor Experience
CLICK ABOVE to Read the full article from The Video Content Marketing Guru! Here is some great info on how important it is to use the real estate ‘above the fold’ wisely. Keep this study of over 57,000 eye-fixations in mind next time someone says, “it’s 2015… people are more apt to scroll down your …
YouTube Ads for Nasty PC Companies and Content Creators Opposing Advertisers
Allegedly, some major corporations are boycotting the YouTube Advertisement Platform because their ads are appearing before, or during, or next to video content with which they do not agree… This is more likely part of the general Corporate Collusion to destroy the decentralized media YouTube dominated for its first 12 years by independent content creators, …
Thoughts On Websites Nudging You To Stay Signed In
In the past several years, websites have been encouraging their users to remain logged in at all times, often nudging with a checkbox next to a “keep me logged in” option or making it difficult to find a way to log out. This helps these websites to track your behavior and preferences, often aiding them …
Milo’s Suspension & The Future of Twitter
The suspension of Milo Yiannopoulos from Twitter in 2016, followed by the same for many others on the Alt-Right – often without explanation but apparently related to tone or topical content – have led some to suggest that the future of Twitter as a leading social media platform is in question. Twitter, which is itself …
YouTube to Become One Big, PC, Censored “Safe Space”?
Google-owned YouTube has some new policies regarding monetization of video containing content involving subjects or events that are controversial or sensitive… This could be construed (and applied?) many ways, and it sure sounds like it is describing most things that are really worth talking about; That is, anything “newsworthy”… If Google retains control to determine …
FAKE YouTube’s RESTRICTIVE Mode and COLLUSION with Network TV to End REAL YOUTUBE
Apparently, YouTube sees its decentralized video content model as such a severe threat to Google’s newer Network TV Business/Other interests that it is sabotaging the traditional usability of the YouTube platform. We’ll have more on this soon. To get up to speed, we encourage you to watch this video from Dave at Computing Forever…
What You Need to Know About YouTube Red
CLICK ABOVE to Read the full article from The Video Content Marketing Guru! YouTube has launched a new ad-free service called YouTube Red, which costs $9.99 per month and allows viewers to watch videos throughout YouTube without waiting for advertisements. Other features, such as YouTube Music, are also bundled with the service. There has been …
Explaining YouTube’s Cash-Grab Changes in Featuring Long-Form Content
Many changes have been occurring with YouTube over the past year, and we will cover these more in-depth shortly. However, many long-time successful channels have recently reported drops in their advertisement income, views, and subscribes. This phenomenon appears to mostly affect YouTubers who use YouTube as their primary platform to deliver their material, as opposed …