Tiktok:
- TikTok Expanded Caption limits from 100 to 500 Characters.
- Tiktok Introduced Third-party cookies to Tiktok Pixel.
- Tiktok launched its First Ad product “Tiktok Pulse” to share revenue with Creators with 100k+ Followers.
- Tiktok started testing Friends Tab replacing Discover Tab to encourage users to interact more with creators or drone they follow.
- Tiktok Launches New Insights Tool to help you find your target audience.
- Tiktok Announced First “For You” Summit in Canada.
- Tiktok Introduces new tools to credit the creators of trend by tagging them & more.
- Tiktok launched another Tool called “Branded Mission” to help creators and Brands.
- Tiktok partnered with Social Media Management Tools like Later, Sprout social to help their users auto-publish Content.
- Tiktok launched First Stage of Live Creator subscriptions this week.
- Tiktok Adds New Lead Generation Feature to it’s Business App.
Instagram:
- Instagram Announced New Feed design with Photos and Videos in a single Tiktok-like feed with 9:16 Photos and Videos.
- Instagram started working on ability to turn on/off remix option on Instagram reels.
- Instagram Announced NFT Collectibles are coming to the platform.
- Instagram is testing a following Tab for Reels in India.
- The platform is testing a new stories layout that changes everything for creators. (Mac)
- The platform is working on Reactions For Videos and a drop-down menu for Homepage.
- Instagram launched their new Font called “Instagram Sans” for Stories and Reels and did a branding refresh.
Google:
- Google now lets you request the removal of personal contact information from search results.
- Google Added 9 new Ad policies to prevent misleading ads taking place.
- Google Search Console’s URL parameter tool is officially not working for next few months.
- Google tests new Color for clicked search results by you. Now Clicked results are in Purple.
- Google launched a range of new courses to help small businesses with marketing and business growth.
- Google is started working on the ability to Add Continuous scrolling on Desktop.
- Google Expands on showing more and more viral videos in the Web Stories section of search.
- Google Now Allows FAQ markup for Non-FAQ content.
- “My Ads Center” is coming to Google which allows people to have more access over Ads they see on Google.
- Google reveals new image ranking signal, inclusive sigma.
- Google Universal Analytics Real Time Reports Now Changed To “In Last 5 Minutes” replacing “Users Right Now”.
- New Translated Results Search Appearance Filter Added to Google Search Console Performance Report.
- Google I/O Event was held on 11/ 12 May.
- Google Ads is testing replacing Ad Label with Sponsored label.
- Google launches video health tools to help publisher monetisation
- Google Search Console now tracks more desktop search features
- Google May 2022 Broad Core Update Is Live.
- Google Ads Smart Display Campaign and Optimised Targeting Changes.
- 7 Updates coming to Google Performance Max Campaigns. (
- A Summary of Updates from Google’s Marketing Live 2022 Event.
- Google Analytics 4 is Bad But Here’s What You Need to know!
- Google Unveils Ads Manager Tool for Video Ads.
LinkedIn:
- LinkedIn rolled out Link-in-bio feature and started expanding it to more and more users worldwide.
- LinkedIn Updates Algorithm to downgrade Engagement-Baiting Posts and Polls.
- LinkedIn introduces Live Captions for Audio Events.
- LinkedIn updates it’s Professional Community policies.
- LinkedIn shares new insights into remote job opportunities in selected industries .
Youtube:
- YouTube expands Thank You Monetisation tool to all eligible creators.
- YouTube Expands its ‘Pre-Publish Checks’ Tool to the Mobile App.
- YouTube Go is shutting down in August.
- YouTube Shorts now have green screen compatible With All videos.
- YouTube is testing a membership gifting feature with selected creators.
- YouTube started rolling out its Clips feature to all creators.
- The platform added “Most replayed” feature to help viewers identify the most popular parts of the video!
- YouTube bets big on Live-shopping as it announced new features related to it in the Brand cast.
- The platform will start rolling out YouTube Shorts Ads from This Month!
- YouTube Analytics Now separates Data by Video Type.
Twitter:
- Elon Musk announced Buying Twitter for $44 Billion but The Deal is on Hold Right now!
- Announcements: Twitter reportedly overcounted number of daily active users for last 3 years.
- Twitter creators can now get paid through Cryptocurrency on Twitter with Stripe.
- Twitter announced an Instagram-like feature called “Twitter Circle” which lets you add up-to 150 people who can see your tweets.
- Twitter Expands Tweet Replies Ad space to All Advertisers.
- Twitter rolls out Spaces Analytics to All Hosts and Co-hosts.
- Twitter is working on a start a Space about this tweet Feature. You will be able to start a space about a tweet directly.
- Twitter introduced new policies to highlight its efforts to combat spam and duplicate tweets.
- The platform will hide false Tweets from high-profile accounts during times of crisis.
- Creators can now run specific twitter spaces for their super followers.
- The platform agrees to Pay $150 Million in Privacy Settlements.
- Twitter’s latest update will make third-party apps better.
- Twitter rebranded it’s media website to help creators with more resources.
Snapchat:
- Snapchat launches a $230 flying drone camera and new e-commerce integrations in Snap Summit 2022.
- eBay sellers can now share listings on Snapchat.
- Snapchat is bringing parental control features to platform.
- Snapchat rolls out ‘shared stories’ feature to make it easier to share memories.
Meta:
- WhatsApp is working on a paid subscription for multi-phone and tablet chatting.
- Facebook shuts down Podcasts and their other Audio Projects.
- Meta Expands Reels Monetisation with Monthly Challenges.
- Meta And Adobe collaborated for a new Social media marketing training courses called “Elevate Circles”.
- Meta Announces New Business Messaging Tools, Including Improved WhatsApp Ad Creation.
- WhatsApp rolls out emoji reactions, bigger files, massive groups.
- Meta opens up WhatsApp Cloud API to attract more businesses to WhatsApp Marketing.
- Meta updates it’s privacy policy with few changes and Facebook’s data policy is now Meta’s privacy policy.
- WhatsApp now allows Indian Users to Access Governmental Documents in App.
- Meta introduced Facebook Graph And Marketing API v14.0.
- Meta Introduces Recurring Notifications for Businesses on Messengers.
Marketing:
- Microsoft Advertising now offers incentive features like cash-back and adding stock images from your website.
- Twitch is looking to expand their cut from streamers earnings from 30 to 50% and also thinks of boosting Ads.
- Microsoft Advertising is rolling out Auto-generated marketing lists and more updates this month.
- Microsoft Advertising launched 3+ new Ad certification badges to show your qualifications.
- Netflix officially announced Ads are coming to platform by end of the Year.
- New Yelp Feature: “Request a Call” will help you generate more leads.
- Vimeo makes videos more discoverable on Google.
- Wiz now have a SEO hub to teach its users.
- Possible Ranking Update on May 16.
- Similar Web acquires SEO tool “Rank Ranger”.
- WordPress 6.0 is Here with New Improvements And great features.
- Bing Tests Branded Sidebar Navigation Tool.
- WooCommerce and Tiktok Integration is here!
- Meta and Spotify is bringing back Political Ads silently for mid-term Elections.
- DuckDuckGo’s Search Deal Prevents Browser From Blocking Microsoft Trackers.
Reddit:
- Reddit launched $1 million fund to support various projects going on platform.
- The platform launched a new “Reddit Talk Host” program.