6 Most Recent Digital Industry Updates to Pay Attention

Let’s take a look at the most recent announcements, updates, and news from the digital sector.

On October 17, 2022, WordPress 6.0.3 was released to the public. Several security issues have been fixed in this release. You should upgrade your sites right now because this is a security release. Also updated are all versions of WordPress since version 3.7.
 

It is a short-cycle release, WordPress 6.0.3. Version 6.1, scheduled for November 1, 2022, will be the following significant release. The updating procedure will start immediately if your sites support background updates that run in the background. You can either visit your WordPress Dashboard, click “Updates,” and then click “Update Now” to download WordPress 6.0.3 from WordPress.org.
 
Visit this link to learn more about this release.

FACEBOOK HAS ROLLED OUT A NEW PAGE’S EXPERIENCE

Facebook recently launched a brand-new Pages experience that it claims is perfect for small and medium-sized businesses to connect with clients and other companies.
 
This updated Pages design. A more “simplified layout, easier navigation between your personal profile and business pages, a Professional Dashboard to manage all of your activities quickly in one central location, and access to a dedicated feed to more seamlessly interact with people on Facebook as your business” are some of the features of the new Pages experience.
 
By touching or holding down the top-right menu icon, you can switch between your business and personal profiles.
 
Click here to find more details about this change.

YOUTUBE LAUNCHES @HANDLES FOR CHANNELS

With the addition of @handles, YouTube is now following the path of all other social media platforms. The firm declared in a statement that “Handles are a new unique identifier (e.g., @youtubecreators) & ALL YouTube channels will have one.” “People will be able to identify you and your YouTube channel thanks to your distinctive @handle. In addition, since handles are distinctive (unlike channel names), it is simple to determine if you are interacting with the correct individual or not.
 
In other words, using the new @handle feature is a great approach to increase your brand’s online recognition. Prior to this release, building your own custom URL required at least 100 subscribers. No matter how many subscribers you have, you will now receive one with a handle. Last but not least, handles make it simpler to reference other channels or companies in comments.
 

In the mobile search results, Google is now introducing “site names,” as it calls them. Site names prominently display the name of the website at the top of the snippet rather to just the URL.
 
The size and shape of the favicon will be shown next to the site name and URL of the search result snippet, Google also revealed with the site name.
 
Click here to find more details about this change.

TikTok will introduce live shopping in the United States.

 

It will debut in time for the busy holiday shopping period. TikTok and TalkShopLive are working together to make this all possible and both are currently finalising the details of their agreement.

 

Click here to read more on this.

Businesses can be found by “those who are in a shopping mindset and have recently engaged with relevant business information in feed” thanks to multi-advertiser ads format of Instagram.

 

The AI shows more ads from companies a person may be interested in once they demonstrate their commercial purpose by interacting with an ad.

 

Click here to find more details about this Instagram announcement.