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An Upcoming Web3 Game Wants to Help You Relive Your Memories
Metaverse experiences don’t always have to be huge community-spanning affairs or ways for fans to engage more deeply with their beloved IPs. Outside of Web3, we’ve already seen the idea of using VR to craft deeply personal experiences for users. Let’s start with how this idea is approached in popular culture. In the opening minutes of 2016’s Captain America: Civil War, viewers were treated to yet another cutting-edge technological development from fictional futurist Tony Stark: BARF. In the film, the technology enabled its users to virtually relive their memories in vivid detail. Of course, included in that package is the […]
Meta Reports First Ever Decline In Ad Revenue via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Meta’s latest earnings report reveals the company’s first-ever year-over-year decline in advertising revenue, signaling a downward trend that it expects to continue. The post Meta Reports First Ever Decline In Ad Revenue appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Solana Spaces: Do Web3 Brands Really Need Physical Stores?
Web3 is starting to manifest itself in the real world. The Solana Foundation, a non-profit based in Switzerland that promotes the decentralization, expansion, and security of the Solana network, opened a permanent physical retail store on Thursday at Hudson Yards in Manhattan called Solana Spaces, according to a recent tweet. The store features crypto-themed merchandise and provides various stations dedicated to onboarding people to Web3, like a private booth where people can set up their Phantom wallet and jot down their seed phrase in secrecy. Solana Spaces NYC is now open: https://t.co/jZcZ99l5Cj We’re the world’s first retail & educational space […]
A Model for Future Cities? Miami Is Launching Its Own NFT Collection
What first pops into your head when thinking about Miami? Is it Miami beach? Miami nightlife? Authentic Cubanos? Dwyane Wade? All are correct, but now Miami’s city government wants you to add “Web3 hotspot” to that list. During the NFT industry’s bull run throughout 2021, one of the most important events during this time frame was undoubtedly Art Basel Miami. Scores of NFT enthusiasts flocked to the event’s various locations across the city to catch one of many NFT-centric events taking place at one of the most significant networking events in the entire art industry — not just in the […]
CMS Market Share: Shopify Falls Slightly As Losses & Layoffs Loom via @sejournal, @mirandalmwrites
Which CMS solutions are preferred by site owners today? See how WordPress, Shopify, Wix, performed in July with these market share insights. The post CMS Market Share: Shopify Falls Slightly As Losses & Layoffs Loom appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google: “Always Try” To Replace HTTP Links With HTTPS via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google’s Search Advocate John Mueller says you should always try to replace internal links pointing to HTTP URLs with the newer HTTP versions. The post Google: “Always Try” To Replace HTTP Links With HTTPS appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
YouTube Shorts Algorithm Explained In Q&A Format via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
YouTube demystifies the Shorts algorithm in a Q&A video that addresses several of the most common questions creators have about gaining visibility with short-form content. The post YouTube Shorts Algorithm Explained In Q&A Format appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
A Senator Is Calling for Google and Apple CEOs to Stymie Crypto Scams
For all of Web3’s successes in celebrating diversity and raising funds for unquestionably noble causes, the Web3 space still has its fair share of bugbears — scammers. Thefts, rug pulls, and the like remain a distinct risk for anyone making their first steps into Web3. However, these bad actors don’t just look to target members of the crypto and NFT communities on their home turf via wash trades. Some have looked to gain access to users’ crypto wallets in a seemingly innocent way: via mobile apps. The lengths that scammers have gone to forcibly part users from their hard-earned crypto […]
Ready to Audition Your Bored Ape Brand? A Crypto Exchange Beckons
While still a new and relatively undeveloped concept in Web3, the NFT market continues to grow, with NFT rentals forming a new economy within the blockchain ecosystem. NFT rentals aim to address the question of reliable income with NFTs, in a bid to offer more than speculative price increases. Instead of letting your digital assets sit idle in your wallet, proponents argue, why not rent them (and their utility) out and earn passive income in the process? MouseBelt Labs, for example, recently developed a platform for NFT rentals called BoredJobs, which is essentially a licensing marketplace that lists thousands of Bored […]
Google Shares 6 Tips For Ecommerce Search Results via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Google shares six ways you can make your ecommerce site stand out from competitors on search results pages. The post Google Shares 6 Tips For Ecommerce Search Results appeared first on Search Engine Journal.