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Celebrating Diversity in Web3 at Zoratopia
The second-annual Zoratopia event — presented by community-led platform, Zora — was held this week during NFT.NYC. The goal of the event was to showcase the diversity present in the NFT space by featuring an array of creators who have innovated in all sectors of the NFT and Zora ecosystems. Spanning three days of programming, Zoratopia was spearheaded by a mish-mash of influential creators, including Zora’s own head of community programming, Latashá. Kicking off with yoga and brunch on June 21 at Gaia Nomaya in Brooklyn, the first day of activities drew to a close with music and art. Headlining the […]
RadioShack Is Back From the Dead As a Web3 Brand
Just when we thought the 2022 crypto timeline couldn’t get any crazier, deceased American tech retailer RadioShack has been resurrected on Twitter as a snarky Web3 brand. Instead of a one-stop-shop for batteries, computer cables, and remote-control toys, the once-beloved electronics dealer has been reinvigorated as a cryptocurrency swap. RadioShack has actually existed as a Web3 company for a couple of years now (don’t fret, this isn’t some sort of Mandela effect) thanks to the handiwork of entrepreneur investors Alex Mehr and Tai Lopez. Old business plan: politely sell hdmi cords to customers. New business plan: snappin necks and cashin […]
Does Google Crawl URLs In Structured Data? via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Google’s John Mueller answers if Google crawls and uses links found in structured data. The post Does Google Crawl URLs In Structured Data? appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Googlebot Crawls & Indexes First 15 MB HTML Content via @sejournal, @BrianFr07823616
Google quietly announced it will now crawl the first 15 MB of a webpage. Anything after this cutoff will not be included in rankings calculations. The post Googlebot Crawls & Indexes First 15 MB HTML Content appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Keywords Hidden For 46% Of Google Search Console Clicks: Ahrefs Study via @sejournal, @mirandalmwrites
Ahrefs analyzed close to 9 billion clicks across over 146,000 websites to determine how often keyword terms remain hidden in GSC. Here’s what they found. The post Keywords Hidden For 46% Of Google Search Console Clicks: Ahrefs Study appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Police, Art, and Music: Inside FVCKRENDER’s NFT.NYC Experience
With NFT.NYC entering its last full day of festivities today, June 23, this week-long celebration of all things NFTs is officially coming to a close. Over the last few days, we’ve seen countless IRL events, activations, and art installations in and around the city commemorating one of the year’s biggest NFT events. Among these NFT.NYC-hosted galleries is FVCKRENDER’s LVCIDIA, located in Studio 525 in Manhattan. The three-day RSVP and holder-only gallery event showcases the artist’s LVCIDIA project live and in person. Launched as an online art exploration experience, LVCIDIA exists as an interactive way for enthusiasts and collectors to enter […]
eBay Just Acquired a Major NFT Marketplace
eBay has made considerable headway into the Web3 space since it first started selling NFTs on its site in March 2021. In May 2022, the e-commerce giant launched its own NFT collection. Today, June 22, the company announced that it has officially acquired KnownOrigin — an NFT marketplace that has generated over $7 million in trading volume since its launch in late 2018. The news was broken via the marketplace’s official Twitter account, which made the announcement in a series of tweets earlier today at 8:41 a.m. EDT. 1/7 The mission was simple: could we build a new platform that […]
It’s Official: These Countries are the Biggest Fans and Foes of NFTs
Web3 is an inherently decentralized phenomenon. Unlike more traditional institutions and infrastructures, this means it’s tailor-made to fluidly operate across international borders. This characteristic has helped creators and developers the world over take advantage of blockchain-based technologies like NFTs. It has also allowed that ecosystem to burgeon into a highly profitable industry whose trade market size now measures in the billions. The cultural and financial shift NFTs have brought about is only expected to increase, with reports estimating the global NFT market size to reach an obscene $13.6 billion by 2027. Unfortunately, despite huge market impact and continued mainstream adoption, NFTs […]
You Can Help Fight COVID by Buying These NFTs
NFTs have proven to be an effective method of fundraising for social good. With the purchase of an NFT, you can help all sorts of causes ranging from medical debt forgiveness to bringing a species back from extinction. Joining the ranks of these ‘NFTs for good’ is a project set to go on auction at Christie’s on July 15; The University of Pennsylvania mRNA NFT: Vaccines for a New Era. What’s in the digital box The renderings — a collaboration between The University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Drew Weissman — are also set to include “a storyboard that explains what […]
Mark Zuckerberg Unveils NFT Roadmaps For Facebook & Instagram
When it comes to non-fungible tokens (NFTs), it’s no secret that Mark Zuckerberg has big plans. In a panel at the SXSW Festival in March 2022, Zuckerberg said that he planned to turn Instagram into an NFT marketplace. In May, he started making good on that promise. The social media platform started testing NFT integrations with a select set of users. At the time, Zuckerberg noted that Facebook would soon be heading down the same path. “Similar functionality is coming to Facebook soon,” he said. It seems that time may have finally arrived. Earlier today (June 21, 2022), Zuckerberg unveiled […]