Organic SEO & Search News

Instagram tests links in post captions for paying users – As part of the test, selected Meta Verified subscribers can add up to 10 links to their IG post captions each month.

Meta adds more measures to ensure original creators get credit – It’s the latest step in Meta’s push to ensure original content creators get more recognition and opportunity.

Meta ends end-to-end encryption on Instagram – Privacy campaigners have criticized the move, while some regulators will welcome increased transparency.

Paid Search & Platform Innovations

X commits to altering its verification program in EU – EU regulators have threatened X with penalties if it fails to provide clarity to users on its revised checkmark program.

X adds simplified AI video generation from multiple images – Now, Grok users will be able to generate video that incorporates up to seven input images.

General Digital Marketing

The tactical playbook for getting 20-40% more comp (without sounding greedy) | Jacob Warwick (Executive Negotiator) – Why negotiation starts before the offer, the exact phrases that unlock 20%-40% more comp, how to flip interviews into discovery calls, and why product people negotiate worse than everyone else.