Marketing Junto - Holy Cow! The Web Is 35! ✌️

Holy Cow! The Web Is 35!

In one way I want to say, Only 35? And on the other hand, It's That Old?! I'm at a weird spot in Web History. At 42, born in 1981, I'm barely a millennial. I'm what they call Elder. 😵‍💫

I'm old enough to remember before the Web, but I barely do. I remember getting on AOL in the 90's and thinking it was so cool. I got into Web design in 1998, helping build my prep school's first website. At that point, I was all in.

Fast forward 35 freaking years, I'm a digital marketer, on the Web for more hours than I'd like to admit, and making a living doing so.

Now it's not every 5 years or every year for that matter that things change. It's every day, every hour, every minute.

If you think about it too hard you can get whiplash.

Moore's law is pretty much out the window and many of the Web 2.0 giants are trying to pivot and change for the new wave.

Decentralization is here and it looks weird and unfamiliar. This isn't the first time we've had islands on the web. Remember the hay day of blogs in the early '00s and early '10s? We seem to have gone full circle. From behemoths like X/Twitter and Facebook to islands and federations like BlueSky and Mastodon/The Fediverse.

I'm excited to see where this all goes. I'm thrilled to see a way for the next generations to make a living online. I'm also scared because technology in general and even more so on the web is going so fast, that you can get lost in the exhaust as it passes you by in the blink of an eye.

As far as marketing goes online, that's an interesting discussion. With the European Union cracking open tech and making it listen to privacy laws, I think we're in for more evolution. Will it all be good? No. Bad... not so much either. Just different. And we either adapt or die.

What do you think? Hit reply and let me know what you think!

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Google March 2024 Core/Spam Update Early Reversals (It's Far From Done...)
Google's making a mess of the web again. Time to sit back and watch the chaos unfold. 😒😜
Link devaluation: The hidden threat of SpamBrain
Though buying links has always been risky, now it's extremely risky. Almost a death wish.
Reddit launches new ad format that closely resembles user posts
What possibly could go wrong with Reddit making ads look like user posts? Nothing's better than confusing the crap out of your users. Especially on Reddit.
Google SGE could cost publishers $2 billion in ad revenue
Adapt or die.
How LinkedIn Unlocked A Genius SEO Strategy With AI
LinkedIn is using AI in a very interesting way.
Google Confirms: High-Quality Content Is Crawled More Often
Well Duh! 😉😜
Google Now Says Core Web Vitals Used In Ranking Systems
It always has been. A slow site will hurt your rankings. If not directly from Google, then from people not sticking around. When people jump quickly that is a signal.
BeReal is Struggling to Add Users, Running Out of Funding
Neat concept, but I was never sure how they could really grown and monetize.
US House of Representatives Approves TikTok Sell-off Proposal
The saga continues. On one hand I get why we don't want TikTok in the US being owned by China. But on the other hand, is this an overreach?
EU Implements New Laws on AI Development
Not surprised. It's the EU!
A window into Facebook closes as Meta sets a date to shut down CrowdTangle
Why Facebook thinks this is a good idea is beyond me. Especially during a high stakes election year.
FTC Goes Undercover Against Fake Antivirus Companies
Well this is good.
Google paid $10 million in bug bounty rewards last year
Honestly, that's a small price to pay to get your bugs identified and fixed.
Adobe Firefly repeats the same AI blunders as Google Gemini
Eeek, this isn't a good look. AI is getting there. Just not there yet.
The problem with buying TikTok
This looks like TikTok and the US forcing a sale is going to cause a pissing match between two major superpowers. Geez.
Here's the SEO Combination You Need to Win Google's Algorithm
To me this is obvious, but still a good read.
The U.S. Wants to Ban TikTok for the Sins of Every Social Media Company
An interesting point and very valid. But I think that if TikTok wasn't owned by China this wouldn't be an issue. Regardless if it's the scape goat for the sins of social media as a whole.
The WordPress Versus Problem
A great think piece about WordPress vs. The World.
Google Integrates Social Media Posts Into Google Business Profiles
This is going to make GBPs so much more interactive and sticky. Maybe less ignored as well.

Web Find/Master Class To Check Out

A good friend and marketing maven of mine, Orly Zeewy, is hosting two workshops that I think you'd all like to check out about pitching your startup and growing your startup. Read more about Orly here.

Pitch & Grow Workshop April 2nd

Pitch & Grow Workshop April 4th

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That's It For This Week! Keep Rocking It!

-Seth

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