Blog post:
https://www.goranstimac.com/blog/2021/06/how-to-create-facebook-video-ads-people-will-watch/

The truth is, the people who want to buy your products hate ads and they don’t want to see them in their Facebook feed.

So if you want to connect with your audience via Facebook video ads, they need to look more native to the platform and less like commercials. When people are scrolling the feed, your ads should feel more like the content they normally see rather than stick out as ads.

Here are two ways to make your Facebook video ads look more native to the platform so you can capture your audience’s attention.

How To Create Facebook Video Ads People Will Watch

Blog post:
https://www.goranstimac.com/blog/2021/04/spotify-is-getting-into-live-audio/

Spotify announced that it will acquire Betty Labs, the company behind the Locker Room, which focuses on live audio.

Spotify is best known for its music streaming business but has expanded into new audio formats while hunting for both a competitive edge in its core market and methods of generating pricing leverage.

The European tech giant has spent heavily in recent years on its podcast efforts, bringing marquee shows to its platform on an exclusive basis. By making its audio-world as differentiated as possible, Spotify may be able to charge more over time, creating future growth opportunities.

The Swedish public company was not shy in describing its goals for the Betty Labs deal, writing on its blog that it will “evolve and expand Locker Room into an enhanced live audio experience for a wider range of creators and fans,” with forthcoming content including “a range of sports, music, and cultural programming, as well as a host of interactive features that enable creators to connect with audiences in real-time.”

Spotify wants to lead all audio categories, it appears, so its planned move into Clubhouse territory should worry current startups in the space.

If Spotify’s distribution advantage of working on every platform, and having a huge install base, will work in its efforts to own a new slice of the audio world is something we’ll find out this year. Until then, if you have an iOS device, you can still use Clubhouse.

Spotify Is Getting Into Live Audio

Blog post:
https://www.goranstimac.com/blog/2021/06/drupal-920-is-available/

The second feature release of Drupal 9 helps keep your site even more secure, and comes with increased visitor privacy protection, improved migration tools from Drupal 7, enhancements to the Olivero frontend theme and early support for the WebP image format.

Drupal 9.2.0 Is Available

Blog post:
https://www.goranstimac.com/blog/2021/04/vps-vs-shared-hosting-which-one-is-better-for-you/

There are two instances when you should be critically thinking about the platform; your website will be running on — when you’re just starting, and when the existing platform isn’t serving your needs.

If you’re wondering about which of the many available options will make sense for you, you’ve come to the right place. On the other hand, if you’re using a shared hosting account and haven’t heard of the alternatives, this is most definitely for you. Finally, if, like most of the business users focused on building the next biggest empire, you have no idea what platform your website is running on, you will benefit from this article!

VPS vs Shared Hosting – Which One Is Better for You

Blog post:
https://www.goranstimac.com/blog/2021/06/drupal-7-vs-drupal-8-vs-drupal-9-10-core-differences-you-should-know/

Drupal 7 is generally not quite the same as Drupal 8 and Drupal 9. Many structural changes that progress from a Drupal 7 website to a Drupal 8 are more like a relocation project from an unexpected CMS than a product redesign. For instance, the brand new theme and PHP library in Drupal 9 are features that attract most of the Drupal CMS owners.

Fortunately, there is no large building hole between both Drupal 8 and Drupal 9.

Drupal 9 in reality, more like a next minor center overhaul like 8.8 to 8.9 with some newly added features. Remember when you upgraded Drupal 7 to Drupal 8 that led you to rewrite the Drupal from scratch? Don’t be scared; Drupal 9 offers the easiest upgrade from Drupal 8. Since Drupal 8 is backward compatible, you will not have to write custom codes after upgrading. If you practice removing the old and deprecated code base, upgrading from Drupal 8 to Drupal 9 will be smooth as butter.

If you are still using Drupal 7, it will reach the end of life by November 2021. To avoid it, you can upgrade your Drupal website to Drupal 8 or Drupal 9. To help you do a smooth upgrade, here is a comparison guide for Drupal 7 Vs. Drupal 8 Vs. Drupal 9.

Drupal 7 vs. Drupal 8 vs. Drupal 9 10+ Core Differences You Should Know

Blog post:
https://www.goranstimac.com/blog/2021/04/cloudflare-page-shield-early-warning-system-for-malicious-scripts/

Cloudflare has released a new feature that aims to protect websites from Magecart and other malicious JavaScript-based attacks.

A typical cyberattack is introducing malicious JavaScript onto a website to redirect visitors to malicious sites, display phishing forms, exploit vulnerabilities, and steal submitted payment information.

To introduce malicious scripts on a website, threat actors will commonly add the malicious inline JavaScript to the web page, add an external malicious JavaScript dependency file under their control, or compromise an existing third-party script in a supply-chain attack.

When JavaScript is loaded from an external location as a dependency, in many cases, they go unnoticed for a long time, especially when there is no outward change in a site’s user experience.

For example, Magecart attacks are conducted by introducing malicious JavaScript that steals credit card information submitted on a website. As this data is quietly transmitted to a remote location and purchases continue, as usual, users will not notice anything strange that they should report to the site.

Due to this, Magecart attacks can quietly steal credit cards from visitors for many months, if not years, before they are detected and resolved.

Goran Stimac