February 2014 - Sites Done Right Blog

Popular user-submitted site, Reddit.com has announced they we will donate 10% of their advertising profits in 2014 to non-profits chosen by their community. Reddit has announced the surprising move in their blog this morning. The post entitled "Decimating our ad revenue" listed the details of their plan to donate 10% of the profits to a democratically chosen cause. I love the headline's use of the word "decimation" which literally means to "take a tenth from the whole"...

King, the company behind Candy Crush Saga, has withdrawn its copyright claim of the word "candy". I don't think anyone could have predicted the meteoric rise of the simple game Candy Crush Saga. If you're unfamiliar, it's a puzzle adventure game for mobile phones including iOS and Android. It's simple, it's fun, it's pretty to look at. The colors and animation are gorgeous and it's addictive as, well, candy. But King hasn't played nice lately. King.com took out a trademark for the words "Candy Crush Saga"...

How to: Restore or Edit your Facebook Lookback video, if it shows "6 photos" My last blog article on this subject went a bit viral with people logging in from all around the world complaining about bugs with their Facebook Lookback video. First, the biggest complaint was many people didn't have a "share button" on the video...

Google takes an extremely strong stance on Russia anti-homosexual laws by showing a "gay inspired" Olympic Google logo. On the heels of a major story regarding the upcoming Sochi olympics, the top Olympic official said that he is open to appending the "Olympic charter" to add rules which will address sexual orientation discrimination. This of course comes due a very controversial Russian law to protect the youth which "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations" in the presence of minors...

HOW TO FIX: Facebook Lookback video bug with no share button Facebook is celebrating their ten year anniversary today and are rolling out a cool new feature. They created a customized video called "Look Back" which gives users a look into their Facebook history. The video is custom for each user showing their most important Facebook moments such as most-liked posts and photos. But there's an odd bug going around in certain browsers! Chances are you found out about this feature due to your friends sharing the link on your wall...