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  • Harbhajan Singh Relives First Test Wicket With Popular Rap Song On Instagram

    Harbhajan Singh has been one of India’s finest off-spinners who has won many matches for India and has also been a part of many famous wins. In his illustrious cricketing career, he has represented India in 4 World Cups and has been a part of the triumphant squad in the 2007 & 2011 editions. In a career, that has lasted more than two decades. Harbhajan has had several memorable moments, one of which was his first international wicket. On Wednesday, Harbhajan Singh took to Instagram and made his fans nostalgic by sharing a video of his first international wicket which he took on his debut against Australia at Bengaluru in 1998.  The off-spinner’s first international scalp was Greg Blewett who he dismissed with a peach of a delivery. Harbhajan bowled a top-spinner which spun sharply and knicked of Blewett’s off stump. As soon as Harbhajan posted the video, fans started flooding the comments section. Several reactions poured in as netizens lauded the champion bowler for his exceptional bowling and his service to India over the years. Here’s a look at a few reactions.

  • Instagram is Making it Possible to Search by Keyword

    Instagram is upgrading its search functionality and letting users find content by keywords for the first time.

    Until now, users have only been able to search for content by hashtags, location tags, usernames, and profile names.

    That left a swath of unsearchable content in the caption area.

    There’s a lot left to be understood about Instagram’s new search functionality, but I’ll round up the information that’s been made available so far.

    How Does Instagram Keyword Search Work?

    Instagram keyword search works by allowing users to type in a keyword such as “home office inspiration,” rather than being limited to a hashtag like #homeofficeinspiration.

    Search results should then surface posts about home office inspiration even if they’re not specifically tagged as such.

    It’s not exactly known how Instagram determines what a post is about without relying on hashtags.

    It’s known that Instagram will use captions to surface posts for keyword searches, but even there are still many questions.

    For example – is it exact-match only? Can Instagram’s algorithm understand synonyms? Is there any AI or machine learning involved to help the algorithm recognize what’s depicted in an image?

    A company spokesperson tells The Verge that Instagram considers “a number of factors” when returning search results. This includes the type of content, captions, when it was posted, and more.

    The spokesperson confirms Instagram uses machine learning to “find the highest quality content that’s relevant to you.” There’s no mention of whether that also involves image recognition.

    Potential For Instagram SEO?

    Perhaps the most exciting aspect of this update, at least for marketers and search enthusiasts, is the potential for Instagram SEO.

    Previously, the only way to optimize Instagram posts was to include relevant hashtags and perhaps a location tag (if applicable).

    Now there’s a whole new algorithm for marketers to understand and optimize for. For the first time we can actually have discussions about Instagram ranking factors.

    Before jumping into that, however, it may be best to wait and see how this change impacts user behavior. We don’t yet know how users will adapt to this new way of searching for posts on Instagram.

  • Tiktok’s old users can earn big money, Instagram is giving big chance

    New Delhi:If you are an old user of Tiktok, then you have a chance to earn big bucks. Actually Instagram is offering financial support to popular Tiktok creators. This financial support will go to Tiktok users who will join the Facebook-owned video music remix feature ReelS. This plan will be first started in the US next month. Instagram can rollout this plan in India soon after the US.

    According to the report of the Wall Street Journal, a few selected top Tiktok creators will be given about one thousand dollars or 75 thousand rupees. Like Instagram, this offer has come at a time when the Trump administration is trying to ban short video sharing platform Tiktok. The Indian government had banned 59 Chinese apps, including tiktok, citing national security. Since then, the issue of Tiktok Bain has gained momentum in the US. In such a situation, Instagram is trying to fill Tiktok’s empty space fast. Instagram introduced the Reels feature earlier this month, where users will be able to record short videos. Also, you will be able to edit, share those videos. India is the fourth country after Brazil, Germany and France, Where Instagram’s Reels feature has been introduced. According to TechCrunch’s report, Instagram will first feature the Reels feature in the US in August, ahead of the other 50 markets.

    Tiktok is also trying to keep its creators on its platform. Last week, Tiktok announced a $ 200 million fund to support American top creators. It was named the Tiktok Creators Fund. According to Tiktok, this fund will be exclusively for those creators who are looking at video creation as a career on Tiktok. In such a situation, financial assistance is being offered to him by Tiktok.