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Our Hometown News

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A podcast covering the local media industry.

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Buzzsprout’s New iOS App: A Perfect Partner for Your Audio Articles

March 21, 2024 19:00 - 1 minute - 685 KB

We’re delighted to bring to your attention a significant development from Buzzsprout that perfectly complements the Audio Articles feature on your websites: Buzzsprout’s recently introduced iOS app. buzzsprout.com Seamless Podcast Management With the Buzzsprout iOS app, managing your audio content becomes as mobile as your readers. Update your podcast episodes, check statistics, and even fix typos on the fly. It’s the perfect companion for the busy publisher who values efficiency and mobilit...

LIVE WEBINAR: Introducing Author Profiles

March 13, 2024 22:00 - 52 seconds - 351 KB

Our-Hometown invites you to join us on Thursday, March 28th at 3PM EDT for a LIVE WEBINAR introducing the newest feature available on our platform: Author Profiles! The new Author Profiles feature creates a profile page on the website for each author where visitors can read a short biography and find links for the author's social media profiles. Importantly, the Author Profile page acts as a hub listing other articles credited to the author, allowing readers to quickly find more content from...

Send us a PDF!

February 29, 2024 20:00 - 2 minutes - 1 MB

Your prototype awaits . . . Regular email services have size limitations, making them unsuitable for sending large files common to production work (like high-resolution images, pdfs, or design files).  That's why the following services are better choices: File-Sharing Services Stand-alone Options WeTransfer How it Works: Upload your files and WeTransfer generates a download link to share with our production team. Recipients don't need a WeTransfer account to download the files.Pros: Super si...

Introducing Our-Hometown's Author Profiles: Boost SEO & Trust

February 26, 2024 13:00 - 1 minute - 685 KB

Image by Dall-E / Firefly In a recent post, we explored the SEO benefits of author profiles, specifically implementing the E-E-A-T strategy suggested by Google search. Today, we're excited to unveil Our-Hometown's customizable author profile solution! This powerful new feature will soon roll out automatically to all our customers, with no action required on your end. How it Works Our new author profile pages will seamlessly leverage your website's existing Author or Byline fields. Now, when ...

Make Awesome Animated GIFs with Photoshop

February 15, 2024 19:00 - 3 minutes - 1.62 MB

https://youtu.be/s8f1Tfeb5jY Welcome to a quick tutorial from Our-Hometown. We recently revamped the design of a customer newsletter page to include a Google map with pins representing the featured publishers in the region. The publisher wanted to include this map highlight in the email version of the newsletter, so we decided to create an animated GIF showcasing each publisher as a teaser to engage readers. Today, I'll guide you through creating your own animated GIFs using Adobe Photoshop....

The Power of Author Profiles: Boost Your SEO and Brand Trust

February 14, 2024 19:00 - 3 minutes - 1.09 MB

In today's digital landscape, establishing your website and content as reliable, trustworthy sources of information is paramount. In steps SEO authorship – a powerful strategy that connects your content with its creators, boosting your search engine rankings and cementing your brand's authority. At Our-Hometown, we understand the vital role authorship plays in online success. That's why we've developed robust author profile pages like this one on a customer website. Let's dive into the SEO a...

Turn Archives into Assets: Unleash Website Engagement with Historical Features

February 12, 2024 19:00 - 3 minutes - 1.21 MB

In the fast-paced world of online news, where headlines fade faster than coffee gets cold, it's easy to underestimate the power of history. But for newspaper publishers, embracing the past can be a strategic goldmine, fostering reader engagement and loyalty in unexpected ways. This is where features like "This Week in History" come in, offering a nostalgic glimpse into the archives and reminding readers of the paper's long-standing role in their community. Benefits of Historical Features By ...

Stripe users: Please check your account status

February 08, 2024 02:00 - 1 minute - 579 KB

Attention Our-Hometown customers, If you're using the online payment gateway Stripe to process payments through your website, please be aware that you may be required to verify or update your business and/or account ownership information in order to continue using Stripe. We urge you to take a few minutes to login to your Stripe Dashboard and check for any notifications from Stripe requesting this information. In addition to the dashboard notification, you also should have received e-mail co...

The Power of Internal Links for SEO

February 05, 2024 19:00 - 4 minutes - 1.68 MB

ContentsBenefits of Internal LinksCase StudiesUproerGet Back to Basics with an HTML SitemapPursue a Content Plan that Prioritizes Internal LinkingZyppySEOResultsSeer InteractiveThe Internal Linking TestResultsReferences Internal links may seem simple; however, they are an incredibly powerful tool for improving your website’s SEO. By effectively using links between pages on your site, you can enhance user experience, help search engines better understand your content, and distribute “link equ...

In Memory of Teri Marie McLaren

January 29, 2024 16:00 - 1 minute - 547 KB

Teri Mari McLaren We have sad news about a longtime member of the Our Hometown family. Teri Marie McLaren, beloved mother, grandmother, and friend, after a short and courageous battle with cancer, went to meet Jesus on January 25, 2024. We all knew Teri as the matriarch at Our Hometown.  She was passionate about her vital role as production manager and brought a positive energy to every interaction.   Ever since Teri started with us as a production rep, she displayed an amazing work ethic an...

Kevin Slimp: "Beginning 2024 Right"

January 04, 2024 17:00 - 4 minutes - 1.89 MB

Headlines from the past remind me that 2024 could be a great year The following is a guest column from our friend and industry expert, Kevin Slimp! Making bold predictions is easy. This year, I’ve paid close attention to forecasts by respected sportswriters in national print and online publications to see how my football bowl predictions match up against their predictions. Some of you probably did the same thing. I was surprised that I correctly predicted the winners of the bowl games at a m...

OHT Customer The Recorder Shines Bright in New Report

November 28, 2023 15:00 - 2 minutes - 980 KB

The Recorder, a local newspaper covering three rural counties in western Virginia, was recently featured in a PBS NewsHour segment about the sustainability of local journalism. Additionally, The Recorder was singled out this year as one of 17 “Bright Spots” for local news outlets, as part of the 2023 "State of Local News Project" published by the Local News Initiative at Northeastern University's Medill School of Journalism. The report, in addition to providing detailed data on many downward...

Celebrate Thanksgiving with Style: Showcase Your Stories with NextGen Gallery

November 20, 2023 19:00 - 31 seconds - 215 KB

Happy Thanksgiving! As we gather to celebrate this season of gratitude and community, it’s the perfect time to reflect on how we share stories and connect with readers. Today, we're showcasing the versatility and visual appeal of our NextGen gallery plugin through a series of imaginative Thanksgiving images created with a dash of AI. To learn how you can showcase your stories, check out our walkthrough on using NextGen Gallery. Image Slideshow Article Link Let us know your thoughts about t...

Submit your news to Apple News

November 16, 2023 16:00 - 3 minutes - 1.38 MB

A powerful way to expand your newspaper's reach beyond your community and local readers is to submit your content to news aggregate platforms like Apple News and Google News, who will redistribute it across their networks of users. This can help improve your publication's search engine rankings and web traffic, which in turn can help increase your advertising revenue. We wrote a post about How to Appear in Google News last summer, and we'll go over how to set up your site for inclusion in Ap...

News-Media Alliance Releases Whitepaper on AI, Copyright and the Fair Use Fallacy

November 05, 2023 15:00 - 7 minutes - 2.76 MB

In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI), publishers are finding themselves at a crossroads. The emergence of generative artificial intelligence (G-AI) systems has brought about a technological revolution, but with it comes a pressing question: How do we protect our creative content in this new digital age? The Challenge: A recent white paper by the News-Media Alliance highlights a critical issue facing publishers today—the pervasive copying of expressive works by G-...

Google SGE's Impact on News: Publisher Strategies for a New Search Landscape

November 03, 2023 12:00 - 4 minutes - 1.65 MB

The rise of artificial intelligence in search engines is a game-changer for news publishers. Google's Search Generative Experience (SGE) is a clear indicator that AI's role in content dissemination is growing. While this presents challenges, it also opens up a realm of strategic possibilities. This blog post aims to expand on specific strategies that publishers can implement to mitigate the potential negative impacts on their traffic and to thrive in this new AI-driven environment. [source] ...

Main Street Media of Tennessee: A Case Study in Reverse Publishing

October 27, 2023 15:00 - 4 minutes - 1.48 MB

Our-Hometown has been collaborating with a new customer, Main Street Media of Tennessee, on consolidating their 17 individual newspaper websites into a single, multi-publication online presence. This process included custom development for managing the publication content, custom user roles, article templates, plus a major expansion of our Reverse Publishing feature set. As we went through the process, it was a massive undertaking, probably a bigger undertaking than I anticipated it was goin...

The Our Hometown Road Show - Visiting Box Elder News Journal

October 19, 2023 19:00 - 2 minutes - 1.03 MB

Today I traveled up I-15N from Salt Lake to Brigham City, UT for a visit with Casey at Box Elder News Journal. My first objective was to put a face to the name.  Casey Claybaugh, who’s been the publisher of the paper since 2009, switched to OHT in the middle of the COVID shutdown, so I wasn’t doing any in-person onboarding.  But I knew someday I would find an opportunity to make the trip. First leg of the Our Hometown Road Show My second objective was to conduct research on print circulation...

How to Use the New AI-Powered Features in Adobe Express

October 18, 2023 14:00 - 1 minute - 382 KB

Introduction Adobe Express continues to evolve as the premier AI-powered creative platform, integrating new features that simplify and enhance all aspects of digital content creation. The latest release introduces generative AI capabilities and enhancements like Generative Fill, and Text to Template that remove creative barriers and streamline workflows. In this post, we'll explore how to utilize these new tools to work faster, smarter, and more intuitively. We'll also take a look at the Con...

Main Street Media of Tennessee: A Case Study in Cooperative Development

October 16, 2023 14:00 - 1 minute - 623 KB

Our-Hometown has been collaborating with a new customer, Main Street Media of Tennessee, on consolidating their 17 individual newspaper websites into a single, multi-publication online presence. This process included custom development for managing the publication content, custom user roles, article templates, plus a major expansion of our Reverse Publishing feature set. As we went through the process, it was a massive undertaking, probably a bigger undertaking than I anticipated it was goin...

Navigating the Shifting Sands: The Decline of Social Media Referrals to News Websites

October 10, 2023 14:00 - 5 minutes - 2.08 MB

In the digital age, the symbiotic relationship between social media platforms and news websites has crafted a narrative of interconnected growth and mutual benefit. Platforms like Facebook and Twitter/X have long served as significant traffic conduits, channeling curious readers to news websites. However, as the digital landscape evolves, a noticeable shift is occurring in this erstwhile robust relationship. Recent trends depict a significant decline in social media referrals to newspaper we...

Critiquing Common Issues

October 04, 2023 06:00 - 4 minutes - 1.48 MB

Kevin shares what he learned while critiquing papers in Colorado The following is a guest post contributed by our friend and partner, Kevin Slimp! A funny thing happened to me in Denver a few days ago while I was in town to speak at the Colorado Press Association Convention. I had just finished my fourth presentation of the weekend. The topic was “Designing a Better Newspaper.” Most of the folks in the room had been around for all four of my sessions, and the time to end the workshop had com...

Protecting Your Content from AI: Webinar Takeaways

September 22, 2023 11:00 - 4 minutes - 1.52 MB

https://youtu.be/kiO5b-YLBXw Artificial intelligence (AI) is advancing at breakneck speed, raising alarms among publishers about how their content could be used without permission. In a recent webinar, experts dug into the risks publishers face in the AI era, and what they can do to protect themselves. The Problem: AI Scraping Content to Train Models A major concern is that AI models like ChatGPT are scraping online content without permission to train their systems. As one speaker explained,...

Protecting Your Content in the Age of AI

September 06, 2023 17:00 - 3 minutes - 1.07 MB

Introduction The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has brought about a myriad of opportunities and challenges, especially for newspaper publishers who are increasingly moving their operations online. One of the most pressing issues is the protection of copyrighted content from AI web crawlers like OpenAI's GPTBot. In this blog post, we'll explore the current landscape, how publishers are responding, and what you can do to safeguard your content. The Current Landscape: A Quick Overview The...

Understanding Intellectual Property in the AI Era

September 06, 2023 17:00 - 5 minutes - 1.87 MB

In an era where artificial intelligence (AI) shapes industries and drives innovation, intellectual property (IP) policies are at the forefront of national security, economic growth, and technological leadership. The recent lawsuits involving authors and digital artists suing tech developers over generative AI technology highlight the complexities and challenges in this field. National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence Executives and academic leaders of the National Security Comm...

The AI Dilemma: What You Need to Know About Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin’s Latest Work

September 06, 2023 17:00 - 6 minutes - 2.35 MB

We recently released a video commentary on the presentation “The AI Dilemma,” being given by Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin on some of the possible negative impacts of the rapid deployment of generative AI tools. They are two of the co-founders of the Center for Humane Technology, a tech watchdog group that raised alarms about social media and its impact on society. They are also the hosts of the podcast Your Undivided Attention, where they explore the challenges and opportunities of humane t...

The AI Revolution Hits the Newsroom

September 06, 2023 17:00 - 4 minutes - 1.47 MB

Introduction A report from the London School of Economics, "AI & Journalism: New powers, new responsibilities" provides a comprehensive look at how news organizations around the world are adopting artificial intelligence technologies. The Journalism AI Report was compiled by Charlie Beckett, founding director of Polis, and surveyed over 70 media companies in 32 countries about their use and views on AI. It found that while AI is already deeply embedded in many newsrooms, its future impact re...

How Our-Hometown Helps Publishers Prevent Website Scraping for AI Training Models

September 06, 2023 17:00 - 2 minutes - 1.05 MB

Our-Hometown is dedicated to helping local newspaper publishers across the country protect their digital content. As large language models powered by artificial intelligence continue expanding, our publishing clients face mounting threats of unauthorized scraping and reuse of their articles for AI training databases. At Our-Hometown, we’ve implemented multiple technical safeguards to combat this emerging risk. For customer websites we host and manage, Our-Hometown starts by offering comprehe...

Overview of data used to train language models

September 06, 2023 17:00 - 2 minutes - 957 KB

What types of datasets are used to train LLMs? This post provides a brief summary of several corpora used for training Large Language Models (LLMs), categorized into six groups: Books, CommonCrawl, Reddit links, Wikipedia, Code, and others. The original paper, “A Survey of Large Language Models,” can be found here. Books: This category includes BookCorpus, consisting of over 11,000 books of various topics and genres, and Project Gutenberg, which contains over 70,000 literary books in the pub...

Making More Space: Simple changes invite readers to pick up your paper

August 30, 2023 18:00 - 4 minutes - 1.47 MB

The following is a Guest Column contributed by our friend and colleague Kevin Slimp ahead of our September webinar, "Combining the Power of Photoshop & InDesign" on the 15th! Younger readers might not know what I'm writing about when I mention Facebook "memories." Still, most of you are familiar with those daily reminders that pop up each morning to remind you of what you were doing one, two, or even ten years ago. Not long ago, a memory on Facebook reminded me of a post I'd created in 2014:...

Kevin Slimp: Fixing Problems Before They Appear on the Page

August 02, 2023 21:00 - 3 minutes - 1.4 MB

The following guest column was contributed by our friend and partner Kevin Slimp of the Kevin Slimp Webinar Series. My friend, Kari, wrote to me from her newspaper in Indiana this morning. Her message reminded me of the questions I received daily when doing I.T. work for newspaper groups a decade or two ago. Her email went something like this: “The PDF file of this page looks perfect, but the printed version is missing letters in the subhead. We decided it’s just one of those questions to wh...

Feature Update: Standard vs Contextual Search Results

July 27, 2023 01:00 - 2 minutes - 789 KB

Our engineers have recently released an update that gives publishers more control over how your website's Search Results are displayed, allowing you to toggle between "Standard" or "Contextual" search results. So what are Standard and Contextual search results? By default, our websites utilize Contextual Search Results. This means that when a visitor enters a term in the search box, the search results are displayed in a way that highlights the search term in the context that it is used in th...

LIVE WEBINAR: Protecting Your Content from AI on September 21st

July 27, 2023 00:00 - 1 minute - 500 KB

https://youtu.be/_crSxmsAxzU Our-Hometown will be hosting a LIVE WEBINAR on Protecting Your Content from AI next month on September 21st at 2PM Eastern. With so much focus lately on new AI technologies and the limitless potential they represent for news publishers, one negative that has often gone overlooked is the risk of AI scraping your content without your permission. One way that AI language models train themselves to remain current is to scrape news content from across the internet, ma...

LIVE WEBINAR: AI Safety & Security on August 17th

July 27, 2023 00:00 - 48 seconds - 315 KB

Our-Hometown will be hosting a LIVE WEBINAR on AI Safety & Security next month on August 17th at 3PM Eastern. With so much focus lately on new AI technologies and the limitless potential they represent for news publishers, we feel it is important to highlight the best practices for using AI in a safe and secure fashion. Learn how to employ the latest AI Technologies that we've discussed, such as using AI Generated Content, using AI Generated Imagery and Reverse Publishing with AI -- without ...

Unraveling the AI Dilemma | OHT Commentary

July 24, 2023 12:00 - 1 minute - 574 KB

https://youtu.be/8bi9tDYCX5M In the ever-evolving digital landscape, the role of artificial intelligence (AI) has become a topic of intense discussion and scrutiny. This video commentary delves into this complex issue, offering a unique perspective on the potential dangers of AI, particularly in relation to the effects of social media. The commentary features Matt and Christopher, who dissect the AI Dilemma, a video originally by Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin. The duo watches the video, prov...

Reverse Publishing AI Generated Content | OHT Webinar Replay

July 21, 2023 20:00 - 1 minute - 514 KB

https://youtu.be/qTdpZyoKd_c In this live webinar replay Matt and Christopher discuss Reverse Publishing and its benefits for publishers as well as the efficiency gains of using AI generated content and images. The demonstration includes the AI Engine plugin for WordPress and how to create an article from a prompt, how to steer the AI and finally generating a featured image for the article. The demo continues with exporting the article from WordPress to InDesign XML and follows with importin...

Dead Internet Theory by ColdFusion | OHT Commentary

July 10, 2023 12:00 - 2 minutes - 779 KB

https://youtu.be/XZwc7l2zzW0 In our latest podcast, the Our-Hometown team shares their insights on an episode by ColdFusion on the Dead Internet Theory, a concept suggesting most internet activity is the work of bots. They believe this issue, driven by profit and occasional geopolitical interference, is a significant challenge we need to address. The video discusses a study showing only 57.7% of internet users are human, with harmful bots making up 27.7%. It's alarming to see the proportion ...

AI for Image Generation | OHT Webinar Replay

June 30, 2023 17:00 - 1 minute - 511 KB

https://youtu.be/BAzDsdqvzFs In this live webinar replay Matt and Christopher discuss AI image creation tools, Dall-E, Adobe Firefly, and Stable Diffusion. The lay out how news publisher might uses these tools and Christopher demonstrates how the tools work and specifically how Adobe is integrating AI tools into the latest version of Photoshop. They also cover Content Credentials for protecting image content and how it is implemented in Photoshop. A short demo of Diffusion Bee, an open sourc...

OpenAI and ChatGPT: Lex Fridman interviews CEO Sam Altman

June 26, 2023 16:00 - 1 minute - 498 KB

https://youtu.be/Dh6OW9F7U_8 In this video, the OHT team provides commentary on an interview between Lex Fridman and Sam Altman, the founder of OpenAI. They discuss various topics related to ChatGPT and the personalization of models. They explore the idea of feedback mechanisms and the potential for users to report, upvote, or downvote responses. They also touch on the democratization of the alignment process and the importance of keeping alignment ahead of the capabilities of models. The co...

META and AI: Insights from the Lex Fridman interview with Mark Zuckerberg

June 21, 2023 16:00 - 1 minute - 528 KB

https://youtu.be/DRN1kVEy1ok In this commentary video, the Our-Hometown team engage in casual forum-style discussions based on an episode of the Lex Fridman podcast featuring Mark Zuckerberg. They highlight how Zuckerberg's discussion about AI aligns with their vision of developing chat bots. The team mentions the availability of open-source AI models, such as GPT, and the potential use of Facebook's AI in their own chat bot development. They delve into the importance of open sourcing AI and...

Kevin Slimp: Improving Your Paper

June 08, 2023 05:00 - 4 minutes - 1.62 MB

No two newspapers are alike. At least, they shouldn't be. The following is the latest column contributed by our friend and partner, Kevin Slimp! Don't miss Kevin's upcoming webinar, "Creating More Effective Advertising For Increased Revenue" on June 22nd. As always, attendance is free for Our-Hometown customers! If you regularly read my columns, you know that I write about focus groups quite often. Don't worry. I'm not writing bout focus groups today. However, I want to discuss another kind ...

LIVE Webinar: Reverse Publishing AI Generated Content on July 20th

May 25, 2023 18:00 - 1 minute - 637 KB

Our-Hometown, Inc. will be hosting a LIVE WEBINAR on Reverse Publishing AI Generated Content later this month on July 20th at 3PM Eastern.  We've recently hosted live webinars on AI Generated Content and AI Generated Imagery, demonstrating how publishers can leverage the power of popular AI models like ChatGPT and DALL-E to produce written articles and related stock imagery for their websites. Now, we're ready to tie it all together and demonstrate how you can use the Our-Hometown WordPress ...

LIVE Webinar: AI for Image Generation on June 29th

May 25, 2023 18:00 - 1 minute - 581 KB

Our-Hometown, Inc. will be hosting a LIVE WEBINAR on using AI for Image Generation on June 29th at 3PM Eastern.  We've seen AI technologies advance at a rapid pace throughout the first half of 2023, and that trend isn't expected to stall out any time soon. One of the major tools released to the public this year is DALL-E 2 by OpenAI (the same company who brought you ChatGPT). DALL-E 2 is an AI-image generation system that creates images and digital art from a simple text description entered ...

ChatGPT for Content Generation | Webinar Replay

May 19, 2023 16:00 - 2 minutes - 1000 KB

https://youtu.be/YKeNRxyruiE During Our-Hometown's recent webinar, participants gained valuable insights and practical knowledge on effectively utilizing ChatGPT, an advanced language model, for content creation. The webinar aimed to showcase the capabilities of ChatGPT in generating high-quality content and provided attendees with tips, strategies, and best practices for leveraging this AI technology in their content generation process. Throughout the webinar, participants deepened their un...

Explore Two Essential Chrome Extensions for Web Design and Content Creation

May 17, 2023 15:00 - 3 minutes - 1.25 MB

https://youtu.be/dQnIrC-oXL0 Introduction In this tutorial, we will introduce you to two valuable Chrome extensions that can greatly enhance your web design and content creation tasks. These extensions offer convenient features, allowing you to preview your website on different device sizes and capture screenshots and videos with ease. Join us as we delve into the functionalities of these extensions and discover how they can streamline your workflow. Extension 1: Viewport Resizer – Responsiv...

Three Ways WordPress Helps Reduce Website Load Times

May 03, 2023 23:00 - 4 minutes - 1.5 MB

Website load times are a crucial factor in the success of any online business. A slow-loading website can lead to high bounce rates and frustrated users, which in turn can hurt your search engine rankings and overall online presence. Luckily, using WordPress as your website’s content management system can help reduce load times and improve your website’s performance in several ways. 1. Caching Plugins  Our-Hometown's WordPress Platform uses caching plugins to store commonly accessed website ...

AI Tools for WordPress: Enhancing Newspaper Articles

May 02, 2023 04:00 - 1 minute - 519 KB

The world of journalism is constantly evolving, and with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), news writing is no exception. AI tools for WordPress are becoming increasingly popular, allowing journalists to enhance their articles and improve their writing process. In this article, we will explore the benefits of using AI-powered tools for newspaper articles and highlight an upcoming webinar that will demonstrate these tools in action. AI Tools for WordPress: The Future of News Writing AI...

Chat GPT for Content Generation for Journalists - Webinar May 18th

April 30, 2023 16:00 - 2 minutes - 996 KB

Are you tired of staring at a blank page, struggling with writer's block? Are you looking for a new tool to help you generate amazing content? Look no further than Chat GPT! This revolutionary tool uses artificial intelligence to help journalists create compelling content in less time. And on May 18th, you can learn all about it at a special webinar presented by Matt Larson and Our Hometown. Say Hello to Chat GPT: Your New Best Friend for Content Generation! Chat GPT is a game-changer for co...

LIVE Webinar: ChatGPT for Content Generation to take place on May 18th

April 13, 2023 17:00 - 1 minute - 541 KB

Our-Hometown, Inc. is excited to announce that we'll be hosting another LIVE Webinar, "ChatGPT for Content Creation" next month on May 18th, beginning at 3PM Eastern time. The presentation will focus on the popular A.I. language model "ChatGPT" and how news publishers can take advantage of the powerfool tool to create valuable content for readers. As the saying goes, "With great power comes great responsibility." Despite the mind-blowing capabilities of ChatGPT, there are some limitations, i...

3 Ways WordPress Helps Reduce Website Load Times

April 11, 2023 20:00 - 1 minute - 377 KB

Website load times are a crucial factor in the success of any online business. A slow-loading website can lead to high bounce rates and frustrated users, which in turn can hurt your search engine rankings and overall online presence. Luckily, using WordPress as your website's content management system can help reduce load times and improve your website's performance in several ways. Caching Plugins: WordPress uses caching plugins to store commonly accessed website data in the user's browser,...

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