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Google’s AI Overviews: Revolutionizing Search or Threatening News Publishers?

Google’s AI Overviews: Revolutionizing Search or Threatening News Publishers?

In a world where technology is rapidly advancing, the way we search for information has undergone significant changes. With Google leading the charge, their latest rollout of AI-powered search features, including AI Overviews (formerly known as Search Generative Experience), promises to revolutionize how we interact with search results.

Kevin Slimp: What you want to know

Kevin Slimp: What you want to know

The following column was contributed by our friend and colleague, Kevin Slimp. We hope you enjoy the content and consider registering for his next webinar as part of the Kevin Slimp Webinar Series — available free to Our-Hometown customers! It has already been a busy summer, and I’m not sure summer has officially begun yet (It’s June 1 as I write this). Upon returning from my latest trip – to […]

Kevin Slimp: A word of appreciation to Our-Hometown

Kevin Slimp: A word of appreciation to Our-Hometown

The following is a column that our friend and industry expert, Kevin Slimp, recently published for his audience of newspaper publishers highlighting his experience working with Our-Hometown, Inc. We’re excited to share his insight into our partnership below! Most of you know me from my role as a newspaper consultant and “expert” over the past 30 years. You might be surprised to know that I’m also quite involved in the […]

South Jetty Shines: Staff Wins Multiple Awards

South Jetty Shines: Staff Wins Multiple Awards

South Jetty staff members hold plaques won by the newspaper in the Texas Gulf Coast and South Texas Press associations’ Better Newspaper Contests.

Artificial Intelligence: Make a Plan Before Jumping In Too Deep

Artificial Intelligence: Make a Plan Before Jumping In Too Deep

The following is a guest column from our friend and industry expert, Kevin Slimp! Don’t miss his next webinar as part of the Kevin Slimp Webinar Series on May 16th — FREE to Our-Hometown customers! Almost daily, I hear from longtime readers of my column who write to tell me they’ve recently benefited from something I wrote months or years ago. I suppose it’s why I keep writing these columns […]

LIVE WEBINAR: Introducing Author Profiles

LIVE WEBINAR: Introducing Author Profiles

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 […]

Make Awesome Animated GIFs with Photoshop

Make Awesome Animated GIFs with Photoshop

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 […]

Stripe users: Please check your account status

Stripe users: Please check your account status

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 […]

In Memory of Teri Marie McLaren

In Memory of Teri Marie 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 […]

Kevin Slimp: “Beginning 2024 Right”

Kevin Slimp: “Beginning 2024 Right”

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 […]

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