Last month, Twitter surprised everyone by re-categorizing itself from a social networking entity to a news App on iOS platform. Surprised! Don't be. This month more surprises await the users as Twitter's planning to serve them ads even when they are logged-out. With brands happy to pay similar amount of money for generating ad clicks from both logged-in and logged-out…
To keep the ad ecosystem more secure, Bing reportedly initiated an online campaign against scammers and hackers last year. They turned down 250 million ad proposals, blocked 50k sites and banned 150k advertisers. Despite the crackdown, the tech support ads that appear in searches continue to be a cause of major concern, not only for the consumers but also for…
Google recently expanded its AdWords space by sporting longer text ad format. The newly expanded Google AdWords Text Ad was first spotted by Ginny Marvin of Search Engine Land. In its latest endeavor, Google's testing an expanded Google AdWords Text Ad that features two lines containing the description, which now accommodates 80 characters; giving users 47% more free space. Here's…
After reporting a net loss of $57m in Q1, 2015, Amazon is right on the money this year. The company moved beyond analyst expectations in all areas by reporting a whopping $513m profit margin in Q1 sales this year. The company's net profit is largely due to the sale of its own manufactured products like Kindle e-reader and Fire Tablet…
In an open letter to shareholders, Google's CEO Sundar Pichai stressed on the role of futuristic technology in this information-driven world. Talking about technology, Google has always held it's search capabilities at the very core of its existence, but moving ahead the company has set some futuristic technology based goals to give everyone easy access to information. As part of…
Google, the search giant suddenly finds itself in the midst of legal woes. It all started with the European Union accusing Google of using its postion of dominance to impose unjustified restrictions and conditions on manufacturers of devices. Although, there was a sigh of relief as one of its competitors i.e. Microsoft ended its long standing antitrust feud against Google,…
Based on the survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers, IAB's Internet Advertising arm recently released a comprehensive 2015 digital-ad-revenue report for the US market. Going by the year over year analysis, the online ad spend in 2015, which grew over 20% compared to that of 2014, was worth approximately $60 billion. Here's the 2015 breakdown by ad category: The paid search volume…
In the last couple of years, Google's search capabilities came under the scanner because of some new and existing search players such as DuckDuckGo, Yahoo and Bing network. Despite facing some stiff competition, Google searches still rule the roost when it comes to attracting large mobile search traffic. Search and Digital Marketing Agency Merkle’s First Quarter Digital Marketing, 2016 report…
Google recently revamped its policy guidelines by getting rid of the old stereotype and confusing formulas, when it comes to displaying ad extensions. The introduction of the new ad policy means the impact of ad pattern in the ad rank formula will no longer be the same. As a result, Google's now well equipped to provide an estimate of your…
EU Calls for Transparency in Search Advertising: What This Means for Google and Bing – Insights by Agency Platform The European Union (EU) has intensified its efforts to create greater transparency within online advertising practices, putting pressure on industry giants like Google and Bing to establish clearer policies for how advertising content is displayed in search engine results pages (SERPs).…