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…
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 its effort to make the system more transparent, EU (European Union) has asked the number one search engine, Google and the number two search engine, Bing to have a clear cut policy, when displaying advertising content in their SERPs. Caught on the wrong foot, Google as per its monogamous approach, made it clear that it is averse to the…
So, what's Google's top search ranking factor in 2016? If you ask this question to Google's John Mueller, he may skip it; just like he did in a recent Google Hangout session on Google+. Google, for some reason, doesn't reveal what specifically needs to be done to rank better in Google searches; what technical changes businesses can make in their…
Following the likes of Facebook, Twitter and Google’s advertising network, LinkedIn - the premium social business network is exploring its advertising potential by allowing advertisers to serve ads on its platform using their information on targeted businesses. The inclusion of this new feature enables businesses to upload information about the companies they're doing business with or would prefer to work…
As an app publisher, one of your biggest concerns is to make your app stand out from the crowd. Currently, there are more than 1.5 million apps in the App Store & 1.6 million apps in Google Play Store. So how will your app stand out? Nowadays, building a great product doesn’t guarantee success. Maybe your app is offering exceptional…
Emotions speak louder than words!! Well, no one can deny the fact that emotions are one of the most powerful forms of communication. This is the reason why emojis have now found a place in almost all business marketing communications. And just when it seemed like they had made it to Google PLAs (Product Listing Ads), Google took a U-turn…
Popularly known for its premium business networking services, LinkedIn has decided to shut down its recently launched ad network program in order to focus more on expanding its Sponsored Content Business. Following the likes of Google, Facebook and Twitter, LinkedIn had launched its ad networking program last February to target users outside its own community, by using its own data.…
As we embark on a new Social Media Marketing journey in 2016, you would want to know who aced the publishers list on the number one ranked social networking site, i.e. Facebook in December, 2015. In comparison to previous year's results, the new report suggests that older sites with established credentials came out on top, purely on the basis of…