Google algorithms penalize low-quality, unauthentic content, drastically affecting traffic and organic visibility. Visibility on search engines like Google and Bing is vital. Despite the rise in large language models (LLMs)—like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini—search engines continue to drive significant traffic and lead generation for B2B firms.
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| May 28, 2024
Google experiments with chat ads: The tech giant plans to embed its Search and Shopping ads into the AI-powered SGE conversational mode.
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| May 25, 2023
The pandemic gave advertisers in Germany a taste for digital. Digital advertising will see record levels of growth for the next three years—with retail media as the main driver—far ahead of spending on traditional media.
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| May 22, 2024
While Gemini and cloud services drive record revenues, competition and global regulatory actions threaten its monopoly, particularly in search and advertising ecosystems
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| Dec 23, 2024
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| May 13, 2024
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| May 13, 2024
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Last year, Adalytics reported that Google misplaced 80% of video ads. Google contested the report, but concerns about ads showing up in places advertisers don’t want them to persist.
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| Jul 1, 2024
Bing's ChatGPT integration is boosting its usage, challenging Google in the AI-driven search market: Microsoft shares are up, and the incumbent’s ad revenues could be impacted.
Article
| Mar 27, 2023
What Google’s rumored AI search engine means for digital advertising: Internal documents show that ad placements are top-of-mind as Google plunges into AI.
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| Apr 18, 2023
The end of third-party cookies is nigh: Despite 屹پ’ hopes for another delay, Google is beginning its pivot to the Privacy Sandbox.
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| Jul 24, 2023
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In 2024, connected TV (CTV) platforms raced to expand ad-supported content, Google delayed its cookie plans (again), and brands chased insights from social media giants on how to break through to consumers.
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| Dec 24, 2024
Google Contemplates HubSpot deal: A move that could redefine the martech sector, blending CRM prowess with advertising innovation.
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| Apr 4, 2024
On today's podcast episode, we discuss when attention metrics might dethrone viewability, why advertisers are tentative about them, and why using attention as a currency is TBD. "In Other News," we talk about Google limiting impressions from "unproven" advertisers and the battle between advertising groups and the "Delete Bill," a California bill that would allow consumers to request advertisers delete their personal information. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf.
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| Sep 11, 2023
Over the past month, we’ve seen ad updates from all the major players, from Meta’s generative AI ads to Google’s attempts to decrease clutter. Here’s what they mean for advertisers.
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| Apr 7, 2023
On today's episode, we discuss how to do ads in stores the right way, whether Google will eat the internet, whether the rebrand from HBO Max to Max worked, if the US ad market is starting to see green shoots, how successful the "Barbie" movie has been, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our analysts Ross Benes, Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf, and Max Willens.
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| Aug 11, 2023
In the short-term, SEO professionals shouldn’t stress about the Google antitrust results. This outcome is a big deal for Google but won’t change marketers’ day-to-day workflows. “No court can magically shift a market where Google controls 95% of search,” said Dr. Pete Meyers, principal innovation architect at Moz.e Microsoft and AT&T. There’s no clean way to split off text ads from core search,” he said.
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| Aug 22, 2024
In July and August, the US ad market saw its first consecutive two months of growth in over a year, according to Standard Media’s US Ad Market Tracker. Platforms are focused on keeping that momentum alive with several updates. Multiple platforms are boasting improved AI targeting and enhanced connected TV ad solutions. Here is everything new in September.
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| Sep 29, 2023
Google will require strict disclosures from AI-generated political ads: The company announced the rule change ahead of the most expensive election season yet.
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| Sep 8, 2023
On today's episode, we discuss which attention metrics are real, which are still in development, and where identity and addressability will be by the end of the year. "In Other News," we talk about how much Microsoft and Apple can encroach on Google's search turf and YouTube debuting unskippable 30-second ads. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Evelyn Mitchell and Kunal Nagpal, chief business officer of InMobi.
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| May 24, 2023
On today's episode, we discuss whether it's time for Google to spin off YouTube, how people feel about targeted ads, what consumers think about using AR to shop, what an in-car TikTok app might look like, the US Supreme Court examining Section 230, paid health leave in the US versus the world, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our analysts Blake Droesch, Evelyn Mitchell, and Paul Verna.
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| Mar 2, 2023
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| Mar 13, 2024
On today's podcast episode, we discuss what will influence digital ad spending this year, who's the "dark horse" ad player of 2024, and how the CMO role and marketing departments will change. "In Other News," we talk about what to make of Google's latest AI creation called Gemini and some research explaining how often AI chatbots make things up. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Yory Wurmser.
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| Feb 22, 2024
Google stares down another antitrust front: A class-action lawsuit alleging that the giant monopolized ad buying tools for small advertisers is on the docket.
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| Mar 5, 2024
Disney and NBCU signal a major shift in CTV ad buys: Both are working with The Trade Desk to make inventory available programmatically.
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| Mar 21, 2024