Mobile shopping is gaining share this holiday season
More digital retail conversions are happening on mobile in 2020.
Ginny Marvin was Third Door Media’s former Editor-in-Chief (October 2018 to December 2020), running the day-to-day editorial operations across all publications and overseeing paid media coverage. Ginny Marvin wrote about paid digital advertising and analytics news and trends for Search Engine Land, MarTech and MarTech Today. With more than 15 years of marketing experience, Ginny has held both in-house and agency management positions. She can be found on Twitter as @ginnymarvin.
Google Web Stories ads now available via Display Network
In an open beta, publishers can sell ads into their Google Web Stories programmatically.
Google, YouTube add user controls to limit alcohol, gambling ads
The new feature will launch on YouTube in the U.S. first.
How to compete with Google in the SERPs, make the jump to agency or in-house, and support ‘the doers’ in your organization
Areej AbuAli discussed a wide range of topics affecting the SEO industry at SMX.
Google rolls out App campaign type to re-engage existing users
Starting next year, App campaigns for engagement may also include a custom prompt for users in Search.
Social Shorts: Twitter adds frequency caps, Reddit’s audience grows, Facebook buys Kustomer
Twitter enables frequency capping for all campaign types Advertisers can now control the number of times ads are shown to users with campaign frequency caps. The feature is available in ad group details for Reach, Engagement, Video Views, and Pre-Roll Views objectives by default. Why we care. Frequency capping will allow advertisers to tailor their […]
Google Discovery ads can now use your 4:5 social image assets
Discovery campaigns can also be paired with lead form extensions.
Adthena launches granular local search insights solution
Local View offers brands and advertisers local search trend and market share data to inform bidding, targeting, ad copy and more.
Social Shorts: Snapchat’s TikTok rival is here, Facebook teams with BBB for ad reviews
Snapchat puts the “Spotlight” on top Snaps, will pay creators Snapchat has launched Spotlight to feature the best Snaps in a new feed aimed squarely at countering rival TikTok. Creators whose videos are selected can “earn a share of more than $1 million that we’re distributing to creators every day!,” said the company. Creators can […]
Take a peek into PPC routines during Cyber Five week
After all the preparation, here's what paid search and social marketers will be doing this week to manage their holiday campaigns and promotions.
Social Shorts: YouTube expands ad inventory, Twitter launches Fleets, more
YouTube to show ads on channels that aren’t in the Partner Program In it’s latest terms of service update, YouTube creators agree to allow the service to monetize their content with ads (or by charging users for access) but are not necessarily entitled to revenue sharing. To be eligible for YouTube’s revenue sharing Partner Program […]
Google’s Auto Applied Recommendations catch advertisers, agencies off guard
The auto-applied changes do not show in Google Ads change history logs.
Google Ads wants advertisers to give broad match another shot
Broad match keyword suggestions will start surfacing in Recommendations
Social Shorts: Instagram pegs Reels and Shop, Pinterest’s engagement metric, TikTok’s size and more
Why Pinterest moved beyond CTR to understand ad engagement Relying on a straight click-through rate metric to understand how ads are resonating has its shortcomings, explained Pinterest engineers in a blog post. Those shortcomings include not accounting for ad position bias, users’ Save or Hide actions and brand awareness objectives. Instead, Pinterest explains, it developed […]
Social Shorts: Snapchat advertiser certifications, YouTube masthead ads go full CPM, more
Facebook Ads bugs unnerve advertisers Last week, more bugs beset a wide number of advertiser accounts and ads, causing temporary ad disapprovals and accounts being disabled. “This is the second widespread bug that we’ve seen impact Facebook campaigns in the last 4 weeks,’ said Zenia Johnson of 3Q Digital. Why we care. Advertiser frustrations over […]
More Facebook Ads bugs unnerve advertisers ahead of Black Friday, Cyber Monday
Will Snapchat and Pinterest benefit from advertiser frustrations?
‘Significant’ drop in Google-reported search terms seen across devices and ad formats [Report]
Tinuiti's granular look at search term data offers a snapshot of how big Google's search terms update is for advertisers.
Microsoft Advertising promotion extensions available in time for the holidays
Promote deals and offers for Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Christmas and other occasions in your text ads.
New GPT-3 solutions can help speed up PPC ad and landing page copy creation
AI-generated copy isn't perfect, but these tools can churn out ideas and inspiration in a matter of seconds.
Social Shorts: TikTok teams with Shopify, Commerce ads dominate Facebook, LinkedIn users top 722 million
TikTok jumps into social commerce with Shopify TikTok’s advertising division TikTok for Business announced a global integration with Shopify Tuesday that makes it easy for Shopify merchants to promote their products on the short-form video social network. The two companies also announced #ShopBlack to amplify Black-owned Shopify merchants on TikTok. Why we care. This marks […]
Google Ads Report Editor gets a new look
The Custom report builder will feel a bit more like Data Studio.
Social Shorts: Snapchat’s rising ARPU, Facebook’s moves on Nextdoor, Instagram’s age controls
Snapchat’s North America ARPU shoots up Snapchat reported revenues increased 52% year-over-year to $679 million and average daily active users (DAUs) increased by 18% year-over-year to $249 million for the third quarter of the year. One stat that stood out to us in particular was the average revenue per user (ARPU) in North America. Overall […]
Google Ads turns 20: The most important trends and changes of the past 5 years
Looking back, we can see where the biggest trends in search (and beyond) are heading.
Women In Tech SEO founder Areej AbuAli wins Search Engine Land Award for Advancing Diversity and Inclusion in Search Marketing
Recognized for her leadership in creating a support network for women and advocating for women's voices in the search industry.
With an eye toward deal-seekers, Google releases promotions, pricing updates for both advertisers and users this holiday season
Pricing and promotions in Google Shopping could be more important than ever this year.
What Prime Day signals for 2020 holiday retail
Here's what marketers should expect, plan for and start doing now to maximize sales and revenue this season.
Facebook launches new Shopping audiences, Instagram Product Tag ads, tests Shops discounts
Facebook continues to expand Shopping capabilities and features across its platforms.
Social Shorts: Pinterest users index high on gift giving, TikTok’s brand safety solution, more
Pinterest users are heavy gift shoppers Compared to other social media, Pinterest users are the top spenders on gifts and holiday shopping. That’s among the findings from StatSocial which looked at the purchases of millions of U.S.-based users of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Snapchat and Pinterest. It found that Pinterest users spend 39.2% more on […]
Google tests local ads in Maps auto-suggest results
A local ads shows up as you start typing.
Google Ads brings YouTube into Attribution fold, expands data-driven attribution to more advertisers
Conversion Lift is also now in beta for YouTube campaigns.
Social Shorts: Facebook attribution change on hold, Instagram gets more shoppable, turns 10
Scratch that: Facebook’s 28-day attribution window lives, for now In response to advertiser feedback, Facebook will not move forward with a test to remove the default 28-day attribution window for advertisers. Gil David of Run DMG shared the news on LinkedIn, commenting “Facebook demonstrates that they do actually listen to advertisers.” He cited the company’s […]
Customizable Amazon Sponsored Display ads go live globally
Add brand logo and custom headlines to product targeting ads.
SEOs say bias, discrimination are bigger problem within the industry than their companies [Report]
Roughly 90% of both BIPOC and white SEOs say bias is a problem in the industry.
Microsoft’s Digital Marketing Center for search and social management adds features, opens beta
The free platform is now open to U.S. small businesses.
What’s changed in Google Ads Locations reporting and why you need a custom report
Simplified locations reporting misses the nuance of user location — here's what you need to do to get that data, too.
Google Ads intros automated Insights, Performance Max campaigns, to release Video Action out of beta
The new products and features are further indication of Google's machine learning goals.
Social Shorts: Snapchat reach campaigns, Facebook attribution change, TikTok downloads can continue
Snapchat pitches Platform Burst reach option for advertisers Snapchat is floating a new advertising offering called Platform Burst. The idea is to guarantee that “campaigns will reach at least 40% of their target audience 15 times” over a three or five day period, according to Digiday. Platform Burst campaigns can encompass different ad formats across […]
Microsoft Advertising adds brand safety with IAS partnership
Audience Network ads will be blocked from pages deemed to have moderate or high brand risk.
Social Shorts: Facebook’s 20% rule, Pinterest Story Pins, Reddit brand safety options
So long, 20% text limit in Facebook ad images Facebook Ads is officially removing its 20% text rule. The company’s rule that text not take up more than 20% of ad images is now a mere suggestion: “We’ve found that images with less than 20% text perform better. With this in mind, we recommend keeping […]
Women in search: Why allies and networking are critical
How to be an active ally for equality in the search industry. Plus, networking resources for women in search.