Report alleges Amazon manipulating search results to boost its products, profit
The company said to give its own products “preferential treatment in search.”...
Greg Sterling | Sep 16, 2019 at 1:44 pm ET
Retail
Lucidworks’ new feature promises enhanced internal site search customization
Aims to enable retailers to optimize site search without having to call on...
3 Trends from Prime Day 2019 to guide your Black Friday and Cyber Monday Amazon strategy
Sellers focusing budget and discount efforts on specific, strategic product lines, rather than an entire catalog, are likely to see the biggest...
How brick-and-mortar retailers can succeed on Amazon
Retailers need to view Amazon as a platform to not only sell more products but to build reputations as...
Report: Product advertising is driving spend growth in search, social, marketplace
Product ad spend is outpacing overall market growth, according to a Kenshoo report....
New Google Shopping program enables customer photos to show with their product reviews
The feature is rolling out now and available through a handful of reviews...
Bullish forecast predicts 31 million Americans will ‘shop’ on their smart speakers in 2019
In this case, "shopping" doesn't include purchasing; however, digital goods and product re-ordering are also poised for growth....
Pinterest broadens e-commerce capabilities with ‘Complete the Look’ visual search feature
The visual search feature will recommend fashion and home decor products based on the context of an...
New personalized, Shopping Actions-enabled Google Shopping debuts in France
Personalized recommendations and universal checkout are front and center in the...
Amazon to introduce video ads in mobile-app search results — report
The buy reportedly requires a minimum $35,000...
Learn how to manage product unavailability without hurting your SEO
When your e-commerce site has out-of-stock products, here are strategies to manage your indexed pages and turn the customer experience into a...
Amazon adds customer acquisition metrics for Sponsored Brands campaigns
The "new-to-brand" set of metrics are also available for Amazon sellers' display and video ad...
Leveraging Amazon search ads in a time of rapid change
Amazon's advertising offerings are getting more sophisticated, presenting marketers with new opportunities and...
Google Manufacturer Center adds rich content, deeper analytics, expands availability
A new "From the manufacturer" section in Google Shopping product pages can feature brand-supplied rich...
What Amazon Advertising’s big 2018 advancements will mean for 2019
The e-commerce giant's ad business continued to grow as it made significant updates to its advertising systems and...
Cyber Monday dominated Black Friday in paid search spend, but AOV lagged
Mobile took a bite out of average order value, but sales from paid search over the holiday period rose....
Yelp vs Google: How they deal with fake reviews
I recently heard a story of a business that got caught with fake reviews on Yelp. They were also an advertiser spending thousands of dollars a...
How to navigate Amazon’s sponsored brand ads updates
How have Amazon's changes to sponsored brand ads affected performance, and how should marketers adjust their strategies? Read on to find out....
Analysts say Amazon’s advertising business will surpass AWS by 2021
Amazon's ad revenue is on track to more than triple in the next couple of years, according to Piper...
Six Google Shopping opportunities you may be overlooking
As of Q1 2018, Google Shopping ads drove 76.4 percent of retail search ad spend, eclipsing text ads in markets around the world. As these...