Publishers push Common Crawl to stop collecting content for AI training
Could AI lose a key source of training data? Major publishers want Common Crawl to stop collecting and sharing their content.
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Google opens Olympic live sports inventory to biddable CTV buys
You can now tap Olympic live sports via DV360, using Google audiences, household frequency caps, and conversion tracking tied to CTV.
In memoriam: Alan Bleiweiss has passed away
The SEO community mourns Alan Bleiweiss, a veteran consultant remembered for his forensic audits, mentorship, wit, and unwavering advocacy.
7 LinkedIn Ad settings and tactics you didn’t know you needed
LinkedIn’s latest advertising innovations, from CTV ads to predictive audiences, and how to leverage them for maximum campaign results.
LinkedIn expands video ads, AI tools to help B2B marketers
LinkedIn is giving marketers a way to promote in-stream video ads alongside content from publishers and announces new Accelerate features.
LinkedIn introduces CTV ads for B2B campaigns
LinkedIn CTV Ads allows B2B marketers to scale campaigns with partners, including Paramount, Roku and Samsung Ads.
Brands unknowingly wasting ad dollars on Made for Advertising sites, claims report
An Adalytics study found that ads are being placed on MFA sites through programmatic and non-programmatic channels.
GroupM teams up with YouTube, Disney and NBCU to transform streaming ads
The GroupM Ad Innovation Accelerator program is planning to transform the conventional 30-second ad spot.
Amazon may launch ads on Prime Video
Amazon is reportedly in talks to introduce short commercial breaks on premium movies and shows.
Twitter’s U.S. ad revenue drops 59%
Major advertisers have abandoned or reduced their spending on the platform. Can new Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino turn things around?
Elon Musk names new Twitter CEO: Linda Yaccarino
Yaccarino, who was chairman of global advertising and partnerships at NBCUniversal Media, will focus on business operations at Twitter.
This day in search marketing history: March 22
Google AdWords forces use of call extensions, plus: zero-click searches, rel=next/prev apology, PC search query volumes peak and more.
Understanding the key differences between the top video game ad networks and exchanges
The two distinct platforms allow publishers to monetize their game content and enable advertisers to reach their desired target audience.
30+ brands suspend their Twitter marketing campaigns after finding their ads next to child-pornography accounts
Twitter has landed in hot water after some brands discovered their ads associated with the content, but are they doing enough to stop it from happening again?
Netflix, Microsoft partner for ad supported subscription plan
The partnership was announced today as part of Netflix's strategy to drive revenue and offer a lower-cost streaming tier.
NBCUniversal, Google competing to help Netflix deliver ad-based option
Exclusivity and data sharing are some of the considerations Netflix is examining for a lower priced ad-supported partnership.
Ad industry groups launch effort to push for addressable media standards
The Partnership for Responsible Addressable Media includes ad industry trade groups, agencies, advertisers, publishers and ad tech firms.
Summer Olympics postponement further shakes 2020 ad spending expectations
The postponement will impact digital as well as TV ad spending plans.
SearchCap: Google local pack ad, expanded AdWords ads & more
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: First appearance of ads in Local Pack found in UK mobile search resultAug 7, 2016 by Greg Sterling The configuration showed three organic listings with one ad at the top. Expanded […]
SearchCap: Why Google Ignores Page Titles & “OK Voice” Actions Expand
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Enterprise SEO in 2014 – Webcast this Thursday This Thursday, May 1, at 1 PM EDT, our sister site, Digital Marketing Depot will host a webcast to help you better understand […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 29, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Video: Google’s Matt Cutts On Advertorials & Webmaster Guidelines Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, posted a new video today on YouTube clarifying Google’s stance on Advertorials and “native advertising.” […]
Google Refuses Hollywood Studio Requests To De-List File Storage Site Mega
In recent weeks, Hollywood studios NBC Universal and Warner Bros both submitted DMCA takedown requests asking Google to de-list the file storage website Mega from its search index. According to a report on TorrentFreak, NBC Universal claimed Mega’s homepage linked to the NBC-owned film Mama, while Warner Bros alleged Mega made pirated copies of its film […]
Fraudulent DMCA Requests Spike After The Google “Pirate Update” Algorithm
Remember in August Google launched a new algorithm we coined the Pirate Update? It basically looked at the number of valid DMCA takedown requests processed and used that data to downgrade the rankings of sites that were found to be abusive in this area. Since then, it appears some people have been abusing the algorithm. […]
NBC Olympics Executive’s Email Wasn’t “Widely Available” In Google
The interwebs are all a flutter over how a critic of NBC’s Olympic coverage had his Twitter account suspended after tweeting the email address of the executive in charge of that coverage. It was private, said Twitter. Public to anyone with Google, said journalist Guy Adams, whose account was suspended. Actually, from what I can […]
RIAA Accuses Google Of Not Doing Enough To Fight Piracy, But May Be Guilty Of Not Doing Enough Itself
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has once again come out swinging at Google, saying the company isn’t doing enough to fight copyright infringement online. But it may be that the RIAA itself is guilty of that charge. In a blog post this week, RIAA Executive VP Brad Buckles shares what the organization calls […]
Google Asked To Take Down Over 1.2 Million URLs Last Month From Search Results
Google announced they have enhanced the Google Transparency Report to include the removal requests to take down individual search results from showing up in Google. In fact, Google has told us in the past month they have received 1,246,713 removal requests from 24,129 different target domains of 1,296 copyright owners by 1,087 reporting organizations. So […]
Enterprise Social Media Management Software 2014: A Marketer’s Guide
Table of Contents Section I: Market Overview Section II: Enterprise SMMS Market Trends Section III:Enterprise SMMS Platform Capabilities Section IV: Choosing an SMMS Platform View complete Table of Contents "Enterprise Social Media Management Software" editorial team: Editorial Advisor: Michelle Stinson Ross, Social Marketing Manager, Offers.com Editors: Karen Burka, Senior Research Consultant Claire Schoen, VP, Marketing […]
Why You’re Still Waiting For Hulu Plus On Google TV
Nearly three months after Google TV hit the stores, Hulu Plus has yet to come to the service. Is the technical development really taking that much time? No. It seems more like Google and Hulu are still working out a partnership deal. Hulu Works For Samsung TVs Last week’s Consumer Electronics Show got me thinking […]
Networks To Google TV: Talk To The Hand
TV is changing for better or worse. And perhaps sensing that their control over audiences and distribution is further slipping away and that their expensive programming is being reduced to mere “content,” the major broadcast networks are blocking access from Google TV. According to a story this afternoon in the Wall Street Journal: Full-length episodes […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 14, 2010
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Q3: $7.29 Billion, Display And Mobile Showing “Momentum” Google said it earned $7.29 billion in Q3 2010, an increase of 23% compared to the same period in 2009. Quarterly growth […]
Google & NBC Break TV Ad Deal
About two years ago, NBC and Google teamed up to enable Google to sell TV ads to be aired on NBCU cable channels. adWeek reports the deal has be “aborted.” adWeek said: NBC Universal and Google have discontinued their ad sales partnership begun in 2008, the companies have confirmed. The split deprives Google’s TV ad […]
Google TV Comes With Twitter, Netflix & More
The Internet is buzzing about the latest Google announcement about Google TV. Google shared with us their content partners for Google TV and their new web site for Google TV at google.com/tv. The content partners and providers include Twitter, Netflix, the New York Times and USA Today, VEVO, Pandora and Napster, blip.tv and their very […]
Why Isn’t There More “Internal Syndication” of Video Content?
Let’s face it – unless you are YouTube or Hulu, you are looking for ways to build audience and streams to capture more in-stream advertising dollars. Nowhere is this truer than in the news market where CNN, the leading online news site, has a 1.2% market share in streams (Nielsen), and is selling-out 100% of […]
SearchBiz: Google “Less Trusted,” Eric Schmidt On Meet The Press, Yahooligans “Vote” For New CEO, Microsoft Releases First iPhone App, Mobile To Be Primary Internet By 2020
The Wall Street Journal reports this morning that Google is negotiating with ISPs for “a fast lane for its own content” and is backing away from net neutrality. However, Google vigorously disputes this characterization and explains that instead it is seeking to “‘colocate” caching servers within broadband providers’ own facilities,” which has the practical effect […]
Business Opportunities For Video News Archives
We are about to lose one of our most valuable national treasures: The news archive. Most experts recommend that tapes be converted to digital format within 5 to 10 years of being recorded and estimate the shelf life of magnetic tape at 15 years, perhaps longer if stored at a constant 21 degrees Celsius and 40% […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 9, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Battlestar Galactica Meet Google TV Ads: Deal With NBC Universal Cut
Just in — and brief because it’s the end of the day — Google and NBC Universal have reached an agreement that will see the TV ads that Google sells coming to NBCU cable channels including SciFi, Oxygen, MSNBC, CNBC and others. The full release is below:
SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 5, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 29, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchBiz: Whetstone Becomes New Google PR Chief; Google And The “M-Word,” & Flickr Founder Criticizes Yahoo
Remember Google losing its head of PR, Elliott Schrage, to Facebook back in May? Google has quietly found a replacement, that of Rachel Whetstone. She formerly headed corporate communications for Google in Europe. Google confirmed to us she was named to the post several weeks ago, though no announcement was made. But her replacement got […]