OpenAI details how ads will work in ChatGPT
Ads will appear only in Free and Go tiers, with sensitive topics excluded and users able to adjust personalization or upgrade to remove them.
Topic: Privacy
A preview of ChatGPT’s ad controls just surfaced
A leaked preview of ChatGPT’s ad settings shows advertisers how personalization and privacy will shape ads in conversational AI.
ChatGPT kills Google-indexable chats over privacy fears
ChatGPT's public sharing feature is gone due to risks of accidental data leaks. The tool let chats appear in Google search results.
WhatsApp adds discovery tools, ads, subscriptions
WhatsApp’s Updates tab features let you reach 1.5 billion daily users through promoted channels, subscriptions, and Status ads.
Google Ads hit by major reporting glitch, exposing competitor data
Competitors' sensitive information is being exposed to advertisers while key reporting tools and product management features are inaccessible.
Marketing giant ‘admits it listens to your conversations to sell targeted ads’
Leading U.S. marketing company Cox Media Group has reportedly been pitching the "futuristic" service to brands on platforms like LinkedIn.
This day in search marketing history: March 12
Go inside a Google search quality meeting, plus: Google core search ranking algorithm update, how Google prices and ranks ads and more.
DuckDuckGo passes 100 billion searches
DuckDuckGo, the privacy focused search engine, keeps growing steadily.
PPC 2021 in review: Privacy and automation force advertisers to adapt
From the deprecation of broad match modified keywords to FLoC to RSAs becoming the default, PPC professionals dealt with a lot of change in 2021.
Facebook Ads announces new performance, reporting and measurement products in light of iOS privacy changes
These new improvements on the Facebook Ad side are an attempt to fill that reporting and measurement gap while still maintaining user privacy.
Social media advertising is getting harder; Monday’s daily brief
Plus, the latest jobs in search marketing
Google Ads announces machine learning-based data-driven attribution models in new privacy landscape
In the wake of losing data to FLoC, Google's new DDA solution seems to offer more attribution options even for smaller accounts
Facebook changes business ad options in reaction to iOS updates
While some SMBs may be suffering from the iOS change, these moves may be useful to help expand their social advertising.
Is your brand facing an identity crisis?
People want to go where somebody knows their name. Identity makes it happen for brands, and getting it right drives personalization and trust.
It’s not a bug; it’s a feature! The Google search term report glitch actually may have been a test; Monday’s daily brief
Plus, Facebook bans researchers looking into political ads
Google News inclusion is automated, sorry publishers; Monday’s daily brief
Plus, Google introduces Mobile Web Certification for partners
Instagram Reel ads are the new TikTok competitor; Monday’s daily brief
Plus, Google cuts down FAQ in SERPS
Facebook testing virtual reality ads in Oculus VR
This opportunity may be perfect for many advertisers to reach a new or specific type of audience if the tests go well.
A Google Ads setting allowed advertisers to exclude people of ‘unknown gender’
Employers, landlords and credit providers could keep their ads from showing to people of "unknown gender," enabling discrimination against nonbinary individuals.
Facebook testing brand safety topic exclusions for advertisers
"This is the first time the Feed environment would be managed though controls," company says.
Is Apple getting real about search and about to take on Google?
Multiple indicators suggest Apple may be stepping up its search efforts.
Less than essential: Why smart speakers are like smartwatches, not smartphones
The devices have reached 50% of US homes, but fallen flat as a channel
Apple’s big maps makeover now available across U.S., Europe coming soon
Apple Maps needs a 'breakout' feature. Could that be privacy?
OneSearch, Verizon Media’s new search engine, sounds awfully familiar
The privacy-focused search engine serves contextual ads and doesn’t use cookies for tracking.
Alexa, Google Home now battling perception of being ‘surveillance’ devices
A new incident fuels the perception that smart speakers are spying on their owners.
DuckDuckGo CEO testifies: Privacy legislation isn’t ‘anti-advertising’
Gabriel Weinberg also believes that privacy legislation can make the internet more competitive.
Why one marketer thinks smart speakers have their work cut out for them
Rebecca Stone, LiveRamp's VP of Marketing, discusses what needs to happen for smart speakers (and displays) to realize their marketing and commerce potential.
When users log into Gmail or YouTube, they’re now also logged into Chrome
The concern raised by some is that users will unknowingly be sending their browsing data to Google.
Google Search Console query reports now exclude ‘anonymous query’ data from chart totals
When applying a query filter to reporting in Google Search Console, anonymous queries will be removed from click and impression totals.
Amazon in deal with Marriott to make Alexa a ‘virtual concierge’ in hotel rooms
The program offers the potential for better customer experiences, but privacy concerns could slow deployment.
SearchCap: Google more results button, new filters for Search Console & Chrome search suggestions
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Facebook & Cambridge Analytica: What we know, what they knew & where that leaves usApr 12, 2018 by Michelle Robbins A brief history of the many privacy disasters at the world’s […]
Google My Business updates the directions heatmap in Insights reporting
Check out the new report that shows you where people requesting directions to your business are located.
Disney theme parks now on Google Street View
Users can now virtually tour almost every inch of Disney's many theme parks.
Echo and Home will probably have to tell you they’re always listening — in Europe
As smart speakers proliferate around the world, some governments will require strong privacy disclosures and consent to recording.
Google receives search warrant for identities of everyone who searched crime victim’s name
If this overly broad warrant were duplicated in other jurisdictions, local law enforcement might use Google as a first stop in their investigations.
SEO for Gboard? How Google’s new keyboard search for iOS ranks content
There's a new SERP in town, the search engine results page generated by Gboard. And it's not just mobile search results reformatted in a horizontal layout.
With iOS 9, Apple’s Siri & Spotlight Search Get Smarter
New sources continue to push Google to the edge of Apple's search ecosystem, but Google Now remains ahead on predictions.
September 10 Webcast: Data-Driven ROI Reality and Avoiding the Creep Factor
Finding the right balance between personalization and privacy.
Apple Boosts iOS 9 Intelligence With Proactive Siri, Expanded Search & In-App Deep Linking
In announcing some of Siri’s new “proactive” capabilities yesterday at WWDC, Apple’s Craig Federighi said the company was “Enhancing how you use your device but without compromising your privacy.” A not-so-indirect swipe at Google, this approach also suggests limitations out of the gate. Federighi discussed a cluster of “intelligent” enhancements to Siri and search intended […]
From Novelty To Foundational Product: The Evolution Of Google Maps
Until Android came along Google’s most important product after search undoubtedly was Google Maps. I know it sounds heretical to say this but in some ways Maps is more strategic to Google than search today. That’s because Google Maps bridge the physical and digital worlds and because Maps are more “useful” to mobile users than […]