Tag: Google

YouTube’s 30-second ad ban not exactly working | Digital – Ad Age

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YouTube viewers have to sit through 30-second ads on videos from the site’s biggest partners despite the ban on the long-form commercials. YouTube video clips in shows from NBCUniversal, Viacom, Turner and other networks still run some 30-second pre-roll ads, even though the Google-owned site said it would stop serving them. Brands, including Time Warner, … Continue reading YouTube’s 30-second ad ban not exactly working | Digital – Ad Age

How do you optimize content for a voice-first world?

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Want to know how to optimize your content for voice search? Contributor Sherry Bonelli shares how to incorporate smart SEO tactics to increase the chance of being heard. — Read on searchengineland.com/optimize-content-voice-first-world-291782

Google rolls out similar audiences for Search and Shopping.

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Now out of beta, similar audiences for Search enables advertisers to target users searching for the same kinds of things as recent site visitors. http://searchengineland.com/google-rolls-similar-audiences-search-shopping-274210

Google AdWords to soon break up desktop and tablet – enable mobile base bidding

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“Google has announced a significant change that will give advertisers more control over device-level bidding in AdWords. The news came during Google Performance Summit in San Francisco, at which Google also said it now handles trillions of searches globally — up from the hundreds of billions most recently stated — with more than half of … Continue reading Google AdWords to soon break up desktop and tablet – enable mobile base bidding

Why Consumer Intent Is More Powerful Than Demographics – Think with Google

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“Marketers who rely only on demographics to reach consumers risk missing more than 70% of potential mobile shoppers. Why? Because demographics rarely tell the whole story. Understanding consumer intent is much more powerful. Lisa Gevelber, Google’s VP of marketing, shares how starting with intent can help you reach more of the right people than demographics … Continue reading Why Consumer Intent Is More Powerful Than Demographics – Think with Google

Google Smart Goals For Advertisers Lacking Conversion Tracking

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For businesses without a way to measure conversions and optimize AdWords campaigns, Smart Goals powered by Google Analytics might give marketers a leg up. Google introduced the feature Thursday. Google Smart Goals For Advertisers Lacking Conversion Tracking 12/11/2015

Google Debuts Programmatic Ads for Native, Mobile Video | Digital – Advertising Age

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Publishers can now sell native and mobile video ads programmatically through Google‘s DoubleClick, the company said Friday. The ads can be sold through either DoubleClick’s open auctions or the private marketplaces run by publishers, and can appear in websites or in apps. The system will soon enable buyers to purchase an ad to run across … Continue reading Google Debuts Programmatic Ads for Native, Mobile Video | Digital – Advertising Age

Google to Match Facebook by Giving Advertisers Better Data Targeting

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“The new program lets advertisers import their customer lists to Google and market to those audiences in Gmail, search and YouTube, according to the sources, who have been briefed on the product.” Read more here. Google to match Facebook with better advertising

How Google Could Rig the 2016 Election

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“America’s next president could be eased into office not just by TV ads or speeches, but by Google’s secret decisions, and no one—except for me and perhaps a few other obscure researchers—would know how this was accomplished.” Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/how-google-could-rig-the-2016-election-121548.html#ixzz3jXmO9Ss8