About the Author By Duncan MacRae | 20th February 2024 Categories: Advertising, Advertising Technology, Automation, Big Data, CMO, Content Marketing, CRM, Data Science, Data-driven marketing, Email marketing, Gamification, Influencer Marketing, Marketing Cloud, Mobile Marketing, Native Advertising, Programmatic, Search Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Video & Audio Marketing, Web Analytics, Duncan is an award-winning editor with more
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Google Analytics 4 is allegedly missing data from User Acquisition and Traffic Acquisition reports due to a bug. Users report that data prior to September 6 is no longer available, despite it having been in place for at least two years prior, as demonstrated in the screenshot below: The screenshot was shared in the Google
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Yelp’s ad revenue increased by 13% to a record $1.28 billion in the final quarter of 2023. Ad clicks for the year experienced a year-over-year growth of 5%, while the average cost per click (CPC) increased by 9%. Services sector. Yelp reported a record-breaking $793 million in advertising revenue from Services businesses in 2023, marking
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Goggle Ads is updating the unacceptable business pactices portion of its Misrepresentation policy. From March, this section will include: “Enticing users to part with money or information by impersonating or falsely implying affiliation with or endorsement by a public figure, brand, or organization.” Enforcement. Google will begin enforcing this policy in March for advertisers outside
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Snapchat is teaming up with Foshpa to offer its advertisers enhanced campaign insights. The partnership will enable users to measure the impact and effectiveness of ads on the platform more efficiently with a particular focus on cross-marketing return on ad spend (ROAS). It will also allow advertisers to directly compare their Snapchat results to other
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Meta issued an apology to advertisers following an Ads Delivery outage that resulted in campaigns overspending by “thousands.” The tech giant confirmed that services are now restored and expressed regret for any inconvenience caused to advertisers. Refunds, anticipated to take between four and eight weeks, are now awaited by affected parties. Why we care. If
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Google Analytics 4 has a new consent setting section that is now available to all users globally. The platform added this feature in preparation for the enforcement of Google’s EU User Consent Policy (EU UCP), which will require advertisers to send it verifiable consent signals if they want to serve personalized ads in the UK
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Instacart’s ad revenue was up 18% in the final quarter of 2023 to $871 million. The online grocery shopping app also reported modest growth in orders, which rose to 70.1 million – a year-on-year increase of 5%, as well as a 5% year-on-year growth in growth transaction value (GTV). Driving success. Instacart attributed its ad revenue
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Duncan is an award-winning editor with more than 20 years experience in journalism. Having launched his tech journalism career as editor of Arabian Computer News in Dubai, he has since edited an array of tech and digital marketing publications, including Computer Business Review, TechWeekEurope, Figaro Digital, Digit and Marketing Gazette. UK marketing leaders are gearing
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Pinterest announced a new ad partnership with Google designed to boost its ad revenue. This marks Google as the second third-party ad partner for Pinterest, following its multi-year collaboration with Amazon that was unveiled last year. Why we care. This collaboration provides an opportunity for brands running campaigns with Google Ads to not only broaden
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Google Ads is updating its gambling and games policy U.S. country-specifics. Starting February 8, Google will start accepting and running sports betting ads from certified, state-licensed entities with certificates of compliance in North Carolina You must apply for certification to be eligible to promote these ads. Why we care. Advertisers who want to run sports betting
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Best of the SearchBot showcases Search Engine Land’s SearchBot’s responses to prompts submitted by readers. The language model is based on content from Search Engine Land layered on top of ChatGPT. The editors of Search Engine Land selected this response for its usefulness and have supplemented it with additional relevant content. I am the first generative AI
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Snap’s revenue saw a 5% increase for the final quarter of last year, reaching $1.36 billion. Despite this growth, the figure fell slightly below Wall Street analysts’ forecasts, who had anticipated $1.38 billion for Snapchat’s parent company. However, Q4 saw net losses narrowed to $248 million, showing improvement from the $288 million reported in the
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