Marketing Day: Google’s Ad Viewability Report, Search Facebook Posts & FTC’s Twitter Discloser Crackdown

Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: Google’s Report That 56% Of Ads Aren’t Seen Isn’t Shocking & Here’s Why Last week, Google released new research on factors that impact ad viewability, which we covered here. There was one […]

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Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the web.

From Marketing Land:

  • Google’s Report That 56% Of Ads Aren’t Seen Isn’t Shocking & Here’s Why
    Last week, Google released new research on factors that impact ad viewability, which we covered here. There was one particular data point that raised eyebrows: 56.1 percent of impressions served across Google’s display advertising platforms, including the DoubleClick, aren’t viewable. Wow, Google, the company that dominates the display advertising market, just admitted that over half […]
  • Facebook Is Finally Rolling Out The Ability To Search For Posts
    Facebook is finally taking the wraps off the long awaited search-within-posts feature. The company announced today that it will be rolling out the search update for desktop and the iOS mobile app starting this week for English language users in the United States. The announcement comes more than a year after Facebook promised to give […]
  • Navigating The Modern Ad Serving Stack, Part 1: Direct Orders
    Confusion in ad tech abounds, especially around the various forms of ad buying and ad serving. In this series, we shine some light on the fundamentals of modern ad serving, and how each of the buying methods fit into the big picture.
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    2014 has been a big year for mobile payments. With the introduction of Apple Pay, mobile payments are becoming increasingly popular and are receiving more exposure than ever. In the coming year, mobile payments have the opportunity to be a $540B market, according to a report from Thrive Analytics, Changing Landscape of Mobile Payments, with […]
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  • Smartphone Market: iPhone Sees Big Sales But Android Share Holds In US
    New monthly smartphone market share figures are out from comScore. The firm says that in the US smartphone penetration has now reached 73 percent. Apple remains the top individual manufacturer, with roughly 42 percent of the market followed by Samsung with 29 percent. Android’s operating system share grew almost a point to 52.3 vs. last quarter. Despite the […]
  • FTC’s First Twitter Disclosure Crackdown Is A Wake-Up Call
    The news that the Federal Trade Commission settled with an advertising agency over an allegedly deceptive Twitter campaign makes it clear that federal regulators are serious about monitoring social media marketing, even on employees’ personal accounts. At issue was Deutsch LA’s marketing on behalf of Sony’s PlayStation Vita in 2012. The agency set up a […]

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Amy Gesenhues
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Amy Gesenhues was a senior editor for Third Door Media, covering the latest news and updates for Marketing Land, Search Engine Land and MarTech Today. From 2009 to 2012, she was an award-winning syndicated columnist for a number of daily newspapers from New York to Texas. With more than ten years of marketing management experience, she has contributed to a variety of traditional and online publications, including MarketingProfs, SoftwareCEO, and Sales and Marketing Management Magazine. Read more of Amy's articles.

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