Internet Marketing Industry: Acquisitions
Outbrain acquires UI optimizer AdNgin to provide personalized, interest-based recommendations
This the sixth in a string of acquisitions the company says will enhance the reader...
Marketo buys Bizible, adds ‘deeper attribution’ to its engagement platform
The move gives marketers the ability to track the buyer journey across all activation...
Brandwatch adds more content intelligence by buying BuzzSumo
The UK-based social monitoring company is broadening its ability to offer insights about what topics, questions and influencers are...
RhythmOne buys YuMe for $185 million
The combined programmatic ad exchange RhythmOne plus video ad platform YuMe will reach about 220 million visitors...
Snap acquires Placed to better measure in-app ads to in-store sales
Placed is able to attribute brand’s digital, TV and out-of-home campaigns to store visits and in-store...
Eye-tracker Tobii acquires fellow eye-tracker Sticky
Lab-based eye-tracker Tobii buys the webcam-based Sticky so it can offer large consumer panels as well as focused test...
TapClicks buys Raven Tools
The combined firms say they are now the only reporting platform for multiple marketing tools that covers all company...
ColorTV adds search to its OTT services with purchase of Guidebox
The acquisition means that ColorTV now can use search results to focus its program recommendations or content promotion for online TV...
Marketo acquires sales engagement tool ToutApp
The acquisition overlaps with some of Marketo’s capabilities but signals a greater effort to bring sales and marketing departments...
Oracle adds ad verification to its data wheelhouse by acquiring Moat
The tech giant can now see data about both ad targeting and ad...
Optimizely buys Experiment Engine for its optimization tools
Experiment Engine was built on the Optimizely platform, and its purchase reinforces Optimizely’s positioning as a facilitator of experiments...
Adblock Plus’s parent company buys content micropayment service Flattr
The companies had been working together on Flattr Plus, which automatically pays a voluntary micro-fee to sites favored by a...
Hootsuite’s recent buying spree may only be a warm-up
It’s not difficult to envision social media management platforms as the core applications for the next gen of...
Yelp buys Turnstyle to expand targeting and offline attribution capabilities
The acquisition greatly enhances what Yelp can offer business...
Hootsuite acquires Snapchat analytics solution from marketing firm Naritiv
Along with last month’s pickups of adtech firm AdEspresso and social analytics provider LiftMetrix, this purchase helps Hootsuite appeal to...
Aprimo adds digital asset management with ADAM acquisition
With the new purchase, marketing ops platform Aprimo boosts its content capabilities as a ‘prep before execution’...
Amobee beefs up Singtel’s digital ads division by buying ad tech firm Turn
This is the latest of several acquisitions designed to increase Singtel’s product offerings, data capabilities and market...
Hootsuite buys AdEspresso, adds onboard Facebook/Instagram ad management
The acquisition and new capabilities point to the importance of social ads to social management...
Dun & Bradstreet buys Avention so its data can become real-time triggers
Maker of OneSource data products, Avention offers an interface that supports setting up alerts and notifications for business opportunities and...
Taboola adds Commerce Sciences as part of its evolution ‘from widget to platform’
The acquisition of the personalization/optimization service is intended to help publishers segment their sites for types of users, as e-commerce...