Are Google’s AI-generated summaries in their Search Generative Experience (SGE) interface unfairly stealing clicks from the website publishers who originally created those answers? This is the question everyone in SEO and digital marketing has been asking for a couple of months now. With Google’s latest update displaying links to SGE’s sources more prominently, now seems … Read more
TikTok is trialling a new ad-targeting tool that reportedly offers improved data privacy protection. PrivacyGo operates like a data clean room, where separate parties can input multiple sets of data and find commonalities without sharing the original source. Why we care. If PrivacyGo works as expected, this tool will provide marketers with deeper insights into … Read more
Google has released a Responsive Search Ads guide to help marketers improve their campaign performance. The new RSA guide includes Google’s advice and information on how: To write ads for maximum conversions. RSAs use Google AI to generate ad copy. To evaluate a campaign’s effectiveness. Why we care. You may find this guide to be … Read more
Amazon generated $10.68 billion from its ad services in the second quarter of 2023. The figure marks a 22% increase from the same period in 2022, as the wider digital ad market begins to show signs of recovery from the economic downturn. Why we care. Following a slump in the digital ad market amid the … Read more
Google Analytics 4 has unveiled eight new features to improve app campaign measurement and performance. The additional AI-powered insights have been set up to give marketers a better understanding of how users behave across both web and app – all in one place. Why we care. The more insights you have into who your target … Read more
Meta has offered to get consent from all users in Europe before collecting their data for targeted advertising purposes. The company put forward the proposal in a bid to try and end a year-long dispute with the European Union over the legality of its targeted ad operations. Although the changes could have a catastrophic impact … Read more
X has officially rolled out its creator ads revenue sharing program. The new feature enables users to share revenue from verified content creators’ impressions of ads in replies to content posted on the social networking platform. Elon Musk’s platform, previously known as Twitter, has introduced this new tool as part of X’s mission to enable … Read more
You’ve probably heard the news: Google Ads and Google Analytics 4 will completely retire first-click, linear, time decay, and position-based attribution models in September. Last-click and data-driven attribution models will remain available, along with external attribution. What some PPC marketers don’t realize is that Google won’t just discontinue these attribution models from a bidding standpoint. … Read more
Looking to take the next step in your next search marketing career? Below, you’ll find the newest jobs at brands and agencies in SEO, PPC and digital marketing – as well as positions we’ve shared in previous weeks that are still open. Newest jobs in SEO, PPC and digital marketing SEO Strategist II, Uber (New … Read more
Ad spend increased across Google, Meta, Amazon and Walmart during the first two quarters of 2023. Another major advertising platform on the grow in Q2: fashion brand Temu. The company became a major player in the Google Shopping race, so much so that it is now competing against 82% of US advertisers – to put this … Read more