Ad-blocking is killing your favorite websites – and Yahoo is fighting back. The last few days on the Interwebs have been full of people complaining that they suddenly cannot access their Yahoo Mail due to their ad-blocking software. A rather bold move by Yahoo, which is sure to loose some users because of this, however […]
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Yahoo Launches Product Ads Right On-Time For The Holidays
Yahoo has recently launched Product Ads – letting advertisers reach customers with direct call-to-action ads for their products, and right on time for the holiday shopping spree that most of us have to go through. Considering that recent studies show that 44% of consumers look to a search engine when researching their holiday gifts, and the fact […]
Facebook Launches Slideshow Video Advertisements
Video advertising is growing ever more popular across social networks – alas not everyone has the budget to create a video advertisement for their business, and furthermore not everyone is on an internet connection that can comfortably stream that video. No worries though – Facebook is here with the solution – slideshows. Facebook has launched […]
Twitter Advertises Moments During 2015 World Series
When was the last time you saw a Twitter commercial on TV? Go ahead. I’ll wait. . . . . . If you answered never – you were close. Back in 2012 Twitter ran a TV advert during a Nascar race. If you missed that – you’ve never seen a Twitter ad. Until the 2015 World […]
Google Begins Testing Dynamic, Responsive Billboard Ads
Gaining someone’s attention these days is getting harder and harder. Attention spans are growing progressively shorter – and generic sales pitches simply do not work the way they used to. When it comes to web adverts – Google’s DoubleClick technology has led the market for years now – allowing advertisers to target ads to specific […]
Yahoo Can Now Display Google Ads & Search Results
Yahoo has published their 2015 Q3 Results, which shows a 7% growth in GAAP revenue, a loss from operations, oh and a partnership with Google that lets Yahoo show Google search results and ads. I’ll quote directly: In October, the Company reached an agreement with Google that provides Yahoo with additional flexibility to choose among […]
Google Adwords Display Network Is Going 100% Viewable CPM
Google has recently announced a rather huge change towards what they consider a view when it comes to Google Adwords advertising. Subsequently that change for Adwords advertisers also applied a huge change in the income for Google Adsense publishers. In a nutshell Google has stated that they are working on making sure that advertisers only have to […]
Staten Island Woman Gets Fined $1000 For Her Yelp Review – Does She Deserve It?
Ever had a really bad experience somewhere and wrote an angry review on Yelp when you got home? It’s ok. Admit it. Most of us probably did. And you know what – that’s ok. It’s actually a good thing. If you had a bad experience – statistics say that so did a handful of other […]
Kick Your Marketing Up A Notch With 360 Degree Video Ads
What do you usually do when you see a YouTube ad? Do you wait for the “skip ad” button to pop up so you can get to your desired video as fast as possible? Frankly I don’t blame you. Alot of ads these days have gotten rather predictable and extremely boring. Well what if the […]
Bing Launches 5 New Ad Extensions To Help Increase Your Advertising Performance
Bing Ads have been ever growing in popularity – currently advertising to an audience of over 167 million monthly searchers – which statistics have shown hold more buying power than most. To help improve the advertising experience and help increase visibility and performance for advertisers Bing has introduced three brand new ad extensions: Callout Extensions […]
Paid for Your Yelp Reviews? Yelp Might Blow Up Your Spot.
Yelp has always been against paid reviews, and considering the fact that their platform is intended to be a place where consumers can get honest reviews about the places they want to visit – it makes complete sense that they would be against anyone trying to “game” their system. Now you might bring up “well […]
Google Confirms: Full Screen App Interstitials Will Break Your Websites Mobile Friendliness
Interstitial app ads are extremely annoying – in my opinion anyway. They pop up just when you’re expecting to dig into the content you wanted to read, and half the time you close them they force the page to reload. Well Google seems to agree with me here and as of November 1st, 2015 any mobile […]
Creating & Using Instagram For My Business
Instagram is a great marketing platform and chances are you’ve completely overlooked it when it comes to your business. Facebook and Twitter are a long existing staple in the marketing community – and because of that 93% of marketers are already using Facebook. However only about 36% use Instagram – and yet 68% of Instagram […]
Google Chrome No Longer Displays Flash Ads
Starting right meow, Google Chrome will no longer happily support Flash based AdWords advertisements – and as such will no longer show them. Like at all. To help designers along Google made a post on Google+ yesterday showcasing some methods to migrate their Flash based ads over to HTML5. If you’re big on using Flash […]
Ad Blocking Is Killing Your Favorite Websites
Websites that offer free resources, be it services or simply news, rely on advertising to stay alive. However a recent report from Adobe & PageFair shows that ad blocking will cost publishers nearly $22 billion throughout 2015, and $41.4 billion by 2016. As an avid Internet user I can understand how advertisements can be annoying […]
Infographic: We Like 4,166,667 Posts Per Minute On Facebook
DOMO, a business management platform in the cloud, has compiled an infographic showcasing how much Internet activity happens every minute across sites like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Amazon, Netflix, Snapchat, Vine, Uber, and more. The infographic embedded below shows some staggering info that says two things. There is absolutely no excuse for a business to NOT […]
Almost 50% Of The Internet Population Visits Facebook Once A Month
Facebook has released their Q2 2015 statistics, and apart from a 39% growth in revenue, there are some very interesting numbers in there that webmasters and marketers should take note of. First off 1.49 billion people access Facebook at least once a month, and considering that the global online population is currently estimated at 3 […]
YellowPages Launches ypPresence Starter To Help Small Businesses Manage Their Online Presence
An online presence is one of the most important things for small businesses these days – unfortunately not everyone is comfortable dealing with creating dozens of profiles for their business and then consistently monitoring them all and updating their listings. YellowPages took note of this, and today unveiled ypPresence Starter – a $69/mo solution which […]
Are You Making Use of Email Marketing For Your Business?
Everyone sends me emails. People ask questions, and tons of businesses send over their promotions, sales, and news. However plenty of my local restaurants, bars, lounges, and small businesses send me absolutely nothing. In-fact I’m expected to go out of my way to figure out whats new with them – and frankly this doesn’t make […]
Bing Users Hold Alot of Purchasing Power
Bing recently released a slew of data for their advertisers allowing them to get a glimpse at the Bing audience demographics. comScore compiled this data and came out with some extremely interesting facts: Bing users spend 22% more online than average Internet searchers One-third of the Bing Ads audience has a household income of $100,000 or […]