Several years ago now, Google made the significant move to turn product search listings into an entirely paid product. Shopping campaigns, as they’re now called, have accounted for an increasing share of retail search budgets ever since. More recently, however, Google has been augmenting organic search results with product listings. It’s in a product search…
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ADVERTISEMENT Pinterest is now the third largest social media platform in the United States, a position which it’s expected to keep for the foreseeable future. This data comes from eMarketer’s latest estimates, which sees Pinterest ending 2019 with 82.4 million users. Pinterest managed to surpass Snapchat’s 80.2 million users, which is notable considering Snapchat’s user…
Our social media feeds have become so flooded with influencers that some people are wondering whether the “influencer bubble” has burst. Given the uncharted territory, it is difficult to imagine how the future of influencing, and future of social media in general, will look. Well, author Megan Angelo has a few (disturbing) ideasAngelo’s debut novel…
Google is acquiring Irish startup Pointy, the companies announced Tuesday. Pointy has solved a problem that vexed startups for more than a decade: how to bring small, independent retailer inventory online. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Pointy had raised less than $20 million so it probably wasn’t an expensive buy for…
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Google Ads is rolling out bid simulator support for the Target ROAS (return on ad spend) bid strategy, as well as a new budget simulator. This marks the first time bid simulator support has been available for a smart bidding campaign. Previously, bid simulators have only been available for campaigns using manual bidding or Target…
The popular mobile video app TikTok is a gold mine, featuring everything from dancing to angry voicemails, snappy rants, and brilliant sketch comedy. Only problem: You have to wade through a lot of rough lip syncs to get to them. The app’s elusive “For You” page — a never-ending scroll of videos promoted by…
The reputation management industry has come a long way since the BIA Kelsey Group predicted that it would become a $5 billion industry sector by 2016. Indeed, there are more review management solutions, sentiment analysis monitoring services, and agencies engaged in ORM than ever before! However, I am not certain that I would call online…
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