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Microsoft Makes A Few Advertising Announcements At Cannes Lions

Microsoft Makes A Few Advertising Announcements At Cannes Lions

By Chris Crum 3 hours ago

Microsoft has some advertising news today out of Cannes Lions. Last year at Cannes, Microsoft Advertising’s Yarn announced it would be working in partnership with creative agencies and brands on some new ad experiences. Today, they announced a new wave …

Is The Facebook Hashtag A Marketing Game-Changer? Is The Facebook Hashtag A Marketing Game-Changer?
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There have been rumors that Facebook would launch functional hashtags for quite some time, but on Wednesday, these became a reality, as Facebook announced that hashtags will now be clickable. The feature is currently in the process of rolling out. …

Facebook Gives Marketing Advice For New Hashtags Facebook Gives Marketing Advice For New Hashtags

As previously reported, Facebook just announced the launch of hashtags and its bigger “public conversations” initiative. As marketers who have Twitter experience know, the hashtag can have pretty powerful ramifications for campaigns. The best part about Facebook hashtags from a …

Google Shopping Webinar Covers Profit Maximization Google Shopping Webinar Covers Profit Maximization

Google held a Google Shopping webinar last week, which it has now made available for anybody to watch at their leisure. It’s called “Maximizing Profitability with Product Listing Ads,” and covers a variety of tactics for doing just that. Taking …

AdWords Now Lets You Do More With Auction Insights AdWords Now Lets You Do More With Auction Insights

Google has added some new functionality to the Auction insights report in AdWords. Now, in addition to running the report for a single keyword, you can run it for groups of keywords, individual or multiple ad groups or individual or …

People Have A Problem With The New Yahoo Mail People Have A Problem With The New Yahoo Mail
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Yahoo Mail Classic is now dead. Yahoo Mail users, as of Monday, no longer have the option of using the old version, and must instead use the new version, which Yahoo reminds them, serves ads based on the content of …

Facebook Is Getting Rid Of Some Ad Units Facebook Is Getting Rid Of Some Ad Units

Facebook announced today that it is cutting the number of ad units it offers to marketers in half. Actually, they have 27 different ad units right now, and when all is said and done, it will be less than half …

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Pamela Anderson Ad Banned in the U.K. Pamela Anderson Ad Banned in the U.K.
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An ad for a web hosting company featuring Pamela Anderson has been banned by the U.K.’s Advertising Standards Authority after is was deemed “sexist and degrading to women.” The Dreamscape Networks ad features Anderson and another woman, clad in bikinis, …

Swiffer Ad Pulled Over ‘Rosie the Riveter’ Imagery Swiffer Ad Pulled Over ‘Rosie the Riveter’ Imagery
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During World War II, ‘Rosie the Riveter’ became an American propaganda icon for encouraging women to take on jobs normally associated with men. With many men serving overseas, U.S. women took factory jobs producing munitions and other war supplies. Now, …

Yahoo Bing Network Makes Changes To How Bids Work Yahoo Bing Network Makes Changes To How Bids Work

Microsoft announced that it is making some changes to the way incremental bids work in BIng Ads. According to the company, the changes will give advertisers more options to control how bidding on keywords works to maximize return-on-investment, as well …

Google Announces A Bunch Of New DoubleClick Features Google Announces A Bunch Of New DoubleClick Features

Google has kicked off its annual DoubleClick event, thinkDoubleClick, and has started off by making a slew of announcements. First, Google is launching a new version of DFA, which it is calling DoubleClick Campaign Manager. It’s the biggest upgrade to …

Apple Rumored To Be Considering Ad Exchange Apple Rumored To Be Considering Ad Exchange

It’s hard to say if this is based in any kind of reality, but that’s why it’s a rumor. Business Insider is reporting on a “rumor” that Apple is planning to launch an ad exchange similar to that of Facebook’s. …

Cheerios Ad with Interracial Couple Angers Racists Cheerios Ad with Interracial Couple Angers Racists
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It’s 2013 and we’re still dealing with “outrage” over the depiction of an interracial couple in a Cheerios ad. Cheerios’ new ad, titled “Just Checking” uses the often-cited claim that the cereal is heart healthy. In the ad, a girl …

Twitter Works On Answer To Facebook Exchange Twitter Works On Answer To Facebook Exchange

Twitter is reportedly working on an ad-retargeting exchange, similar to the Facebook Exchange (FBX), in its continued push to provide more advertising options and to better monetize its popular service. The news comes from AdAge, which cites “people with knowledge …

Tumblr Launches More Ads (Desktop Dashboard) Tumblr Launches More Ads (Desktop Dashboard)
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Tumblr announced today that it will start to bring sponsored posts to users’ dashboards on the web. “Just like in our mobile apps, these posts will simply blend in with the posts from the blogs you follow,” the company says …

Google: You Better Adequately Disclose Paid Content Google: You Better Adequately Disclose Paid Content
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Google has been enforcing its policies on paid links for years, but the search engine is really cracking down on advertorials and native advertising these days. Google’s Matt Cutts has been talking about the subject a lot lately, so if …

AdWords Gets Bulk Upload For Ads, Ad Groups AdWords Gets Bulk Upload For Ads, Ad Groups

Google announced bulk uploads for ads and ad groups in AdWords today. “Imagine you download a report from the Ads tab and want to test different creatives in ad groups that are underperforming,” writes AdWords Product Manager Prashant Baheti. “You …