Campaigns that succeed in 2025 will come from advertisers that recognize the data is about permanent shifts in how media is consumed, not just election trends, according to LoopMe head of political
Robin Porter.
The online learning platform, which helps students understand homework, has filed a lawsuit against Google, alleging that use of AI-generated summaries in search engine results has "crushed" its
website traffic and revenue.
The AI-based browser will support the rise of agents for search. Agentic search is a type of AI system that can autonomously make decisions, take actions and adapt to changing situations with minimal
human intervention,
As AI becomes an integral part of the ad industry, quantum computing will become a necessary technology because of the speed and quantity of data collected, analyzed, processed and used. Microsoft
said it has combined science and art to solve previously unsolvable problems.
Perplexity became the latest AI company to release an in-depth research tool - following Google, which unveiled something similar for Gemini AI in December, and OpenAI early in February.
The tool can be used to benchmark application domains such as ecommerce, advertising and social networks. It can handle up to billions of rows, schema complexity, and temporal evolution. For each
dataset, Amazon can define relevant predictive tasks, such as estimating missing cell values.
The evolution of online advertising and search has raised important questions about trust, privacy, and continued relevance of traditional performance methods across digital. Shoppable video content
and niche platforms are predicted as top emerging channels for growth in the future - all tied to performance.
Largo.ai, an AI-driven analytics platform for the film, TV and ad industries, has secured $7.5 million in investment. Stallone is among the backers of the company, which just closed its Series A
financing round.
Winterberry Group estimates investments in connected commerce and technology stacks will drive U.S. ad, marketing, and data expenditures to $585 billion.
A recent study finds 55% of marketers are concerned about data privacy, while 55% say they need to understand how platforms work and 49% are worried about keeping up with the pace of innovation.
Across all publishers, 258,000 apps were downloaded per minute in 2024 for iOS and Android operating systems - down 1% vs. the prior year for iOS and Google Play stores, according to a new report
released by Sensor Tower.
An accelerated push for more measurable results has surfaced as platforms become increasingly fragmented. It makes me wonder if this will drive up prices.
How do podcasts, streaming and radio drive actions and connect consumers with search? Podcast and creator-based video ad agency Oxford Road ran tests to find out.
Broad brand awareness and personalized outreach not only capture attention but also build trust.
If 2024 was the "Year Of Attention Metrics," it's ending with a bang, including news this morning that Nielsen is partnering with Realeyes.
Traditional search engines from Google and Microsoft have skyrocketed, but newcomers are now taking significant market share, which will change the dynamics in 2025. Search advertising also will
change from informational to actionable, especially as more consumers adopt AI agents that can perform tasks.
The top 10,000 query terms drove 46% of all searches and 148 of those made up nearly 15% of total volume for queries with at least 100 searches during a 21-month period, according to findings released
this week.
The technology identifies whether content is correctly optimized to serve queries and recommendations related to the brand in GAI models such as OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Gemini and Meta's Llama.
Data analysis of terms of service and privacy policies of 57 influential digital firms has sparked discussion of regulatory reforms and user advocacy. This will change the digital ad industry.
The framework released this morning by the ARF divides TV into six clusters that can be combined into two new mini universes representing "linear" and "pay."
From Kendra Scott and Carhartt to Pearl Jam and Ringo Starr, It's all about data and rhythm. Vic Drabicky, CEO/founder of January Digital, wouldn't have it any other way.
"Daily Mail" ran an eye-tracking study with Lumen Research challenging the a long-held practice among brands to take brand-safety measures that avoid ads running alongside scandalous, negative or
undesirable news content.
It's not literally a lab with beakers and test tubes, but utilizes tens of thousands of scientifically designed data tests to prove or disprove media hypotheses.
Consumer attention is difficult to capture, but emotional storytelling - rather than rational approaches to advertising - can dramatically drive brand growth and success.
Amazon has signed agreements to support development of nuclear energy projects with Small Modular Reactors - advanced reactors with smaller physical footprints. Google and Microsoft are working on
similar projects.
Holiday shopping is projected to rise 7%, although 57% of respondents to a PwC survey describe their financial situation as strained.
Google on Thursday announced its rollout of AI-powered updates for search results and links, with AI Overviews ads on mobile in the U.S. and redesigned Shopping Ads to run with Google Lens visual
search results. Google says no action is required from advertisers for their ads to appear as AI Overview ads.. Amazon and Microsoft made similar announcements this week.
"Open internet" had $35 billion in estimated ad spend in 2023, with "walled gardens" at $95 billion. Does The Trade Desk have growing influence for change?
Maybe they're not garbage in/garbage out, but to coin yet another new industry acronym, maybe they are MIIMIO: misaligned incentives in/misaligned incentives out.
TikTok has come for Google's ad business at its most vulnerable time by allowing advertisers to target its search results page - making keywords the "backbone" of the tool.