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.
New Street Research found Google continues to lead in use for search but lags in AI use, and more males than females ask AI chatbots for help when trying to determine what to purchase.
Google reportedly paid $2.7 billion to bring back an AI genius as it and competitors continue to build out services built on AI.
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.
Many small businesses find they can gain traction by treating Reddit as a search engine, with one in four small business owners now using Reddit in their marketing strategy,
Three-quarters of consumers feel commerce in video ads is more relevant to their purchase process than other ad types, as more look for a seamless experience to combine product discovery with
purchases, according to a study released Tuesday.
Google researchers think they have found a way to reduce hallucination caused by large language models powering today's generative AI technologies.
AI marketing assistant is the fastest-growing job in marketing, with a projected job growth rate of 21%. People rarely search for this job, which pays on average between $46,100 and $68,500 annually.
Two of the biggest companies have lost their EU court fights and owe billions in fines and taxes.
While conventional local TV, radio and newspaper news outlets still rank highest, social media, search engines, and newcomer locally focused apps (Nextdoor, Ring) are increasingly becoming go-tos.
TD Cowen Analyst John Blackledge valued each Alphabet business as if it were separated from the company, as the DOJ decides the fate of Google.
Microsoft's controversial Recall AI service takes screenshots of activity on Windows run computer screens so people can later search their machine for specific information.
I thought it would be easy to switch search engines if Google no longer served as the default on my iPhone, but could I accept the switch to Bing like 33% of participants in this recent survey?
While advertisers are in a period of rising ad prices, that could change in the second half of the year, according to a report released Wednesday.
In the EU, Google sends less traffic to itself than in the U.S., data shows. The research suggests the European Digital Markets Act could have an impact on the differences.
The Google Political Content Policy now has new settings and policies for digitally manipulated or synthetic content in audio, pictures, and videos, as ad platforms and agencies release partnerships,
services and technology to support campaigns.
Global analysis of more than one trillion ad impressions in display and video show a direct correlation between high-quality digital ads and lower carbon emissions. Google has been pushing
authenticity in ads and content for years.
Florence-2 - a type of AI called a vision language model - can create content for marketing, advertising, and storytelling by really understanding text prompts to generate images.
Nearly half of people who have used AI in search think AI-generated overviews and summaries make Google Search results better overall, but 15% say that using AI makes results worse, according to data
released Tuesday.
Ouna, a Hebrew reference from the Israeli-based company, translated into English means a "lobe of the brain." It represents the company's push into AI supported by research.
DoubleVerify research reveals a surge in new fraud schemes and variants as a result of generative AI, The data was released at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.
With 72% of B2B marketers expecting budgets to increase this year, per a LinkedIn study, the company said it will release support for lead generation and website visits in Accelerate campaigns.
Google, Meta, and Microsoft have been spending money and time on studies that suggest their respective companies boost local economies.
There's a generational divide in the way people search for brands and information across the internet on a variety of devices and apps, as technology matures and ages with new users finding their way
online.
Some $1.4 billion was lost to mobile in-app ad fraud, per Pixalate's estimates, but data shows budgets were also impacted in other media.
SOCi analyzed how generative AI tools answers and serves information about local queries. The test of complex searches included follow-up questions for platforms including Google AI Overview, Google
Gemini, ChatGPT, Bing Copilot, Perplexity and Meta AI.
Did AI turn search into an ask engine looking for a way to monetize advertising? "This myopia is NOT something driven by user need," Scott Jenson, former Google user interface strategist and designer,
wrote in a LinkedIn post. Google is in a "stone-cold panic" that they may get left behind.
How does a company conduct a study of visual attention and performance on retail video screens when participants only receive directions on when and where? Trust played a role, with very little
information on why they were there.
OpenAI has been said to be working on a search engine, but now we have further evidence that the rumor might be true.