Category Archives: Advertisement Mistakes

Google Bard’s Public Mistake Worries Investors

Google Bard’s Public Mistake Worries Investors by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, February 9, 2023 Google’s chatbot Bard, a conversational service for search, on Wednesday shared inaccurate information in a promotional video suggesting that Alphabet, the company’s parent, is losing ground to rival Microsoft. Bard’s error was discovered just prior to Google’s presentation. As of … Continue reading Google Bard’s Public Mistake Worries Investors

How advertising creatives can succeed in the knee-buckling and night sweats of the 2023 economy

  By Jeff Beer January 08, 2023 Within the next six months, about 40% of U.S. marketers plan to fire their advertising agency. The source: a November 2022 survey by the agency-brand matchmaker SetUp, which talked to such brands as Coca-Cola, Delta Air Lines, Warner Bros., UPS, Discovery, and Home Depot, to name a few. … Continue reading How advertising creatives can succeed in the knee-buckling and night sweats of the 2023 economy

Ad Council PSA Takes On Fentanyl Crisis, With YouTube, Snap And Former Drug Dealers

Ad Council PSA Takes On Fentanyl Crisis, With YouTube, Snap And Former Drug Dealers by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, October 18, 2022 The Ad Council is not a stranger to taking on societal issues such as drunk driving and wildfire prevention. Now the organization is collaborating with YouTube, Snap and others to support public awareness about the … Continue reading Ad Council PSA Takes On Fentanyl Crisis, With YouTube, Snap And Former Drug Dealers

Studies find big increases in ad fraud attempts and fake traffic

Nearly a third of retail sites’ organic and direct traffic is from bots and fake users. Constantine von Hoffman on June 2, 2022 The ad fraud business is booming, according to two new studies, which found increases in both fraud attempts and fake traffic.  Some 17% of all traffic from affiliate programs is fake, according … Continue reading Studies find big increases in ad fraud attempts and fake traffic

5 Key Factors that Impact the Pacing of Your Ad Spend

Brett McHale — January 25, 2020 Whether you set the marketing budget for your own business or your clients tell you what they’re working with, the beginning of the year with a renewed budget—which means new goals, some attainable and some that may be a stretch. Last year, advertisers ranked increasing ROI/ROAS as the primary … Continue reading 5 Key Factors that Impact the Pacing of Your Ad Spend

Why Facebook, Google Advertising During 2016 Presidential Election Lacked Paid-For Disclaimers

Why Facebook, Google Advertising During 2016 Presidential Election Lacked Paid-For Disclaimers by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, June 24, 2019 A Virginia Tech research team has recently released details from its investigation into the roles that Facebook and Google played in digital advertising around the U.S. presidential election in 2016. The tech companies reportedly stopped the Federal … Continue reading Why Facebook, Google Advertising During 2016 Presidential Election Lacked Paid-For Disclaimers