
Facebook introduces new policies for political, social issue ads ahead of 2020 elections
Political advertisers on Facebook required to include EIN or FEC numbers. Facebook has updated its ad policies for political advertisers...

Housing, employment, credit advertisers on Facebook must now use Special Ad Category option in Ads M
Facebook’s Special Ad Category in Ads Manager Facebook announced on Monday it is now requiring all U.S.-based housing, employment and...

Instagram confirms it is testing increased ad loads in Stories
Last month, Marketing Land talked to multiple marketers who reported a noticeable uptick in ad load on Instagram, with ads accounting for...

Facebook launches tool to test, preview Playable Ads
Playable Ads Preview tool lets users know if the call-to-action is not implemented correctly. Facebook has launched a Playable Ads...

Facebook’s ‘Off-Facebook Activity Tool’ disconnects user ad targeting data from p
Facebook is rolling out an Off-Facebook Activity tool that allows users to see a summary of the apps and websites that have shared their...

Social Shorts: Facebook Movie ads, Reddit goes to Chicago, Quora’s LiveRamp integration
This collection of social media marketing and new hire announcements is a compilation of the past week’s briefs from our daily Marketing...

Facebook Marketing API to get ‘Special Ad Category’ field for housing, employment, credi
Facebook is adding the same Special Ad Category field it rolled out in Ads Manager in July to its Marketing API next month. The update,...

Will ‘Facebook’ branding on Instagram, WhatsApp help advertisers? Marketers have mixed
This is the latest installment of our series focused on the ways social platforms and ad strategies are evolving. Instagram advertisers...

Report: Instagram Story ad share doubles while overall ad growth levels out
This time last year, Instagram ad spend growth was skyrocketing, with reports the platform was seeing four times the rate of ad spend...

Facebook’s updated Ads Manager UI is easier to navigate, but more work still needed, say adver
Facebook’s new Ads Manager continues to roll out to more advertisers. As early as February, there were reports Facebook was updating its...

Americans record lowest ‘satisfaction’ with Facebook since 2015, according to ASCI
A steady stream of surveys and anecdotal evidence indicates Americans are less trusting and engaged with Facebook since the Cambridge...

Facebook to remove thousands of outdated interest targets for advertising
Facebook announced Tuesday that it will be removing thousands of outdated and infrequently used interest targets such as old movie and...

Facebook’s search ad test is extending to more accounts
Facebook has been testing ads in its search results for more than six months, but only with a select few advertisers. Now that test is...

Has Instagram increased its ad load? Marketers report as many as 1 in 4 posts are ads
Recently, a colleague mentioned that she had noticed a significant surge in the number of Instagram ad placements. Conducting a quick...

Facebook reported strong ad revenue growth in Q2, Instagram ads continue to drive impression growth
Facebook earned $16.6 billion in ad revenue for the second quarter of 2019, a 28% increase year-over-year. Facebook CFO David Wehner said...

Heads up, advertisers: Facebook is shrinking mobile News Feed ad space
Facebook is making changes to the aspect ratio for posts and ads in its mobile News Feed. Beginning August 19, posts and ads in the...

Ready for the holidays? 1 in 5 US consumers starts holiday shopping in October or earlier
Back to school shopping is in full swing, which means the holiday shopping season is right around the corner. One in five U.S. consumers...

Facebook shows users more details about data used to target ads
Facebook is introducing new details to its “Why I’m seeing this ad” feature for users. It now shows the interests and categories used to...

Facebook warns Pages it is downgrading posts that use exaggerated health claims to promote products
Facebook announced on Tuesday it has made ranking updates to its News Feed algorithm, aiming to reduce posts that contain exaggerated or...
























