
Facebook will tell brands where their ads appeared, ban certain content from carrying ads
Facebook is increasingly attaching brands’ ads to others’ content, including Instant Articles and videos. That leaves advertisers...

Facebook is consolidating its ad-buying tools and combining its ad placement options
On Tuesday, Facebook announced a sweeping overhaul of its self-serve ad-buying tools and ad placement options. At the heart of Tuesday’s...

Facebook updates its shoppable Collection ads to mirror print catalogs
Facebook is updating the shoppable Collection ad format introduced in March to combine the look of a print catalog with the interactivity...

Facebook tests a new ad format that puts it further ahead of its competitors
Consumers’ fondness for and engagement with social media platforms are often cited as reasons that advertising on these sites...

Instagram starts testing Facebook’s app-like Canvas ads within Stories feed
Facebook is bringing its most creative ad format to its most creative app. Over a year after Facebook said it would extend its Canvas ad...

Why Facebook says its ads can reach more people in the US than live there
Facebook may have messed up on its math again. Or maybe not. Facebook claims that its ads can reach more people in the US than the number...

Facebook bans Pages sharing fake news from buying ads
Facebook will try to stem the spread of fake news, even if it means cutting off some revenue. Facebook will block Pages that repeatedly...

Facebook culls 17 types of posts that Pages can no longer boost as ads
Facebook is curtailing the types of organic posts that Pages can convert into ads as it looks to make the purpose of its ads more...

Facebook offers in-stream-only video ad buys as it looks to rival YouTube, TV
A week after Facebook revealed its upcoming video service, Watch, to compete against Google’s YouTube, as well as streaming and...

Facebook lets brands promote publisher & influencer posts as ads
After officially opening itself up last year as a free distribution outlet for branded content and influencer marketing, Facebook is...

Facebook tests targeting ads to people who visited brands’ brick-and-mortar stores
Over the past couple of years, Facebook has rolled out ways for retailers to push people from Facebook to their brick-and-mortar stores....

Facebook bans advertisers, Pages that disguise links violating its rules
Facebook continues to crack down on the shady side of its social network. On Wednesday, Facebook announced that it has started fighting...

Facebook looks to clean up Audience Network with higher standard for counting clicks
Facebook continues to try to ease advertisers’ concerns with ads running across its Audience Network ad network. After appraising...

Facebook extends dynamic ad retargeting to real estate listings
A couple of years ago, Facebook rolled out an ad format tailored to retailers looking to retarget people browsing their e-commerce sites....

What Facebook’s (reported) video chat device could mean for its ad business
Following a Bloomberg report, we reported Tuesday that Facebook is working on a couple of consumer hardware devices that could have a...

Facebook will let brands target ads to people who RSVPed to their Pages’ events
Facebook plans to let brands target ads to people who RSVPed to events posted by a brand’s Page. A Facebook spokesperson confirmed the...

The best ways to use social media for marketing your medical practice
With nearly 2 billion active monthly users, it’s safe to say that Facebook should be a part of your business and marketing strategy. If...

[Updated] 5 chatbots to help you analyze ad campaigns right in Slack, Facebook Messenger & Goog
This article has been updated to include more examples since it was first published on October 27, 2016. Yes, a lot has been written...

Facebook tests ads in Marketplace, its Craigslist-like shopping section
Newspapers reaped a lot of revenue from their classified sections. Then Craigslist killed that business. Then Facebook cloned Craigslist....
























