
Finally! The 800 million ways Facebook gets serious about local business
But for years, searching for a business on Facebook has been a clumsy and unreliable experience. As a result, Google has become the...

Report: Google and Facebook top advertisers’ list of fears that could impact their businesses
The State of Digital Advertising 2018 notes that the so-called duopoly prevents advertisers from optimizing their customers’ experience...

Instagram’s new shopping bag icon adds e-commerce element to advertisers’ Stories
Clicking on the shopping bag icon can display various types of product information, including more images of the featured product, images...

Facebook launches tool to let users rate advertisers’ customer service
tanuha2001 / Shutterstock.com Facebook has launched a new “Leave Feedback” tool for users to rate their experiences with businesses whose...

Direct-to-consumer advertisers are shifting ad dollars away from Facebook
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands are pulling back on their Facebook ad spend, according to a report from Digiday, some shifting as much as...

Facebook shared user data with Chinese company identified as posing a national security threat
LJZ / Shutterstock.com Raise your hand if Facebook shared user data with you — because the list keeps growing. Days after learning the...

Facebook Audience Network opens inventory to in-app header bidding
Facebook’s Audience Network is joining the world of in-app header bidding. The company announced Wednesday that publishers will be able...

Facebook expanding Marketplace ads to more countries & campaign objectives
Last year, Facebook began letting a select number of advertisers run ads in Marketplace, the site’s online shopping platform where users...

Taking aim at Facebook & others: Apple says it is ‘shutting down’ tracking from Lik
Apple further entrenched its strategic positioning as privacy protector against the ad tech ecosystem at WWDC, its annual developer...

Facebook faces more scrutiny, this time for sharing user data with device makers
Facebook is under fire once again for mishandling user data, this time charged with sharing information with at least 60 device makers,...

Digital advertising’s opportunities & threats from Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends re
Advertising wasn’t a major focus of Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends report this year, but the well-known internet analyst pointed out...

Facebook’s new rules for political & issue ads start today
Facebook is now enforcing its new policies for political and issue-related ads. Announced last month, the new rules require all...

Facebook Marketplace gets home service professional listings from Handy, HomeAdvisor & Porch
Facebook is working with Handy, HomeAdvisor and Porch to bring more home service professionals into Marketplace. According to an...

Facebook updates Ads Reporting & introduces new ‘creative reporting’
Alexey Boldin / Shutterstock.com Facebook is expanding its reporting options since merging its Ads Manager and Power Editor last...

Facebook’s dynamic ads for auto dealerships get new lead-gen features
Facebook is rolling out updates to its dynamic ads for auto dealerships, giving them a lead-gen feature that feeds leads directly into...

Facebook expands its list of marketing partners, while limiting what view tags can do
Facebook announced today it is expanding its list of third-party solutions to measure ad effectiveness, while at the same time, it is...

It’s business as usual for Facebook advertisers as Cambridge Analytica crisis proves inconsequ
We’re less than two months out from Facebook’s infamous announcement that it was suspending Cambridge Analytica for exploiting user data....

IAB says digital ad revenues up 21% to $88B in 2017. Left unsaid: The duopoly dominated that growth
The IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau) is out with its Q4 and 2017 year-end state of the digital advertising industry report. In a...

Mark Zuckerberg announces new ‘Clear History’ option & more at Facebook’s F8
Facebook kicked off its F8 Developers Conference Tuesday with a keynote from CEO Mark Zuckerberg. “This has been an intense year. I can’t...
























