
Report: YouTube ad revenue jumped 11% in 2018 thanks to repeat advertisers
YouTube saw a 51 percent ad renewal rate among brands in 2018, with an 11 percent increase in revenue year over year, an study by...

Agencies say search, social spend will rise, but increases target 5 platforms
Source: Marketing Land Digital Agency Survey 2019 SAN JOSE — Media spending on search and social platforms is expected to increase this...

YouTube TV now available in more than 98% of U.S. households
YouTube TV is expanding to 95 markets on Wednesday, making it available in more than 98 percent of U.S. households, with the remainder to...

Gillette sparks emotions, controversy, possibly gold with ‘We Believe: The Best A Man Can Be&#
Gillette has accomplished what many advertisers strive to achieve, sparking emotions with its now viral “We Believe: The Best Men Can Be”...

Social media 2018 put the spotlight on data, video, Stories
After suspending Cambridge Analytica from its platform in March, Facebook’s data management issues remained the lead social media news...

Back to Basics: Maximize your YouTube advertising
Advertisers are expected to spend just shy of $30 billion on online video this year – an increase of nearly 28 percent year-over-year,...

YouTube ad campaigns target ‘TV screens’ by default, coming to AdWords API in Jan.
API availability January 8. The AdWords API capabilities for TV targeting will be available as of January 8. With the API, “ConnectedTV”...

YouTube crowns Amazon with top ad, OMD as top media agency of 2018
Amazon made it to the top of YouTube’s year-end ad leaderboard with its “Alexa Loses Her Voice” Super Bowl spot. Posted on YouTube on...

YouTube sunsetting call-to-action overlays in favor of new ad extension
Starting in January, YouTube will phase out the call-to-action overlays that have been around since 2009. In its place will come a new ad...

Groupon voted top YouTube 6-second bumper ad of the year
A six-second Groupon spot featuring actress Tiffany Haddish was voted the best YouTube bumper ad of 2018. YouTube, in partnership with...

Marketers say Time Well Spent movement isn’t influencing social media plans
Features like Facebook and Instagram’s user activity dashboards and YouTube’s reminders to “take a break” are responses to the movement’s...

Grammarly tops YouTube’s TrueView for Action 2018 leaderboard
YouTube has released the top ten TrueView for Action ads in 2018, with Grammarly’s “Enhance Your Writing” 60-second spot coming in at the...

Facebook missteps highlight what happens when you can’t trust platform metrics
Facebook has a history of miscalculating video ad metrics. In 2016, the company admitted it had been overstating the average duration of...

YouTube drops paywall from some Originals, explores advertising
In a strategic about-face last week, YouTube announced it will drop the paywall from its Originals programming and make the shows...

YouTube launches Stories feature for creators with 10K subscribers
YouTube has launched its own version of Stories, giving creators with 10,000 or more subscribers access to the new content feature. First...

YouTube has started testing ‘ad pods’: 2 skippable ads delivered back-to-back
How YouTube’s ad pod experience will display on a mobile device. YouTube announced on Wednesday a new “ad pod” delivery experience that...

Fullscreen offers marketers another YouTube brand safety tool
Although YouTube has implemented its own measures to prevent brands’ ads from appearing on or near objectionable content, marketers’...

Video Advertising Bureau: Brands should avoid influencer, UGC channels on YouTube
In a new report entitled “Risky Business: Exploring Brand Safety on YouTube,” the Video Advertising Bureau (VAB) asserts that brand...

YouTube now counts ‘engagement’ for YouTube for action ads at 10 seconds, not 30
YouTube announced it is changing the attribution criteria for TrueView for action video ads. TrueView for action ads are designed for...
























