
TapClicks buys Raven Tools
TapClicks’ reporting and analytics platform, geared toward mid-sized and enterprise agencies and media companies, gathers data from over...

ColorTV adds search to its OTT services with purchase of Guidebox
ColorTV is a Newport Beach, California-based startup that provides Netflix-like recommendations for Over-the-Top (OTT) providers of...

Marketo acquires sales engagement tool ToutApp
Marketing platform Marketo is helping to advance the combination of marketing and sales tech this week with the announcement that it has...

Oracle adds ad verification to its data wheelhouse by acquiring Moat
Oracle has taken another step to enlarge its data capabilities, announcing Tuesday that it has agreed to buy ad verification firm Moat....

Optimizely buys Experiment Engine for its optimization tools
Last year, testing service Optimizely said it was going beyond A/B as it launched Optimizely X, which it described as the “world’s first...

Adblock Plus’s parent company buys content micropayment service Flattr
In May of last year, Eyeo — the parent company of Adblock Plus — announced a partnership with content-funding tool Flattr to create...

SMX West: Solving SEO Issues in Google’s Post-Update World
How do we deal with huge and sudden changes in organic search traffic now that Google no longer posts major updates to its algorithms?...

Taking the brand/agency partnership to the next level
Brands and agencies: a dynamic duo since the beginning of marketing time. We’ve all had good relationships, bad relationships and good...

Hootsuite’s recent buying spree may only be a warm-up
That’s how Hootsuite Senior Director of Business and Corporate Development Richard Hungerford sees it. It used to be, he said, that...

SEO and social: 1 + 1 = 3
The recent SMX West conference had many awesome sessions, and today I’m going to provide some compelling insights from “SEO and Social: A...

39 questions with Google at SMX West
It always attracts a lot of attention when Googlers are up on stage and open for questioning. The Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Google...

Hootsuite acquires Snapchat analytics solution from marketing firm Naritiv
Social media management platform Hootsuite is continuing to beef up its ad and analytics chops, with today’s announcement that it has...

Aprimo adds digital asset management with ADAM acquisition
In January, marketing operations platform Aprimo began to rebuild itself, announcing its first major platform update since it split from...

Cutting-edge martech? 65% of brands have no plans to invest this year
Marketers know that change is coming, thanks to new technologies like machine learning and virtual reality. But in a recent survey,...

Amobee beefs up Singtel’s digital ads division by buying ad tech firm Turn
Singtel’s ad tech division Amobee said Wednesday night it has agreed to buy ad tech firm Turn for $310 million. Amobee, which was...

Hootsuite buys AdEspresso, adds onboard Facebook/Instagram ad management
From the AdEspresso website Hootsuite stepped up its ad game this week, announcing the acquisition of online ad tool AdEspresso — and the...

The PPC industry would not exist under Trump’s immigration policy
President Donald Trump’s executive order barring people from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States, even...

Announcing the Stackie & Hackie Awards for MarTech San Francisco 2017
Of course, like all agile marketers, we believe in improving with each iteration. So we’ve tweaked and expanded the competition this...

Dun & Bradstreet buys Avention so its data can become real-time triggers
Dun & Bradstreet is making its business data more readily available, with its announcement this week that it is acquiring sales and...
























