YouTube Is Killing an Ad Format Everyone Hates
Unskippable 30-second video ads will fade to black for good on YouTube in 2018. YouTube has officially announced the end of this hated format.
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Danny Goodwin is the former Executive Editor of Search Engine Journal. He formerly was managing editor of Momentology and editor of Search Engine Watch.
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Facebook Turns on Video Sound in News Feed
Facebook is changing the way you watch videos on your smartphone. Most significantly: videos in the News Feed now automatically play with sound.
YouTube Gives Creators Live Streaming, Super Chat
YouTube is launching mobile live streaming and a tool to earn money from those live streams – but only for creators with at least 10,000...
6 Surprising Stats from the Snapchat IPO Filing
Snap, parent company of Snapchat, is going public. Here are six statistics from Snapchat’s IPO filing that marketers will find interesting.
Facebook Search Now Recognizes Objects in Photos
Facebook’s image search system can detect and segment objects, scenes, animals, places, and clothes that appear in images or videos – and understand them.
Pinterest Expands Search Ads Offering
Pinterest is making its paid search product – which includes keyword and shopping campaigns, targeting, and reporting – available to more advertisers.
6 Major Changes Coming to LinkedIn’s Redesigned Desktop Site
LinkedIn has given its desktop site a much-needed redesign. Here’s what’s changing with LinkedIn’s navigation, messaging, content and feeds, and search.
14 Irresistible Valentine’s Day Search Stats From Bing
Win the love of the most valuable shoppers this year. Here’s who will be shopping, how and when they’ll be searching, and what they’ll be...
6 New Facebook Live Features You Need to Know
Here are the six latest Facebook Live features and tools you need to know about, including Pages going live via the web and appointing Live...
Facebook Updates How Dynamic Ads Work
To help drive more sales, Facebook will show even more targeted product ads to users based on their browsing activity, Facebook behavior, and demographics.
New on Pinterest: Autoplay Videos, Tried It Pins
Pinterest is testing a new type of Promoted Video that begins playing as soon as Pinterest users discover it. The company has also unveiled “tried...
Twitter Lets Users Block Keywords, Hashtags, Conversations
Twitter has updated its mute feature to allow users stop getting notifications for tweets that contain certain words, usernames, hashtags, and even emojis.
Bing Ads Tests Dynamic Search Ads
Bing Ads is testing Dynamic Search Ads in the U.S. Dynamic search ads let you create ads for relevant search queries based on the content...
Fake News Sites Banned From Facebook Ad Network
Facebook has updated its advertising guidelines in order to prevent fake news sites from generating revenue from the Facebook Audience Network.
Instagram Makes it Easier for Users to Shop & Buy
Instagram is about to roll out a pair of new shopping features to make it easier for its 500 million users to shop without leaving...
6 YouTube Tools to Clean Up Your Comments Section
YouTube is rolling out some new features that are designed to improve engagement in your comments section and also filter out the comment trolls.
Twitter Introduces Welcome Messages, Quick Replies
Twitter now lets brands use chatbots to help provide better customer service more quickly with a pair of new features: Welcome Screens and Quick Replies.
Twitter Cuts Off Vine
Twitter has announced that Vine, which is known for its looping 6-second videos, will be discontinued in the “coming months.”
YouTube End Screens Feature Now Available to All
YouTube has added a new feature, End Screens, that lets you add a thumbnail overlay to promote your videos and playlists, encourage subscriptions, and more.
Facebook Page Call-to-Action Buttons Get Big Update
Some big changes are coming to the way call-to-action buttons work on Facebook Pages. Facebook is also rolling out a new business recommendation feature.
Pinterest Adds Pin Engagement & Website Retargeting
Pinterest has given advertisers new retargeting options. You can now create audiences based on actions users take with your pins and on your website.
YouTube Adds Paid Promotion Alert For Viewers
YouTube is giving brands a new way to ensure they are being transparent to viewers about paid content that appears on the video-sharing site.
Twitter Launches 3 New Customer Service Tools
Twitter’s new features include the ability to tell customers if you provide support and when you are active on Twitter, and a larger Direct Message...
Bing Adds Structured Snippets, App Bulk Editing
Bing Ads is rolling out a couple new features. Structured Snippets is now rolling out in the U.S., and the Bing Ads app now has...
Businesses Can Now Sell In Facebook Messenger
Facebook has announced a couple new ways for brands and businesses to send customers to, and complete purchases within, its Messenger app.
Facebook Expands Lookalike Audiences Globally
Facebook has announced an update to Lookalike Audiences that should make it easier for advertisers to reach consumers around the globe.
Facebook to Punish Advertisers With Slow Sites
Your mobile page load time will soon impact whether people will see your Facebook ads. To help advertisers speed up, Facebook is introducing prefetching.
Pinterest Rolls Out 3 Big Retargeting Changes
Pinterest is introducing engagement retargeting to let you target users who have engaged with your pins, and adding a new tag for better retargeting.
Twitter Expands Video Monetization
Twitter is expanding video content monetization with pre-roll ads for video creators and a new way for brands and creators to team up on live...
Facebook Now Automates Trending Stories
Facebook has removed descriptions from its Trending stories section. The announcement comes months after being criticized for having an anti-conservative bias.