MarTech Today: Google drops ‘last look,’ Google Optimize exits beta & Samsung S8 gets Pinterest Lens tech
Here’s our recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech Today, Marketing Land and other places across the web. From MarTech Today: Countering header bidding, Google drops its ‘last look’ advantage Mar 31, 2017 by Barry Levine The ad giant opens a beta version of its Exchange Bidding in Dynamic Allocation. Google […]
Barry Levine on April 3, 2017 at 9:00 am | Reading time: 3 minutes
Here’s our recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech Today, Marketing Land and other places across the web.
From MarTech Today:
- Countering header bidding, Google drops its ‘last look’ advantage
Mar 31, 2017 by Barry Levine
The ad giant opens a beta version of its Exchange Bidding in Dynamic Allocation. - Google Optimize, the free website testing solution, is out of beta
Mar 31, 2017 by Ginny Marvin
Optimize runs on top of Google Analytics. - The marketing automation generation: Fulfilling the mandate for customer life cycle marketing
Mar 31, 2017 by Scott Vaughan
B2B marketing automation specialists have become skilled at generating qualified leads from inquiries, but columnist Scott Vaughn believes that to be most effective, they need to expand their view and consider the entire customer life cycle. - The hype and reality of artificial intelligence [Podcast]
Mar 31, 2017 by Matt McGee
In this week’s Marketing Land Live, we chat with Scott Brinker about the current state of artificial intelligence — what’s fact, what’s fiction, and what do marketers need to know? - Pinterest gets a new venue for its search ads with Samsung Galaxy S8 integration of Lens
Mar 31, 2017 by Barry Levine
The image-searching Lens software, introduced last month, is now embedded in the newest Samsung smartphone.
From Marketing Land:
- April Fools’ Day 2017: Play Ms. Pac-Man, Amazon Echo’s Petlexa, Google Gnome & more
Mar 31, 2017 by Matt McGee
The annual day (or days, as has become the case) of pranks from major search/marketing/tech companies is underway. - Reddit launches a new self-serve ad platform
Mar 31, 2017 by Tamar Weinberg
New platform offers changes to how advertisers are billed, how campaigns are created and how metrics are reported. - Baidu becomes Google’s biggest ally in mobile page speed
Mar 31, 2017 by Hermes Ma
Chinese search engine Baidu will soon support Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) in its search results, expanding the reach of AMP significantly. Columnist Hermas Ma believes the worldwide impact on mobile page speed will be notable.
From Around The Web:
- WordPress App for Android Adds Better Support for Jetpack-Enabled Sites, wptavern.com
- Get Smart Content and Bombora Form Partnership to Empower the Next Generation of Marketing Personalization with Intent-Based Insights, globenewswire.com
- Reshift Media Revolutionizes Facebook and Google Advertising for Multi-Location Businesses, www.reshiftmedia.com
- Connatix Launches Platform Focused On Brand Safety, MediaPost
- Google’s AI Hasn’t Passed Its Biggest Test Yet: Hunting Hate, Bloombergr
- Study: Only 22% of consumers have engaged with a chatbot, www.retaildive.com
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