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High hopes for Windows 10 to deliver search volume now that Bing and Cortana are built right in. With Wednesday’s launch of Windows 10, Bing Ads General Manager David Pann has outlined the benefits advertisers should expect to reap from the ways in which search is woven into the...

IBM has announced it is acquiring applications performance monitoring (APM) company Instana to aid in its hybrid cloud and AI strategy. IBM made headlines in October when it announced its plans to split itself into two companies. The legacy business will be split into a new...

Walmart is taking aim at one of Amazon’s biggest benefits, fast shipping, by using its stores to speed up delivery. Amazon Prime is one of the biggest advantages Amazon has, providing free two-day shipping on many products. Many of its competitors have struggled to match its...

Starting Wednesday, YouTube began running ads on some content creators’ videos without sharing the revenue those ads bring in. Traditionally, YouTube shares ad revenue with content creators in the YouTube Partner Program (YPP). In order to qualify to be in the YPP, a creator must...

The company could face penalties of up to 10% of its total revenue, which was more than $280B in 2019. Coming at the end of a roughly two-year investigation, the European Commission (EC) has accused Amazon of violating EU competition law by unfairly using access to non-public...

Google says Universal App Campaigns are now delivering 50% of app downloads across its network. Google launched Universal App Campaigns (UAC) roughly two years ago to help developers drive app downloads. UAC has co-existed with AdWords app-install campaigns since that time. Now...

To stay on top today, you need to be diligent in assessing your site’s usability and the quality of its content. Over 10 years ago, I predicted that Google could use quality scoring for organic rankings, and I also proposed a number of ways they could quantify the quality...

The new test is part of a broader focus on monetizing the growing number of local searches. Google is testing more ad opportunities in knowledge panels. In this case, it’s testing ads on panels for local businesses. Spotted by Dr. Pete Meyers of Moz, the example below shows an ad...

ActivTrak has raised $50 million to help companies “understand and optimize how digital work gets done.” ActivTrak is a company that specializes in helping customers understand how their employees work. The company’s cloud-based platform analyzes data to help companies discover...

New visualizations from Bing Ads will help advertisers garner industry information in a quick (& beautiful) format. When it comes to providing advertiser data, Bing is on a roll. Last month Bing released in-depth demographic and reach data with slick charts and graphs. Today...