Sprout Social

AUGUST 10, 2022

Video game maker, CD Projekt Red, suffered an embarrassing PR crisis in 2020 when there were significant recalls of its Cyberpunk 2077 game due to bugs. — Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) December 18, 2020. — Alanah Pearce (@Charalanahzard) September 17, 2020. billion in 2020 , from $714 million in 201.9

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Search Engine Land

MARCH 15, 2023

Before that, we had the December 2020 core update , which was very big , bigger than the May 2020 core update , and that update was also big and broad and took a couple of weeks to fully roll out. Before that was the January 2020 core update , we had some analysis on that update over here.

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Martech

JUNE 14, 2023

64% of B2B marketers consider AI to be valuable in their marketing strategy 80% of marketers in 2020 already had chatbots as part of their customer experience strategy. Marketers’ AI usage increased from 29% in 2018 to 84% in 2020 — a 55% jump.

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Search Engine Journal

APRIL 1, 2023

So, I wasn’t shocked when the editors asked me to refresh an article I wrote on October 21, 2020, titled “3 Strategic SEO Insights & Tactical Advice for 2021.” I’ve written about search engine optimization (SEO) for over 20 years.

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Social Media Examiner

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Since launching Reels in 2020, Instagram has cemented short-form video as an indispensable component of social media […] The post How to Easily Create Instagram Reels appeared first on Social Media Examiner. Looking for actionable tips on how to more easily create your Reels? Why Should Creators and Marketers Focus on Instagram Reels?

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Hubspot Marketing

OCTOBER 27, 2023

GWI , 2020) Social Commerce Purchasing Stats $86.21 GWI , 2020) 13% of social networkers say a “buy” button is one of the top purchase drivers. ( GWI , 2020) Image Source Social Commerce Stats by Platform Facebook Social Commerce Stats Facebook is the most trusted social shopping platform overall. million people. million people.

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Search Engine Land

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The chart below shows the number of entities of type “Person” and type “Corporation” in Google’s Knowledge Vault relative to the number in May 2020. As of June 2023, Person and Corporation entities were approximately five times the number in May 2020. We now actively track more than 50,000 corporations and 50,000 people.

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Search Engine Land

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Google brought Web Stories to Google Discover in 2020. In May 2020, Google said AMP was no longer re. Google will no longer show Web Stories within: Image Search results Google Discover carousel view Grid view is now a carousel view in Google Search History. In 2018, Google launched AMP Stories , which was later renamed Web Stories.

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SMEI

JANUARY 25, 2023

Starbucks has committed to transitioning to 100% renewable energy by 2020 and has launched various campaigns to promote this goal. The company was also awarded a Climate Leadership Award for their efforts in reducing carbon emissions across their products and services.

Education 230

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Chief Martec

JANUARY 2, 2025

CDPs customer data platforms arose between 2015-2020 because most marketing suites/platforms were still not open enough or flexible enough with their data models. Most acquired a CDP or built CDP-like capabilities by the 2020’s. This gave CDPs an iPaaS-like opening, and they stampeded through it.

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Aspiration Marketing

MAY 10, 2023

In early 2020, Google's Chrome Team introduced the Core Web Vitals to provide quality signals for web pages. Today, the Google Chrome team announced an upcoming change in the metrics for the Core Web Vitals better to evaluate the quality of a web page's user experience.

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Jeff Bullas

JANUARY 11, 2023

The invisible virus that emerged in 2020. The past isn’t the future. Escaping old and habitual practices is hard. . As humans we are pattern and habit driven animals. But there was an accelerant. . The work and way we do business has been powered forward by the pandemic. It has pushed us forward 10 years.

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Hubspot Marketing

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Short-form video took off in early 2020 and shows no signs of slowing down. In fact, a 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer survey revealed that many consumers see trust as a leading factor in their purchasing decisions. Short-form video will be a priority. Back then, TikTok was the number one place to go for short-form content.

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SMEI

JANUARY 24, 2023

Burger King: In 2020, Burger King stirred up controversy with its “Feel Your Way” ad campaign. Many people found the ad insensitive and exploitative of current political issues. After facing major backlash, Pepsi withdrew the ad and apologized for the misstep.

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Hubspot Marketing

AUGUST 25, 2022

Best Website Designs from 2020. Best Website Designs from 2020. Award: Site of the Day (2020), Awwwards. Award: Honorable Mention (2020), Awwwards. Award: Honorable Mention (2020), Awwwards. Award: Honorable Mention (2020), Awwwards. Award: Corporate Website (2020), Red Dot. Swab the World.

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Hubspot Marketing

JANUARY 12, 2023

In 2020, she created a TikTok account sharing vegan cooking videos and inspirational pep talks, and her content took off. Though she’d been creating content for years, her TikTok account started taking off in March 2020 when many people were consuming more content than ever before due to the onset of the pandemic.

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The CMO Survey

MARCH 28, 2023

percent in February 2020 to 13.5 Social and Mobile Spending Marketing spending on mobile activities is predicted to match the peak 2020 levels in the next 12 months and is expected to grow 80 percent in five years. This would surpass spending levels seen in June 2020 (23.2 percent in this survey. percent within a year and 26.4

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Search Engine Land

AUGUST 5, 2024

Google’s monopoly in general search increased from about 80% in 2009 to 90% by 2020. Key details: Judge Amit Mehta found Google violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act, which prohibits monpolies The court focused on Google’s exclusive search deals with Android and Apple devices as key to its anticompetitive behaviour.

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Search Engine Land

APRIL 24, 2024

As a reminder, Google first announced plans to phase out cookies in January 2020. .” New deadline: Despite the delay, Google did not provide a specific timetable. Google expressed hope for completion by 2025.

Branding 119

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Martech

JULY 23, 2024

Deliverability success rates going up Over the past three years, the average deliverability rate improved from 94.26% in 2020 to 96.43% in 2023. in 2023 compared to 2020. “And, much like a credit score, it takes time to build it back up and to be recognized as a safe sender.” The average bounce rate was 1.98%.

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Sprout Social

MARCH 12, 2024

In 2020, we saw brands speaking out more in response to the onset of the COVID pandemic, worldwide Black Lives Matter protests and growing concerns about climate change. Even the political message of the campaign—“get out and vote”—strikes a much less political tone than brand activations in 2020.

Social Media Marketing 131

Social Media Marketing Gen Z Health Marketing 131

Bannerflow

MAY 8, 2024

Indeed, 2021 and 2020 have seen brands adapt and change quicker than ever before, as external factors change customer habits. iGaming display advertising trends offer insight into what makes the industry tick.

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Martech

JUNE 21, 2023

2020: Google Analytics 4 is unveiled as UA’s replacement. Universal Analytics has new website tracking codes for websites and tools providing more in-depth information about user behavior. 2017: Google releases Global Site Tag (gtag.js). It fixes the problems created by having different tagging protocols for Google Analytics and Google Ads.

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Hubspot Marketing

OCTOBER 11, 2023

2020 - Clubhouse is launched as an audio-chat networking app. 2020 - BeReal is launched as an ephemeral picture-sharing app focused on users showcasing unedited real-life snippets of their lives. 2020 - Lemon8 is launched as a lifestyle app that blends elements on Instagram and Pinterest. 2018 - TikTok and Musical.ly

Gen Z 132

Gen Z User-Generated Transform Social Media Marketing 132

Sprout Social

AUGUST 2, 2022

In 2020, 70% of people watched an event live on YouTube. He did a little better than that, though, ushering in a 700% increase in sales from March 2020 to March 2021. In December 2020, more than 120 million people watched YouTube on their TVs. That gives you a lot more time to make an impression. Brand storytelling.

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Martech

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Maybe digital won’t grow again like it did in 2020 and 2021, but it’s also not going back. Salesforce’s own research shows more than 50% of revenue for small businesses coming from digital channels in 2025, up from the current 42%. That genie is out of the bottle.

eCommerce 103

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Bannerflow

MAY 8, 2024

E-commerce and online shopping saw a huge increase in sales during 2020. A survey by Deloitte in the UK found around 40% of respondents did more online shopping during lockdown than before. Grocery shopping specifically saw a huge surge in sales, with the share of e-commerce sales increasing from 7% to 15% at their peak.

Retail 98

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Search Engine Land

JULY 2, 2024

of mobile are zero-click (2022) Zero-click Google searches rose to nearly 65% in 2020 (2021) Now, more than 50% of Google searches end without a click to other content, study finds (2019) 49% of all Google searches are no-click, study finds (2019) of desktop, 17.3%

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Search Engine Land

APRIL 17, 2024

But advertisers continue to embrace paid search for one simple reason: it drives results for brands and businesses. Paid search is still king. Search continues to own the largest market share of advertising – 39.5%, but that is down from 40.2% in 2022 , 41.4% in 2021 and 42.2% The report. You can read the report here (registration required).

Advertising 104

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Martech

JULY 16, 2024

That is a 16% increase over last year and more than twice the $26 billion in 2020. Marketers continue to move money into digital video despite significant doubts about audience measurement, according to a new report from the IAB. Digital video ad spending is expected to be more than $62 billion this year, the IAB predicts.

Advertising 103

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Martech

JANUARY 9, 2025

Emarsys, acquired by SAP in 2020, this week reported that four in five (83%) consumers in the U.S. We care because it’s a reminder that loyalty forms a sometimes overlooked part of the customer experience. Seamless engagement from discovery through to conversion is great; but CX doesn’t stop there. Why does SAP care?

Retail 89

Retail Management Shoppers eCommerce 89

Search Engine Land

MAY 7, 2024

The Killer Whale update is all about Person entities Between May 2020 and June 2023, the number of Person entities in Google’s Knowledge Vault increased steadily, which is in line with the growth of the Knowledge Vault overall. In July 2023, the number of Person entities tripled in just four days. In March, Google added an additional 17%.

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Search Engine Land

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Since the 2020 arrival of a search choice screen Microsoft Bing has seen no positive gains in market share in Europe. That was according to testimony from Prabhakar Raghavan, a Google senior VP and head of Search, on Friday. Google Search made $146 billion in 2021 – so that means Google spent around 18% of its search revenue on these deals.

Marketing 122

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Search Engine Land

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In 2020, search ads earned the company more than $100 billion, according to Dischler. Search ads refer to the text and shopping promotions you see displayed at the top of Google’s search results page when users perform queries. More than 60% of Google’s total revenue is generated by search ads.

Price 142

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Backlinko

MARCH 13, 2024

2017 53.89% 45.23% 2018 54.82% 44.73% 2019 55.23% 44.51% 2020 59.54% 40.27% 2021 58.58% 41.11% 2022 56.74% 42.94% 2023 58.1% Year iPhone (iOS) Android 2009 34.01% 2.41% 2010 25.48% 8.82% 2011 22.29% 19% 2012 24.04% 27.41% 2013 24.03% 39.21% 2014 23.95% 53.65% 2015 20.2% Year iPhone (iOS) Android 2009 57.9% million.

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