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Yelp ad revenue rises 14% as advertisers ‘shift towards performance marketing’ 

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Yelp has reported better-than-expected advertising revenue in the second quarter of 2023, year on year. Advertising revenue reached just shy of $322 million, which is a 14% increase from the second quarter of 2022. A shift away from brand advertising and towards performance marketing was noted by Yelp bosses.

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Airbnb’s search marketing shift: Should advertisers follow suit?

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A recent Wall Street Journal article reported that Airbnb’s “strategy of slashing advertising spending, investing in brand marketing and lessening its reliance on search-engine marketing is continuing to pay off.”. It’s critical to be aligned with the external forces impacting your marketing mix. See terms.

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Meta advertisers claim sales are down and costs are up due to glitchy automated system

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Meta advertisers claim the cost of running campaigns across it platforms has surged due to ongoing issues with its algorithm. Brands report that sales and return-on-ad-spend have both plummeted, while cost-per-click and cost per 1,000 impressions are up by a factor of three in recent months – with no explanation from Meta as to why.

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Ad format preferences land in Google Demand Gen campaigns

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New creative controls for video ads that allow advertisers to dictate where their videos appear across Google’s different ad formats are being introduced for Demand Gen campaigns. in-stream, in-feed or Shorts) gives marketers more control over the amplification of their brand storytelling. They have been released in beta.

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This day in search marketing history: January 22

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Contextual links in featured snippets may present new opportunities and risks 2021: The potential for more links to appear in this high-visibility search result feature had SEOs concerned about click-through rates, brand safety and how to optimize for it. Google To Replace Black Top Bar With Gray Colored Bar?

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Tracking in 2024: Where we are and how to prep

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Remember how painful iOS 14 was for performance marketers? An even more seismic change is looming, and way too many marketers are still unprepared. Advertising platforms (particularly Facebook) suddenly couldn’t help advertisers understand what users were doing after engaging with their ads. See terms.

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Trivago blames profit drop on opting out of new Google Ads product

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Meanwhile, revenue for Expedia , which did advertise with on the search engine’s new ad unit, reported a record second quarter with revenue up 6%. The company spent 4% less on advertising in Europe, compared to the same period in 2022, as well. ” Get the daily newsletter search marketers rely on.

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