- Google Marketing Live: Here come fully automated ads & campaigns for Local, Shopping & more
- Google announces several machine learning initiatives that will increase automation immensely. Some of these announcements include responsive search ads, “local campaign” type, and much more!
- Will It Blend? Google Data Studio Rolls out Data Blending
- There are a ton of new ways to use this new data blending feature! Check it out and play around with it.
- YouTube aims to show more authoritative search results around news topics
- No more fake news. YouTube is working to provide users with new features that promote authoritative news sources and Google is helping by investing in its search results and algorithms on the platform.
EP.26
July 12, 2018
Google Announces Machine Learning Initiatives
☆ ATTENTION ☆ Major #digitalmarketing industry news this week! Join Greg Finn and Jess Budde on #MarketingOClock as they talk about updates like news from the keynote at Google Marketing Live, Facebooks new AR ads and much more! You don’t want to miss this episode! All articles & resources discussed are in the links below, so feel free to check them out!
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3O7ZW6JsUs
Blog: https://cypressnorth.com/marketing-oclock/google-marketing-live-highlights-ar-facebook-ads-marketing-oclock-ep-26/
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- Twitter adding in big visual banner gifs or background images in the Explore tab.
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- Google shows ‘People also search for’ suggestions in ad results, too
- Many advertisers do not like this new feature stating the suggestions look like ad extension and will distract from the ad.
- Introducing Call-To-Action buttons for ads!
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- Helping creators protect their content
- YouTubes new “Copyright Match Tool” will help users find re-uploads of their content.
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- if you watched last weeks episode then you’ve heard about the new “question” sticker for Instagram stories. It’s now LIVE so go check it out!