If times weren’t hard enough for businesses in the current global climate, this week saw them face a double hit from Google. The company whose ad services many use as a consistent online sales driver, decided it was going to make two separate announcements which would directly impact their ability to do so profitably. Google …
The tech giants of Google, Facebook, and Apple are typically cool in the face of any controversy or criticism. Their scale and popularity mean that even if they dragged in front of the political powers of a nation, they know they don’t have too much to fear apart from a few tough questions. Google’s behaviour …
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It is a question digital and brand marketers have been trying to answer for a long time. What is the value of a display impression? Add to that the questions of does bigger format equal greater impact? Are ‘engagement metrics’ impacting brand recall? Is brand search worth the cost? And you have the attribution conundrum …
When I wrote my Ebook (The Future of Advertising is You) the research I presented suggested that the average UK website placed 44 cookies on your machine, 85% of which would be shared with at least one other third party. Meaning that a single website visit could be tracked and monitored by 81 different entities. …
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Sometimes it takes unusual or extreme circumstance to accelerate change. Trajectory that were already underway suddenly accelerate. Behaviours that were slowly evolving rapidly become the norm. And at the risk of using one of the now cliche phrases there is now doubt we are currently experiencing unprecedented times, strange times, a period in which our …
