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December 2019

Google Launches “Explanations” To Unlock Campaign Performance

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New Google Ads Beta Explains Performance Changes Following on from Google’s recent expansion of “Optimization Score” for Display, Google has announced the launch of another must-use insight tool, this time for Search. Google Ads has launched a new beta feature, "Explanations", which provides insights as to why campaign performance is being affected. Identifying peaks or troughs in …

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Facebook Upgrades Reporting

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Cross-Account Reporting and Custom Ad Metrics Launching Through 2019, Facebook has made steady improvements to Business Manager, with more pencilled in for 2020. Most improvements have centred on streamlining interfaces; however, in recent months, Facebook has also rolled out several important features related to reporting. Offering richer, deeper and more tailored campaign insights. Three of …

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Google Expands “Optimization Score” For Display Campaigns

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Google Demystifying Ads With AI  To say that marketers find Google a confusing channel to operate within would not be an understatement. For the majority of marketers, Google’s overly complicated processes, clunky marketing user interfaces and unintuitive systems are incredibly off-putting. Resultantly, Google activity is often outsourced to supposed “specialists” and budgets sometimes get funnelled …

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50%+ of Local Business Sites Receive Under 500 Visits Monthly

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Google Analytics Study Claims Organic Search Best Channel A study of Google Analytics for local businesses claims they see an average (across verticals and regions) of 414 monthly website users each month. Local business websites receive 50% of their traffic from organic search, with 37% coming from direct visits. The average local business receives no …

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Will Facebook’s New ‘Favorites’ Feature Transform Messenger?

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Facebook Pushes Microsharing With New Prototype Social media’s pivot towards privacy has been the defining theme for 2019. Naturally spearheaded by market-leader Facebook, following the publication of Mark Zuckerberg’s new privacy manifesto in March. However, bringing this new vision to life will be a colossal effort, requiring an entire product redesign and the wholesale creation …

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