9 Best Articles in 2022
The Verge
Google’s Chrome ad blocking arrives tomorrow and this is how it works
The Verge
4 min read · From 2018 · Google is enabling its built-in ad blocker for Chrome tomorrow (February 15th). Chrome’s ad filtering is designed to weed out some of the web’s most annoying ads, and push website owners to stop...
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Gizmodo
Facebook Is Giving Advertisers Access to Your Shadow Contact Information
Gizmodo
7 min read · From 2018 · Last week, I ran an ad on Facebook that was targeted at a computer science professor named Alan Mislove. Mislove studies how privacy works on social networks and had a theory that Facebook is letting advertisers reach users with contact information collected in surprising ways. I was helping him test the theory by targeting him in a way Facebook had previously told me wouldn’t work. I directed the ad to display to a Facebook account connected to the landline number for Alan Mislove’s office, a n
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9to5Google
Chrome to limit full ad blocking extensions to enterprise users
9to5Google
3 min read · From 2019 · In a response to negative feedback, Google shared that Chrome's current ad blocking capabilities for extensions will soon be restricted to enterprise users.
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adjelly.com
adJelly - The ultimate social & digital ad size guide
adjelly.com
1 min read · From 2016 · All social & digital ad image specs, sizes & dimensions in one place. A free tool packed with ad examples & free psd files.
Reader View · Shared by 96, including Stephanie A Kowalski, Mark Kaigwa, ⎝Stéphan Lam⎠, Austin Sandmeyer 🔥, medien_logbuch, Johannes Lenz, ThomNagy, Diego Paladino, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Brad Brooks, Nicolas Folliot, Dani Buser, blinch, Gero Pflüger
BuzzFeed News
Apps Installed On Millions Of Android Phones Tracked User Behavior To Execute A Multimillion-Dollar Ad Fraud Scheme
BuzzFeed News
20+ min read · From 2018 · A BuzzFeed News investigation uncovered a sophisticated ad fraud scheme involving more than 125 Android apps and websites, some of which were targeted at kids.
Reader View · Shared by 113, including Anthony Hamelle, mdy, Bjorn Larsen, Jane, luis antónio santos, Thomas Power, Mark Kaigwa, ErmanTaylan.eth, Michael Seemann
VICE
Princeton’s Ad-Blocking Superweapon May Put an End to the Ad-Blocking Arms Race
VICE
6 min read · From 2017 · An ad blocker that uses computer vision appears to be the most powerful ever devised and can evade all known anti ad blockers.
Reader View · Shared by 102, including grimm, Mark Kaigwa, Jacob Jarnvall, Mathew Ingram, Hugo Amsellem (📍Mexico City until 05/09), Anthony Hamelle, Benoit Curdy, George M 🇪🇺, Jane, Nir Eyal
BuzzFeed News
Facebook’s Global Ad Machine Is The Company’s $80 Billion Annual Lifeblood. Workers Say It Puts Profits Over…
BuzzFeed News
~18 min read · 2020-12-10 · Facebook is on track for record ad revenue this year. That’s partly due to its lax approach to stopping scammers, hackers, and disinformation peddlers who buy ads that rip off and manipulate people,…
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Digiday
After GDPR, The New York Times cut off ad exchanges in Europe
Digiday
4 min read · From 2019 · The New York Times shortly tested re-introducing open-exchange programmatic ad buying last fall but didn't pursue it.
Reader View · Shared by 64, including mdy, Gabriel Weinberg, DHH, Stephanie A Kowalski, Bjorn Larsen, Charles Baldwin
copy.ai
Copy AI
copy.ai
2020-10-15 · We have created the world's most advanced artificial intelligence copywriter that enables you to create highly engaging ad copy for Facebook, Instagram and Google.
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The Hollywood Reporter
YouTube Plans Live Shopping Bet as Ad Revenue Growth Slows
The Hollywood Reporter
2 min read · May 3rd · The video platform recently reported $6.86 billion in ad revenue during Q1, falling short of analysts' expectations after a year of major growth.
Reader View · Shared by 63, including Matt Navarra
SE Roundtable
Google Tests New Ad Format With Swipeable Images Carousel
SE Roundtable
1 min read · May 11th · Google seems to be testing a new search ad format that has really large images that you can swipe through and learn more about. The ads, when clicked on, expand to show you a large image, with the na
Shared by 64, including Barry Schwartz, Matt Navarra
Search Engine Land
U.S. search ad revenue grew 33% to $78 billion last year
Search Engine Land
2 min read · Apr 12th · Digital ad revenue experienced tremendous growth in 2021, according to the IAB. Search continues to be the leading format.
Reader View · Shared by 65, including Amy Bishop, Bill Slawski ⚓ 🇺🇦, Danny Goodwin
youtube.com
A Brilliant Way To Automate Ad Sales
youtube.com
May 4th · On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) show you how Josh Spector automated thousands of dollars in ad sales each mon...
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copy.ai
Copy AI
copy.ai
2020-10-15 · We have created the world's most advanced artificial intelligence copywriter that enables you to create highly engaging ad copy for Facebook, Instagram and Google.
Shared by 434, including 🇨🇦 Trent Dyrsmid 🇺🇸, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Elad Gil, Ryan Hoover, Jeff Chang, Aaron Orendorff, Pete Skomoroch, Ryan Robinson, Li Jin, Pat Flynn, CyberCodeTwins.eth 👾, string 🍗 from the chubbiverse, Tomas Pueyo, Kelsey Jones (She/Her), hiten.eth, Elizabeth Yin, Paul Roetzer, Joanna (J.F.) Penn, Amanda Webb - Digital Marketer 👩💻, Shreyas Doshi
The Verge
Welcome to hell: Apple vs. Google vs. Facebook and the slow death of the web
The Verge
7 min read · From 2017 · So let's talk about ad blocking. You might think the conversation about ad blocking is about the user experience of news, but what we're really talking about is money and power in Silicon Valley....
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Vox
Who cares about privacy? Not Facebook users, says Antonio García-Martínez.
Vox
3 min read · 2021-05-12 · The "Chaos Monkeys" author, who helped Facebook develop its ad-targeting system, busts some myths on the latest Too Embarrassed to Ask.
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The Verge
How to block ad tracking on your iPhone
The Verge
5 min read · 2021-03-08 · You can protect your personal data by blocking most ad tracking on your iPhone.
Reader View · Shared by 68, including tenty, James Gingerich, @Expeflow #WorkEasier #RPA
Social Media Examiner
The Facebook Ad Algorithm: What Marketers Need to Know
Social Media Examiner
~15 min read · From 2018 · Learn how Facebook ad campaign settings can help your budget, and discover how the Facebook ad algorithm identifies ads that provide a good user experience.
Reader View · Shared by 43, including Lluís Codina, Roland Bachmann, Mark Kaigwa, Turner Burns
The Wall Street Journal
WSJ News Exclusive | Facebook Seeks Shutdown of NYU Research Project Into Political Ad Targeting
The Wall Street Journal
1 min read · 2020-10-23 · Facebook is demanding that a New York University research project cease collecting data about its political-ad targeting practices, setting up a fight with academics seeking to study the platform…
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Seth Godin
Seth's Blog: Ad blocking
Seth Godin
5 min read · From 2015 · By most accounts, more and more people are automatically blocking the ads in their browser. Of course, people have been blocking ads forever. By ignoring them. Fifteen years ago, when I began writing about Permission Marketing, I pointed out that...
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VICE
Americans Are Making Phone Farms to Scam Free Money From Advertisers
VICE
10 min read · From 2019 · Ordinary Americans are using armies of phones to generate cash to buy food, diapers, and beer through ad fraud.
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The Wall Street Journal
Google Plans Ad-Blocking Feature in Popular Chrome Browser
The Wall Street Journal
9 min read · From 2017 · The ad-blocking feature, which could be switched on by default within Chrome, would filter out certain online ad types deemed to provide bad experiences for users as they move around the web.
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