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The launch of AI Shelf comes as AI answer engines — including ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and others — fundamentally change how consumers find and purchase products.

Contextual targeting has helped brands meet their ideal customer across the world Google announced phasing out of third-party cookies in 2020 over mounting piracy concerns. However, it has been delayed, still awaiting implementation as of September 2022. Marketers have loved every bit of this cookie as it helped them track users and customise their browsing […]

YouTube’s recent announcement to share advertising revenue with short video creators could be good news for brands. Will it create healthy competition among content creators? Will this encourage creators to create quality content, and what brands will gain from engaging short videos? YouTube, the video-sharing platform owned by Google, recently announced that it would share […]

More than 30% of marketers plan to use more short-form videos over other social media content in 2023. YouTube and TikTok are competing for ad dollars. Is it time to update how we measure video ad effectiveness? The true measure of a video’s effectiveness must go beyond the view. You may be missing out on […]

Technically a website, a progressive web app is seamless and cost-effective. With high-resolution images and videos and page load 4x faster than a traditional website, BMW delivers a remarkable user experience. We are not talking about a revamped website or mobile application but the next big thing – progressive web app (PWA). To drive customer […]

A year ago, YouTube introduced Shorts in the Middle East & North Africa to further its mission to give everyone a voice and help creators grow their audiences and be inspired by new video formats. Since its inception, YouTube Shorts has grown a community of more than 1.5 billion monthly logged-in users globally. As YouTube […]

Smartly.io, the social advertising automation platform for creative and performance marketers, recently conducted two surveys to understand the role social media plays in how consumers connect and engage with brands and how the Gen Z mindset differs from the generations before it when it comes to interacting with social ads. The data collected provides brands […]

FanIQ, the direct-to-consumer ticket selling platform for teams, venues, and festivals, has announced the launch of FanIQ LP, a landing page creation and optimisation tool. Built specifically for mobile-first advertising, FanIQ LP tracks campaign performance on Snap, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Google Display Network, and Twitter. FanIQ sells through all major primary ticketing platforms including […]

Twitter is talking about Super Followers, and TikTok is offering subscriptions for live streams. How does the members-only element affect marketers? Twitter has always been proud of the sub-cultures it manages to connect. The brand is now rolling out a new subscriber-only element for creators to offer more to their Super Followers by adding a […]

YouTube announced the arrival of its YouTube Shorts Fund in each of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Algeria, Iraq, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon and Morocco. Starting December 5, the company will reward creators and artists who make creative and unique Shorts for their contributions. The global US$100M fund was initially announced back in May […]