Luxury online retailer Farfetch, where product prices start at around a thousand dollars, had a breakout IPO on Thursday, raising $885 million while setting a valuation of $6.2 billion for the company. Then on Friday the stock surged 53 percent above Read More
A Google Ads setting allowed advertisers to exclude people of ‘unknown gender’
Employers, landlords and credit providers could keep their ads from showing to people of “unknown gender,” enabling discrimination against nonbinary individuals. A Google Ads setting allowed businesses to potentially exclude nonbinary gender audiences, according to The Markup. The publication found examples Read More
Linux Distro Reviews: Linux Mint
Linux Mint is one of the most heavily recommended Linux distros available, especially for users switching from Windows. Does Linux Mint live up to that reputation? Is it an equally good option for Mac users? How does it stack up Read More
YouTube Ads: Unlocking high impact at minimal cost
The secret to creating high-reach, low-cost environments and making your campaigns more effective lies within four specific variables. Advertisers were shown how to improve their YouTube marketing strategies with cost-efficient, high-impact, tried and tested methodologies at SMX Advanced. The secret Read More
Brands today are thinking like seasoned news publishers. Here’s why.
To break through in an overcrowded digital space, brands are taking a page out of the news publisher playbook. Breakthrough marketing is harder than ever. And yet, it’s never been more important. Consumers are inundated with marketing messages at every Read More
The Fintech Solutions for Managing Debt
Debt can be a slippery slope. If you aren’t proactive about repayments, your outstanding debts could keep growing. And the bigger your outstanding debts grow, the harder it will be to tackle them. If you let those debts grow too Read More
White House Announces $40 Billion to Help Close the Digital Divide
The White House has announced a $40 billion fund to help close the digital divide and bring broadband internet to all Americans. The US has a massive digital divide between the quality of internet individuals in city and metropolitan areas Read More
Ford Receives a $9.2 Billion Conditional Loan to Build EV Battery Plants
The US government is going all-in in its efforts to catch up with China in the EV space, loaning Ford $9.2 billion to build three EV battery plants. China is the world leader in EV battery production, a fact that Read More
Google’s latest Maps and GMB features up the ante for competing platforms; Wednesday’s daily brief
Plus, Neeva is in beta testing and Twitter’s rumored community page feature. Search Engine Land’s daily brief features daily insights, news, tips, and essential bits of wisdom for today’s search marketer. If you would like to read this before the Read More
Meta May Have Already Lost the AI Wars
Meta may have already lost the AI wars to faster, more nimble companies that jumped to an early lead over the social media giant. OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google are three of the top companies pushing generative AI developments. OpenAI and Read More