Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: Amazon aims for faster holiday shipping by limiting new 3rd-party sellersOct 12, 2016 by Matt McGee Merchants new to Fulfilled By Amazon service can’t use it until December 19. After 4…
Amazon is telling online retailers that are new to its Fulfilled By Amazon shipping service that they won’t be able to send their inventory to Amazon warehouses until December 19. One merchant affected by the new policy posted the text of Amazon’s notification in the seller forums: Hey everyone, I got my amazon account and…
From left to right: Googler Adam Greenberg, Condé Nast’s John Shehata, Vox Media’s Elite Truong, and Search Engine Land’s Danny Sullivan. Googler Adam Greenberg, who creates global partnerships with the AMP Project, kicked off the “Getting AMPed” session at last week’s SMX East 2016 with a look at AMP from Google’s perspective. Later in the…
I’m sure you get a bazillion emails a day. I feel like I spend half my time weeding through them because I’m afraid I’ll miss something legitimate. I might open one out of every 30 emails that come from someone I don’t recognize. The latest outreach email that really grabbed my attention had several things…
Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: Using Google to drive offline salesOct 11, 2016 by Digital Marketing Depot Google shows special results for an open-ended search for goods or services when it knows your location. Or when…
Google shows special results for an open-ended search for goods or services when it knows your location. Or when you add a phrase like “near me” or “Tribeca.” Does all this mobile, location-centric search translate into real-world business outcomes? From awareness to consideration to conversion, and finally advocacy — this white paper from MomentFeed shows…
More than one billion people use Facebook Groups every month, and now the social network is starting to let advertisers join the cliques. As part of a test, Facebook is showing ads in the Group feeds of some people in Australia, Canada, Ireland and New Zealand. “We have started to test delivering ads to people…
An image from the two-minute video at “Discover Your Aloha,” with a smile indicator Expedia.com is now letting your facial reactions help determine where you should go on vacation. Through its Expedia Media Solutions advertising sales division, the travel site has launched a new website called “Discover Your Aloha” as part of a year-long campaign…
Is it just me, or does it really seem lately like every marketer is looking for a silver bullet when it comes to SEO? Even though nothing even close to a silver bullet exists, the search is always on for the “one big thing” that can really jump a site up in the rankings. It’s…
In what appears to be an unprecedented move in the industry, Samsung has halted production of its troubled Galaxy Note 7. The device was previously recalled while the South Korean manufacturer sought to remedy problems with its lithium-ion batteries that were causing fires. The fix didn’t work and phones with new batteries continued to catch…
