Firefox's latest update will automatically delete select first-party tracking cookies after 24 hours, a move designed to stop "redirect tracking," which is a tool used by adtech firms as a workaround to cookie blocking, writes Wendy Davis. Steven Englehardt, a Mozilla computer scientist, wrote in a company blog post, "Tracking poses a threat to society, user safety, and the autonomy of individuals."
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Google is helping brands tap into the burgeoning audio ad market with tests for programmatic sellers and buyers in its Ad Manager and Display & Video 360 platforms. Some of the new capabilities include dynamic ad insertion and forecasting capabilities within Ad Manager, a marketplace for audio ads within DV360, an audio ad creation tool and brand measurement capabilities.
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Nielsen plans to lay off roughly 3,500 staff members and unload the Global Connect division before early 2021. Shifts in the advertising industry, largely due to the coronavirus pandemic, hastened the restructuring.
EMarketer has revised its 2020 US ad spend forecast, with the pandemic effect in mind, and projects a swing from a $20 billion growth to a decrease of $16.4 billion to total $225.79 billion. On the positive side, eMarketer says digital ad spend will increase $2.2 billion to $134.66 billion and mobile ad allocations will rise $4.22 billion to $91.52 billion.
Virginia state officials will soon issue the first app in the US that uses contact-tracing technology from Google and Apple, Virginia Public Media reported. The state's health department said the app protects users' privacy and doesn't record location data.
Twitter released insights about gamer culture on its platform, including a tidbit that more than 1 billion tweets were posted about gaming during 2020's first six months, up 71% year-over-year. The insights include that American users are the second-most active in the world in tweeting about gaming, "Animal Crossing" is the game that spurred the most tweets, and Twitter also noted the rising popularity of esports teams.
To make the most of Facebook advertising, be specific in which consumers you are trying to reach and use data to find them, says Kristopher Jones, founder of LSEO. He offers five Facebook advertising tips in total, including continually tweaking your ads and employing A/B testing to see which ads resonate with consumers.
To both keep advertisers in the fold and attract new ones, Facebook has rolled out new tools to bolster brand safety -- which has been an increasing sore spot for the platform -- and make it easier to get marketing messages in front of highly targeted audiences. Here's how you can use these new tools to optimize your ad efforts.
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