Dr Jarred McGinnis, UK managing consultant at Ontotext, discusses why Accelerated Mobile Pages is a good development, but not nearly enough if publishers wish to maximise their potential.

Google be warned; Facebook is after your customers. In 2015, the social network was used by half the world’s online population, with a burgeoning ad ecosystem and ever-more engaging media tools to keep users glued to their newsfeeds. As part of our review of the year, we look back at the key trends that shaped … [Read more…]

Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber were the most talked about celebrities on Twitter in 2015, but social media conversations have become increasingly political, according to new data.

TV ad spend will be overtaken by the internet in 2018, declining for the next few years from 38% to 34.8%, according to new research.

Spotify has unveiled a new end-of-year feature that gives users a breakdown of what they’ve been listening to in 2015.

This year’s Black Friday was a real eye-opener to the fact that so many consumers are now abandoning the high-street and moving online during the big ticket sales events, to grab themselves a bargain without getting caught up in the crush that saw shoppers fighting over TVs in the aisles of supermarkets last year. With … [Read more…]

Nine months on from Google’s ‘mobilegeddon’, marketers are adjusting to a world where more searches are conducted on smartphones than PCs. As part of our review of the year, we look back at the key trends that shaped mobile marketing in 2015, including Facebook opening up posts to search, Google and Twitter’s reunion and the … [Read more…]

Facebook has launched a new service that lets users stream live video on the social network.

Google has created a DoubleClick Bid Manager feature that prevents ad purchases on fraudulent domains that misrepresent ad inventory.

Marks & Spencer [M&S] has topped a poll to find out to which clothing brand or retailer UK shoppers are most loyal.