Google

    I’ve heard many references to the

    incentive misalignment that we see on Google where what the user needs is traded off against what the advertiser needs and the experience is compromised

    Lately. Not sure if the rise in frequency is because of the anti-trust trial or because LLM chat interfaces have shown a 10 blue links alternative.

    this quote from Azeem Azhar


    An anecdote via Andrew Foxwell on Today in Digital Marketing(https://todayindigital.com/premium/):

    A company is spending $300k / month on Meta ads and it’s all being spent on 2 Advantage+ Shopping campaigns.

    Meta (& Google) is an AI platform.

    (Still may want to curate your placements)


    Called “Active Listening,” CMG claims the capability can identify potential customers “based on casual conversations in real time.”

    I got the pitch 404 Media mentions via a client, but I’m skeptical.

    I don’t see Amazon & Google selling smart speaker convo data when they make piles of money off advertising.

    I think this would be tough to pull off on iOS devices (but someone with more knowledge of the SDKs would be better to ask).

    Smart TVs are a lawless frontier, so sure.

    I would think most of this data is from Cox Media property apps on Android devices.

    Or maybe I’m thinking wishfully.


    🚫🍪

    On January 4, we’ll begin testing Tracking Protection, a new feature that limits cross-site tracking by restricting website access to third-party cookies by default. We’ll roll this out to 1% of Chrome users globally, a key milestone in our Privacy Sandbox initiative to phase out third-party cookies for everyone in the second half of 2024

    Google is killing the cookie (for real this time!)


    Google Analytics is improving privacy features in anticipation of third-party cookie deprecation next year.

    • Protected Audiences (formerly FLEDGE & who knows how many other acronyms)
    • Enhanced conversions
    • Consent Mode (not new, but more important)

    The cookie is about to actually crumble


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