News Facebook Down Under, Google Maps Parking Play, 'McNett' Local Ad Network Angry Facebook Bans News in Australia Google and Facebook have been resisting Australia's News Media Bargaining Code (.pdf [https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/legislation/ems/r6652_
News Amazon Ready to Selz, Review Fraud Exposed, Retail Spending Recovery Amazon Buys Shopify Competitor Selz Selz is an Australia-based e-commerce platform for SMBs. It was acquired by Amazon [https://founderu.selz.com/selz-update/] in mid-January. Specific deal terms weren'
News Google's 'Find Results' Test, States Tax Tech, French Hotels Ratings Deception Google Testing 'Find Results' on Yelp in Local SERP Early last year Google implemented [https://searchengineland.com/new-local-serp-live-in-europe-329553] a new local SERP in Europe, featuring a carousel that
News Facebook Watch DOA, Walmart Rising, Microsoft Supports J-Tax [https://nearmedia.co/memo] Facebook's Smartwatch Is Probably DOA Last week The Information first reported [https://www.theinformation.com/articles/facebook-plans-smartwatch-with-focus-on-messaging-health] that Facebook was working on an Apple
News Digital Screen Burnout, Brand Loyalty Ain't Dead, Wearables Olé Poll Finds Digital Ad Burnout from Screen Overload Are people paying less attention to digital advertising? A new survey [https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/consumer-research-shows-heightened-receptivity-to-out-of-home-messaging-especially-in-big-urban-areas-301226044.html] from Harris for OAAA,
Conversations The Near Memo, Episode 2 Welcome to the Near Memo. Our conversation about the important developments of the week and beyond.
Analysis Paid-members only Google Surfaces Small Business E-Commerce Sites in Local Results A new "online stores" card started appearing in some mobile search results, offering a mix of SMB e-commerce and national brands that sell locally.
News Constant Contact Alone Again, Nearby Launches, American Privacy Inertia Private Equity to Spin Out Constant Contact Web hosting holding company Endurance International Group acquired Constant Contact in 2015 for roughly $1 billion. The latter was supposed to add new
News Just Say No to Tracking, SMS-SMB Opportunity, Do Digital Ads Really Work? Survey: Majority Will Say No to Facebook Ad Tracking Facebook has begun testing a prompt [https://www.nearmedia.co/foot-traffic-outlook-facebook-counters-apple-prompt-big-tech-promote-bobs/] asking users to embrace ad tracking ahead of Apple'
News Facebook Plays It Safe, SMBs Boost Google Revs, Subscription Model Mania Facebook Moderates Ahead of Section 230 Changes Facebook announced [https://about.fb.com/news/2020/04/covid-19-misinfo-update/#removing-more-false-claims] yesterday it's getting deeper into content moderation by taking down
Conversations The Near Memo, Episode I Mike Blumenthal and David Mihm join Greg Sterling for the first episode of The Near Memo podcast, where they discuss Amazon's recent PR stunt, the recent activity and interest around newsletters, the arrival of Clubhouse, and privacy.
News Boring Super Bowl, SMB Strength, Amazon's Big Ad Revenues The Super Bowl Was Boring, So Were Most of the Ads Defying predictions of close game, the Super Bowl was essentially over early in the first half. Unless you'
News Super Bowl Ad Dilemma, Smartphones Finger Rioters, Do Stores Still Matter? Every Super Bowl We Ask: 'Is It Still Worth It?' The Super Bowl is Sunday. You know that. And while some high-profile advertisers such as Coke, Ford and
News Walmart's SMB Pipe Dream, Bookseller to Bond Villain, Google Loves Long Posts Walmart Buys Dynamic Creative Platform Thunder Walmart is buying PaperG/Thunder [https://www.wsj.com/articles/walmart-buys-ad-tech-to-chase-small-business-advertisers-11612438200?] and its dynamic display ad platform, in part to lure more SMB advertisers.
News Foot Traffic Outlook, Facebook's Apple End-Around, Promoting Black-Owned Businesses Report: Store Foot Traffic to Remain Down Post-Vaccine Businesses ravaged by COVID-19 hope widespread vaccination will trigger a return to pre-pandemic consumer behavior. But survey data [https://www.firstinsight.com/
News No Springtime for iPhone Tracking, Rise of Google Ordering, Facebook's New Topic Exclusions Apple Confirms ‘IFDA Deprecation’ Will Go Live in Early Spring On Thursday, Data Privacy Data, Apple confirmed that its App Tracking Transparency requirement, which was originally supposed to go into
News Google Touts FLoC Targeting, Yotpo Avoids FTC Penalty for Review Suppression W [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jan/22/google-threatens-to-shut-down-search-in-australia-if-digital-news-code-goes-ahead] [https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/21/google-agrees-to-pay-french-publishers-for-news.html] hat the FLoC? Google says its cookie alternative is working The