South #StLouis, #Missouri. I can make out WASHING POWDER - ??????? - THE BEST IS WANTED. #signs #signage #GhostSigns #advertising #GraphicDesign #typography
South #StLouis, #Missouri. I can make out WASHING POWDER - ??????? - THE BEST IS WANTED. #signs #signage #GhostSigns #advertising #GraphicDesign #typography
Elon Musk’s X cuts payments to users who post clickbait

Platform says it will reward original creators as it penalises ‘aggregators’ for flooding timelines with ‘stolen posts’

The Guardian
FYI: Consent Mode V2 enforcement is silently breaking Google Ads conversions: Google's July 2025 Consent Mode V2 enforcement is wiping attribution data for UK and EEA advertisers - with no warning and no recovery option for lost data. https://ppc.land/consent-mode-v2-enforcement-is-silently-breaking-google-ads-conversions/ #GoogleAds #ConsentMode #DigitalMarketing #Attribution #Advertising
Consent Mode V2 enforcement is silently breaking Google Ads conversions

Google's July 2025 Consent Mode V2 enforcement is wiping attribution data for UK and EEA advertisers - with no warning and no recovery option for lost data.

PPC Land
News publishers dodge AI traffic hit - but health and education crater: Index Exchange data from 1,200 publishers shows news ad requests fell just 7% while health and careers dropped 40-50% as AI overviews reshape web traffic in 2025. https://ppc.land/news-publishers-dodge-ai-traffic-hit-but-health-and-education-crater/ #News #AI #DigitalMarketing #Advertising #TrafficTrends
News publishers dodge AI traffic hit - but health and education crater

Index Exchange data from 1,200 publishers shows news ad requests fell just 7% while health and careers dropped 40-50% as AI overviews reshape web traffic in 2025.

PPC Land

Reuters: US FTC in settlement talks with ad companies in boycott probe, WSJ reports. “The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is negotiating a potential settlement with several major advertising ‌companies to resolve a probe into whether they ‌violated federal antitrust laws by coordinating boycotts against platforms, including Elon Musk’s ​X, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/13/reuters-us-ftc-in-settlement-talks-with-ad-companies-in-boycott-probe-wsj-reports/
Reuters: US FTC in settlement talks with ad companies in boycott probe, WSJ reports

Reuters: US FTC in settlement talks with ad companies in boycott probe, WSJ reports. “The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is negotiating a potential settlement with several major advertising ‌c…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose

Harmful and unwanted marketing messages

Amsterdam becomes first capital city to ban meat and fossil fuel adverts >>
https://earthlinged.substack.com/p/amsterdam-bans-meat-adverts-in-public

'The new tobacco': The cities banning fossil fuel adverts
"We know that advertising is a really major driver of unsustainable consumption." >>
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260217-the-cities-banning-fossil-fuel-adverts

#FossilFuel #advertising #UnsustainableBehaviour #climate #GHG #cars #meat #consumption #spam #Ads

Image: Giant car ad with car infrastructure. People engaging in active mobility on a small strip

FYI: Trade Desk under siege while Amazon tightens its grip on sellers: The Trade Desk faces holdco backlash, Amazon rewires seller billing and streaming pricing, LinkedIn is sued over browser surveillance, and Google's March core update ends. https://ppc.land/trade-desk-under-siege-while-amazon-tightens-its-grip-on-sellers/ #TradeDesk #Amazon #DigitalMarketing #Ecommerce #Advertising
Trade Desk under siege while Amazon tightens its grip on sellers

The Trade Desk faces holdco backlash, Amazon rewires seller billing and streaming pricing, LinkedIn is sued over browser surveillance, and Google's March core update ends.

PPC Land
Strategists and planners created “personas” so creatives would have something better to work with than just raw data. Somehow I link that to #DungeonsAndDragons in an effort to show how #AI might help. Sort of. http://www.martinbihl.com/business-thinking/personas-ai#marketing #advertising