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Antitrust bill could force Google, Facebook and Amazon to shutter parts of their ad businesses

Martech

A new Senate antitrust bill could make Google, Facebook and Amazon divest portions of their ad businesses. It would ban them from operating more than one of these functions: supply-side brokers selling publisher ad space, demand-side brokers selling ads, or ad exchanges connecting buyers and sellers.

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Feds finally file anti-monopoly suit over Google’s adtech

Martech

The suit seeks to force the tech giant get rid of its ad businesses and stop the company from engaging in allegedly anticompetitive practices. Google simultaneously acting as broker, supplier and auctioneer of online ads has always been problematic at best. In 2021, several states also sued over Google’s app store practices.

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Google offers adtech unit changes to fend off antitrust lawsuit

Martech

Google’s offer is the latest development related to the government’s long-running investigation into allegations the company is exploiting its position as broker and auctioneer of digital advertising. Read next: Antitrust bill could force Google, Facebook and Amazon to shutter parts of their ad businesses. “We

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The Entrepreneur Interview Series #11: Michael McCarthy, Inkit

Webbiquity

But one Minneapolis entrepreneur did, and he’s building a rapidly growing business with his vision. Though direct mail has been around since the days of the Sears catalog and the Pony Express , it remains a popular and profitable marketing channel for many types of businesses. And I was doing a lot of work with Facebook ads.

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What Is Privacy Forward and Why Does it Matter for Marketers?

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

I’ve been thinking about that anecdote a lot recently following the revelations about how Cambridge Analytica accessed and deployed Facebook data to impact the U.S. There’s been a lot of discussion about how much Mark Zuckerberg knew and whether Facebook should have done more to prevent or stop the data theft.

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Enterprise Social Media and Personal Branding

Webbiquity

Consultants and small business owners get the concept of personal branding , because in one-person or very small companies, one person is the “corporate&# brand. If anything, personal branding for key public- and customer-facing individuals is even more important in big businesses than in small firms or one-person shops.

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Can Google find you in your online store?

Biznology

Since eCommerce doesn’t demand a personal touch, the overhead can be low since there are ways of doing business without maintaining a personal inventory. Online, you can become a broker. ” And you be like: “I am a small business and I can’t afford it.” Online, you can be a middle man.

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