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What’s the Best Alternative to Google Universal Analytics for SMBs?

Webbiquity

end of Google’s Universal Analytics (UGA) rapidly approaching, digital marketing professionals are frantically seeking alternatives. It’s tightly tied to Google Tag Manager (GTM), a system so convoluted and confusing that even Google’s own technical staff often struggle to make it work properly. What to do?

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How to Balance Personalized Marketing With Data Privacy in 2021

Webbiquity

Over the past three years, data privacy has received a great deal of media attention, driven mainly by the implementation of GDPR in the EU. Yes, privacy legislature is excellent news for consumers, especially when considering the consequences of data breaches. falls under these privacy regulations. Image credit: Despositphotos.

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Google Ads announces machine learning-based attribution models in new privacy landscape

Martech

“In a move away from last-click, data-driven attribution will soon be the default attribution model for all new Google Ads conversion actions,” tweeted Ads Liaison, Ginny Marvin on Monday morning. As Google works toward a move privacy-focused search experience for users, it’s also adjusting the available attribution models for advertisers.

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Consumer Privacy and The Future of Digital Marketing

Porch Group Media

*This content has been adapted from our full-length Movers and Shakers podcast, Consumer Privacy and The Future of Digital Marketing. Innovative brands like Facebook, YouTube, Snap, and Twitter are good at innovation, but you see what’s happened to their ad revenue. I’d love to hear your thoughts on this.

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Facebook, Privacy, and the Future of Personalization

Customer Experience Matrix

Readers of this blog and the CDP Institute newsletter know that I’ve been fussing for years about privacy-related issues with Facebook , Google , and others. really seemed to care about privacy and it seemed unlikely that they would overcome the resistance of commercial interests who largely determine what happens in the government.

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The complete guide to YouTube Live in 2021

Sprout Social

With social distancing continuing as the norm, an increasing number of businesses are using YouTube Live to host events, workshops, Q&A sessions and more. In 2020, 70% of people used YouTube to watch online replacements of live events. What is YouTube Live? What are the benefits of YouTube Live? What is YouTube Live?

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A peek into Google visions of a Cookieless world 

Valasys

1st May, New Jersey: The newest developments by Google indicate that they lead the pack in aestheticizing their vision of the cookieless future, which is a huge step into the unknown for the digital advertising industry. tech industry noticeable for its Privacy Sandbox initiative came to light. It will soon be free of cookies.