Google and Microsoft both reported very good earnings, driving both stock prices up after hours. I like to dive into the ad revenue side, and it looks like Google Ad revenue was up 13% from last year and Microsoft Advertising revenue was up 12% from last year. And that is good because both companies saw … Read more
As you may remember, Mustafa Suleyman became the CEO of AI at Microsoft and then shortly after we heard that Mikhail Parakhin stepped down as the head of Bing Search and Microsoft Advertising. Since then, Mikhail Parakhin has been very quiet on X, but he did post one response this week on Mustafa Suleyman. Steve … Read more
Microsoft announced a number of new Microsoft Advertising features, including that maximize conversion value is now available for search campaigns; previously, it was only available for shopping search campaigns. Also, Microsoft announced Microsoft Click ID, AI image cropping, and the hotel center deprecation ****. Maximize Conversion Value was previously only available for smart shopping campaigns … Read more
Fabrice Canel, the Principal Product Manager at Microsoft Bing, said, “Bing usage extends beyond what many search engine optimizers (SEOs) may realize.” He is basically saying that Bing Search is more important than most of us are giving them and maybe we should consider Bing more when it comes to investing in our efforts Fabrice … Read more
The Microsoft Advertising Platform is upgrading all existing image and feed campaigns on a manual cost-per-click (CPC) bid strategy to enhanced CPC from May 13. This upgrade process is expected to take a few days but should be finalized by May 17, 2024. Additionally, all manual CPC bidding for newly created native campaigns will be … Read more
Microsoft extended Maximum Conversion Value to all shopping and search campaigns. This bid strategy, which was previously exclusive to smart shopping campaigns, automatically adjusts your bids in real-time to maximize total conversion value within your budget. If you have specific ROI goals, you can opt to include a Target ROAS (return on ad spend). Why … Read more
You can now see Microsoft Copilot, formerly Bing Chat, referrer data in your Google Analytics reports. Himanshu Sharma posted about this on X yesterday, he said, “Copilot has started sending referrer data to GA4.” Himanshu Sharma shared this chart showing https://copilot.microsoft.com showing up in GA4 as a referrer: To see it, you can use the … Read more
Mikhail Parakhin, the head of Bing Search and Microsoft Advertising, is stepping down from that role as Parakhin “decided to explore new roles.” We’ve quoted Mikhail Parakhin here countless times over the past couple of years, to hear that he is leaving the role makes me super sad. His transparency and willingness to listen to … Read more
Mikhail Parakhin is stepping down from his role as the head of Bing Search and Microsoft Advertising and may be transitioning to a new role within Microsoft. “Mikhail Parakhin, head of the company’s Bing search engine and advertising businesses, will exit those roles and look for a new position, a week after the software giant … Read more
Microsoft is buying Google Ads to promote its search engine, Bing, on Google Search. I think this has been going on a long time, but you can trigger Bing Ads on Google Search through the Google Ads system for some queries. Glenn Gabe posted about it several days ago on X, he wrote, “Inception for … Read more
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