Facebook is rolling out a series of new tools aimed at small and mid-sized businesses on Tuesday, three days into Small Business Week: an Automated Ads platform, video editing features and appointment booking capabilities. “With over 90 million small businesses on Facebook, we’re proud to play a role in helping business of all sizes grow …
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Facebook has updated its video ranking algorithm to surface more video content routinely sought out by users and watched repeatedly, along with videos that keep people engaged for a longer amount of time. “We will add more weight in ranking to videos that keep people engaged, especially on videos that are at least three minutes …
Facebook is making ThruPlay the default buying option for video ad campaigns, the company announced Thursday. It will also begin the process of sunsetting 10-second video view optimization beginning this month. Starting July 31, Facebook will pause campaigns still set to use the 10-second video view optimization. Why we should care The ThruPlay video option, …
This article has been updated to reflect changes and include video ad view count information from more platforms. Advertisers allocated a quarter of all digital ad spend — $27.8 billion — to video ads last year, according to eMarketer. video has become big business for social platforms. Twitter attributes more than half of its ad …
Facebook introduced Showcase on Tuesday, a new “premium” video advertising program. As part of the launch, the company bundled three of its existing ad products: In-Stream Reserve, In-Stream Reserve Categories and Sponsorships. Why you should care Facebook is positioning Showcase as a premium video advertising program aimed at helping advertisers reach younger audiences. While the …
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Facebook announced Thursday it is launching a brand safety certification program for Facebook Marketing Partners. The first companies to receive certification are DoubleVerify, an ad measurement platform, and OpenSlate, a video content rating platform for marketers — both of which are launching new Facebook brand safety tools. Facebook’s brand safety certification. After more than a …
