In somewhat surprising but not unwelcome news in some aspects, Google has recently banned Adwords customers from bidding on generally all rehab keywords. Recent media articles include a major expose by The Verge apparently helped trigger the ban along with multiple complaints from some of the more upstanding participants in this space. As just one rehab…
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Congrats to Tilman J. Fertitta for buying the Houston Rockets!
Star of one of my favorites reality business tv shows, Billionaire Buyer, Tilman closed this week on purchasing the Houston Rockets for $2.2 billion. Congrats and looking forward to seeing if you incorporate the show and the Rockets.
Uber sues its ad agency for click fraud
Uber recently sued advertising agency Fetch Media Ltd. alleging the firm improperly billed Uber for “fake” online ads and took credit for app downloads it did not generate itself. After Uber filed the suit, Fetch’s founder and CEO, James Connelly, said in a statement to AdAge that the agency was “shocked by Uber’s allegations, which are unsubstantiated, completely…
Facebook removes ad targeting for job title, education and more
Suffering a large backlash after not realizing that some people were putting offensive terms such as ‘NaziParty’ for personal info for items such as job title or employment, leaving the possibility that people could specifically target those keywords, Facebook has temporarily blocked ad targeting for the aforementioned items as well as education and field of…