Advertising

AdBlock Plus Launches Advert Marketplace

The plugin's developers look to expand the marketplace for 'acceptable' ads while promising no change to the user experience

8 years ago

Yandex Offers ‘Complaint’ Button And AI As Alternative To Ad Blocking

Yandex, a major search engine in Russia, hopes to reach a compromise between users and advertisers as an alternative to…

8 years ago

Local Government: ‘Up To’ Broadband Adverts Are Misleading Rural Users

Broadband adverts are misleading if touted speeds are only available to urban areas, says LGA

8 years ago

Verizon Acquires Yahoo’s Core Business For £3.86 Billion

Yahoo's core assets finally sold off as Mayer claims: 'Yahoo is a company that has changed the world'

8 years ago

EC Slaps Google With More Antitrust “Objections”

European Commission expands its probe of Google's shopping and advertising services with additional "objections"

8 years ago

Web Publishers Need To Address Reasons Why Readers Install Ad Blockers

ANALYSIS: Newspapers and Web sites of all kinds are fighting the use of ad blockers as a threat to their…

8 years ago

Facebook To Track Non-Users To Aid Advert Push

Social network giant will begin tracking people without Facebook accounts as part of advertising growth

8 years ago

Facebook Triples Profit As Advertising Revenue Soars

Facebook nearly doubles its revenue, as advertising budgets shun traditional media and move online

9 years ago

MPs Call For More Accurate Broadband Speed Claims And Consumer Protections

British Infrastructure Group (BIG), led by Conservative MP Grant Shapps says broadband advertising rules should be overhauled and mandatory refunds…

9 years ago

Malvertising Campaign Hits Top Dutch Sites

Campaign utilising malicious ads has hit most of the Netherlands' most popular websites, affecting millions of users

9 years ago

O2 Customers’ Browsing Data Harvested For Targeted Tube Adverts

O2 users browsing habits, device activity and CRM information to be anonymised and used by Exterion Media for advertising on…

9 years ago

Google Kills Off Flash Support For Display Ads

From June 30 Google will not accept ads built in Flash for DoubleClick and Google Display Network ad services

9 years ago

Facebook Sales Hit £4bn As Mobile Advertising Pays Off

Facebook reports £700m in quarterly profit as mobile user base reaches almost one billion a day

9 years ago

Twitter Targets Outside Users With Extra Ads

New strategy will look to advertise to people who read tweets without logging in to Twitter

9 years ago

Malvertising Appears In Promoted Tweet To Steal Facebook Logins

Rogue advert on Twitter aims to infect and then steal a user’s Facebook credentials, Proofpoint warns

9 years ago

Ad Blockers Are Used By 18 Percent Of UK Web Users

Publishers should have less invasive adverts and make users aware of the consequences of ad blocking, industry body says

9 years ago

NME Readers Got A Taste Of Microsoft’s Sponsored Content And They Hated It

Blog: But Microsoft isn't the real nme here, online advertising is surely necessary to survive?

9 years ago

Facebook Users Cross Billion Threshold As Mobile Ads Grow

Facebook averages over one billion users a day, as mobile continues to be principle growth driver

9 years ago

AdBlock Plus Arrives on iTunes, Promises Whitelist Scrutiny

AdBlock Plus finally arrives on Apple App Store, amid promise its "whitelist" will open up to outside scrutiny

9 years ago

Amazon Bans Flash Ads As Malware Danger Grows

The e-commerce giant said the change was in response to browsers' moves to limit the danger posed by Flash security…

9 years ago

Ad Blocking To Cause Publishers £14bn In 2015 As Popularity Grows

Adblocking software such as Adblock Plus is witnessing a dramatic rise in users as the software shifts to mobile

9 years ago

Adblock Plus Rolls Out Mass Deployment For IT Administrators

Network administrators can now deploy Adblock across entire enterprise with the benefit of skipping 'first run page'

9 years ago

Malvertising Campaign Exposes 50 Million To Malware

Malvertising campaign exposes up to 50 million internet users to the Angler EK and Bunitu malware

9 years ago

What Does AdBlock Plus Mean For The Future Of Online Publishers?

Some argue that AdBlock Plus has the potential to destroy publishing revenues, so what can be done for Internet users…

9 years ago

Twitter Results Cast Doubt On Advertising Strategy

Twitter's ad growth was lower than expected, although it expects 'direct response' adverts to become more lucrative

10 years ago

Google Profits Up Despite Advert Value Squeeze

Google's outgoing CFO reveals modest profit rise, amid increased competition for mobile ad dollars

10 years ago

Adblocking Declared 100 Percent Legal By German Courts

Hamburg courts give Adblock the nod in a "victory for every single Internet user"

10 years ago

Microsoft Search Deal Sees Yahoo Make Gains

A search deal with Microsoft and Yahoo has been renewed and amended with two key changes that make the deal…

10 years ago

Microsoft Reverses Position On ‘Do Not Track’

The company will no longer enable 'Do Not Track' by default in its browsers

10 years ago