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Ghost appears with new funding, marketplace to match buyers with unsold products
TechCrunch
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The process for retailers and brands to liquidate excess inventory hasn’t changed very much, if at all, and while some retailers were able to build operational infrastructure to service the off-price ...
Advertisers spent $115 million on clickbait sites, report finds
Marketing Brew
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Advertisers are spending roughly a tenth of their budgets on clickbait sites, according to a new report. Working alongside brand suitability firm DeepSee and ad-tech consultancy Jounce Media, media-re...
YouTube launches text markup options in video descriptions
Social Media Today
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Here’s a relatively small, yet potentially interesting new YouTube update. YouTube is rolling out text markup options within video descriptions in the app, so you’ll soon be able to add bold, italics ...
Amazon sues admins from 10,000 Facebook groups over fake reviews
TechCrunch
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If the reviews of the last completely necessary and not at all superfluous thing you bought on Amazon looked like so much copypasta, there’s a good reason: Fake reviews abound and people are getting p...
New searchable Instagram map gives visibility to local businesses
Search Engine Land
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Instagram making it easier for users to discover restaurants, cafes, hotels and other local businesses. A searchable Intstagram map was introduced today by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg via an Instagram St...