Facebook has announced three interesting additions to their suite of tools for Live video.

Google AdWords is testing Responsive Search Ads

Twitter is strongly recommending that all 330 million of its users reset their password after they found a bug had…

Things will be quiet on the site this week as I attend the Marketing Nation Summit in San Francisco.

Reddit has announced they are rolling out the feature to their Android version also. 

Facebook is on the defensive. In a recent blog post entitled "Hard Questions: What Information Do Facebook Advertisers…

The social platform has now released a tool that enables users to download most of their info

The format is called 'Premieres and is essentially the ability for publishers and video creators to post pre-recorded…

Facebook has decided to make a small change to their terms and conditions and to move the data of 1.5 billion users

CNN has discovered that ads from well know brands have been shown alongside channels that have very questionable…

Google released yet another broad core algorithm update on Monday, April 16th

Good news, you just got a brand spanking new option for video ads

The bill is called the Customer Online Notification for Stopping Edge-provider Network Transgressions (CONSENT)

Facebook has just announced they are piloting a third-party fact-checking partnership with the independent journalism…

Google has added the Search Appearance Filter which gives you the ability to filter and compare

In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and concern of the privacy of our data, the #DeleteFacebook movement…

This is big news! Google has announced that it is shutting off access to third-party ad serving and pixel tracking for…

It's official! Google has released its "More results" button for mobile search.

Just released in beta testing is the new tool from Google. It is called Reach Planner and helps you plan for video…

Sometime today, Facebook users will see one of two posts at the top of their feed

Facebook put out a new blog post announcing that the initial estimate of 50 million people that they thought were…

In the latest effort to curb the Facebook backlash, the media giant is updating their Terms and Conditions and their…

Google is now letting businesses add a business description that will show up in the local knowledge panel in search…

Facebook, the media giant is trialling new features in its news feed.

YouTube has introduced a new skippable short-form ad format. Called TrueView for Reach, it is based on the success of…

Bing has just announced they are rolling out price extensions to Bing Ads.

Outbrain has reached an exclusive partnership with Telaria to offer video ads on the content discovery platform.

Google AdWords is deactivating accounts that have no ad spend within the past 15 months

Google has now added a caption below each image

Google has now confirmed that a new "broad core algorithm update" has been released.

Google has announced that over the next few weeks, they are rolling out a new 'notes' feature to AdWords.

Google has announced they are rolling out Custom Intent Audiences (previously available on Google Display Network…

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey mentioned in a live stream that Twitter is ultimately wanting to open up Twitter verifications…

Forrester has released their report entitled "The 2018 Mobile and New Technology Priorities for Marketers: Why…

If you saw a massive dip in your "time spent downloading a page" report in Google Search Console, you are not alone.

Google has confirmed they have dropped the 'news' meta keyword tag.

Auto Ads are a brand new ad format that is designed to increase revenue for publishers

A Belgian court has ordered Facebook to cease tracking users without their consent (and delete all held data on…

Google has finally updated their help documentation to outline what changes have been made with recrawl limits and…

Twitter has announced that they are going to partner with local news stations to stream their broadcasts during these…

Google has formally announced they are working with WordPress to address page speed issues.

For any New Zealand based readers, if you are in Wellington for Webstock, look out for me.

Instagram has confirmed that they are testing a new feature that will tell a user when someone has taken a screenshot…

Facebook has released a few new features for when you confirm you are in a relationship with someone

Twitter ‘’is generating more engagement’’

Getty Images has announced a multi-year global licensing partnership with Google

Instagram users will be able to share other people stories, the same way people can re-tweet

Bing Webmaster Tools now let you log in using your Google or Facebook account.

Facebook are testing an option to downvote a public page post

Google will update a set of guidelines due to go into effect on 15 February 2018 with the launch of the Google Chrome…

Google announced they are adding an "SEO Audits" category

Google has just announced that the new Google Search Console is now out of beta and available to all users.

Bing has announced that it is rolling out Multi-User Access so that digital marketers can manage multiple accounts with…

Twitter is working on a new tool to enable sharing of video (including live broadcasts) a lot easier.

Instagram just announced 3 major changes

Chrome is rolling out a new feature that can silence the dodgy practice of autoplay.

it would appear that the Russians are up to their tricks again.

Facebook has just updated it's branded content policy to ensure that creators and publishers do not profit from posting…

Snapchat has rolled out a new feature to share your Snapchat Stories via a link that you can share or text to…

It would seem that Google is just rounding off the global release of the new Search Console

Facebook has announced that it will soon only promote genuine and organic reach from reliable sources.

Facebook has been seen testing a feature to allow you to assign your Facebook page's private messages to team members

YouTube is putting tighter controls in place for brands in the Google Preferred video program.

Google has announced that they have a new algorithm for ranking pages for mobile search.

Google rolls-out a change to the PageSpeed Insight tool, allowing the speed results to come from actual data from…

Google has confirmed that it is going to fix a bug that is currently happening with the tool.

Facebook looking to prioritize content from family and friends over businesses and media publishers

Google has placed a temporary ban on all advertising for addiction centres while they work out what to do

Google has announced that it is sunsetting Review Extensions later this month and deleting entirely out of AdWords in…

Google is now rolling out the new Search Console to the wider world over the next few weeks.

Now, this is embarrassing. Google accidentally removed a number of publishers from Google News.

Oh, Twitter, I try to love you, but you make it really really hard to do so!

Mark has two new focusses and they partially restore my faith in the social network and the future of cryptocurrency.

So it is now official, Spotify now has over 70 million subscribers.

According to some business owners, Google has been spotted testing the return of video in your local listings within…

In an effort to encourage (or force) grant money spenders to act responsibly, there are some sweeping changes that have…

Google has introduced a super useful tool called Rich Results Test. 

Google has added a related search field to any image searches we perform.

I just want to take a moment to thank you all for an awesome 2017 and to wish you all a wonderful and prosperous New…

The brand new "recommended for all" feature on Instagram is now being rolled out to all users. 

Facebook is introducing a new portal/tool to show you if you had engaged with pages that were linked to the Russian…

It seems Facebook is testing out another rip off of a Snapchat feature.

Facebook has announced they have just released the ability to share photos up to 4K resolution within Facebook…

Google is rolling out Custom Intent Audiences for the Google Display Network

Google is rolling out a brand spanking new AdWords Editor (version 12.2).

The latest release is a new way for us to test ad variations across thousands of ads in only a few clicks

Promotion Extensions allow you to display offers in your text ads without having to create all new ads

YouTube is getting rid of these annoying ads that pop up halfway through the videos.

Google is rolling out eight different trust indicators to you to decide if a piece of content is credible or not.

Apologies everyone, we had some technical difficulties that meant we cannot get the video to you this week. 

Facebook is doubling down on trying to lure video creators over to Facebook from YouTube.

Twitter has made some changes to the way their blue tick verification works. 

Enabling brands to target their audience based on the time of day, age, gender, language, type of device etc.

Ad:tech Auckland is on today and the AllTheGeek team will be there. 

Facebook as just rolled out some changes that make life a lot easier to advertise around the world

Some clever sods over at Reddit have seen the early signs that a full launch of Amazon in Australia could happen in…

As of February 6th, 2018, the native Like button that is embedded in third-party apps will no longer function.

In this episode: Facebook Kill the Like button in third-party apps, Adobe launch 'Launch', How to know if your local…

Instagram Stories will now accept any content regardless whether it was created in the last 24hrs or not.

Twitter have just announced that the character limit for display names is not increasing from 20 to 50.

That's right, 280 character limits will now be the norm for all Twitter users.

You would have seen in the latest Week In Digital Marketing Video our latest tech find is a micro-learning platform…

Facebook has just announced that they have discovered two new measurement errors that resulted in advertisers paying…

Twitter users discovered if you search for the term 'bisexual' under standard Twitter search, it works fine, but then,…

Google has launched their new library called 'Poly'.

Spotted out in the wild is a new look for mobile search that includes a wider search bar and more 'white space'....oh,…

In this episode: just how many Americans did the Russian 'Election Scandal' reach, Bing announce some interesting new…

Well, this is an exciting development. Facebook has just rolled out polls for Facebook pages.

In a story that will be told to their grandkids, a rogue customer support employee at Twitter decided to go out with…

It has been a while coming, but Snapchat is slowly releasing their Snap Pixel.

The Q3 earnings were released today and things are looking great for the social media giant. 

Adobe showcased some impressive prototypes that use A.I. to do all the heavy lifting for you.

Google is no longer going to be using URLs  (or ccTLDs) as a way to determine which Google country you are using.

In this episode: the death or Organic Facebook, AI that can edit photos and videos for you, Apple deliberately hobbling…

WhatsApp has announced they are rolling out the ability to delete WhatsApp messages as long as they are deleted within…

Twitter has announced that they have banned two media outlets that have Russian government links.

Facebook announce they are testing limiting organic page posts to only appear in the explore feed and not in users…

Facebook has just launched a new feed for desktop Facebook called Explore Feed

It has been only eight months since Pinterest released search ads. Now the pin-board service has added a self-service…

Thanks to Socialbaker, you can now compare your 'near real-time' ad performance against anonymized data from over 2,000…

Google has just released a native Scroll Depth Trigger to Tag Manager. Now you no longer need to rely on third-party…

WhatsApp has borrowed heavily from its parent company Facebook and released a feature called Live Location. 

Bing has now sent out emails to any account that has either run or is running a content network campaign. The email…

Twitter has just rolled out the new Video Website Card ad format. This new format is designed to use video to push…

Things could potentially be hotting up in the recruitment space as some very observant punters have noticed a small…

Shutterstock is testing an A.I. that allows you to search images based on the composition of the photo

Most of us would have had a similar experience on Twitter. You saw a Tweet, but cannot remember who tweeted it and no…

Facebook is testing using facial recognition as a form of authentication (alongside their two-factor authentication).

A number of you have been asking what has happened to the weekly video updates

Alex Stamos from Facebook explains the difficulty of trying to use machine learning to essentially work out which…

As of the 4th October, your AdWord campaigns will be able to spend up to two times the ave daily budget.

We have finally got around to adding courses to the ATG Learn page.

Brian Wood from the Wayfair SEO team has seen a distinctive shift over the past two years from organic click-throughs…

Instagram is going to add the ability to add polls to Instagram Stories

Merchants selected by Instagram and Shopify will be able to start tagging their posts with products in Instagram’s apps…

Tweetdeck has a newly added ability to upload and send a video via a tweet through the tool

YouTube has added new requirements for external links in YouTube videos

Getty Images has officially announced that is banning all photos with touched up images of models bodies

Google is apparently rolling out a new service called Advanced Protection Program

Only six months after announcing that they had hit the 1 million advertiser mark, Instagram has announced that they…

Twitter has announced it is doing open-ended testing of the new 280 character limit in all languages except for…

Yep, you heard right. Facebook has spun off 'messages' as a stand-alone campaign objective in Ads Manager. 

According to COO Sheryl Sandberg, they are instituting "more manual review of new ad targeting options". Facebook has…

There are two welcome changes to the YouTube Studio app as of today. You can now schedule posts as well as see your…

Facebook was left red-faced this week after ProPublica reported that you could target audience categories such as…

Facebook has announced that the two tools will be rolled into one mega tool.

It seems Twitter are actively testing their own built in tweetstorm feature.

Twitter has announced they are rolling out the teams feature to their iOS and Android apps.

Live Streamers rejoice! YouTube has announced an 'Ultra-Low Latency' mode for live streaming that will speed up your…

Messaging service WhatsApp has just announced they are currently building and testing a number of tools that will form…

Yahoo has been trying to dismiss a number of class action lawsuits for two mass data breahces claiming that the victims…

Google has now created an interactive report/website to showcase the top 100 'how to' searches are around the world.…

Instagram has announced they are now allowing photos and videos that were taken in portrait and landscape mode to be…

In late August, Amazon started allowing third-party sellers to start to use the Headline Search Ad format

Users have started to report they are seeing Google testing an infinite scroll in search results pages on mobile…

Apologies everyone, but we will be taking a break for a second week in a row from the week in digital marketing videos…

Facebook has been slowly rolling out a freshly designed button which uses a grey outline rather than the old school…

Facebook has just announced that any Facebook Page that has posts repeatedly flagged as fake news, will be banned from…

Facebook has announced they are rolling out Facebook Watch to all users in the US in the next few days.

WhatsApp has started to give business accounts the ability to become 'Verified' if they verify their contact details.…

According to some new research from BuzzSumo, Facebook posts that brands and publishers have created has seen a 20%…

The new release rolled out today has a number of key changes and we are here to break down the ones you need to know. 

Google has announced that they are starting to roll out support for local guides (among others) to upload videos to…

You may or may not be aware, but if you manage a Facebook page, up until now, you have had the ability to boost any…

Well, how about that, not long after Google change up the Sitelinks to the less obvious carousel tappable format, they…

Apologies everyone, but we will be taking another break from the week in digital marketing videos this week due to a…

Earlier this year, Google announced at Google Marketing Next that they would be rolling out a new landing page tool.

You can now use a 360-degree photo as your cover image.

As part of their move to combat 'fake news', Facebook is now allowing publishers to add their logos to article links…

Wow, that escalated quickly. Twitter has announced that it is now 10 years since the first use of the # Hashtag.

According to Snapchat's content lead, Nick Bell, Snapchat could start sowing original scripted content before the end…

WhatsApp has essentially copied the Facebook coloured background posts for their WhatsApp Status feature. If you…

Facebook has made checking that you loved ones safe during a catastrophe a lot easier with the roll out of a dedicated…

YouTube has added a mobile-only feature that allows you to share a video with your contacts and then discuss it, all…

LinkedIn has announced they are releasing a video creation tool in LinkedIn's mobile app.

Bing has announced they now have 9% of the worlds search market. With the number even more significant in certain…

During the coming weeks Facebook will begin demoting stories that feature fake video play buttons and static images…

Instagram has announced they are rolling out a new feature for its iOS and Android apps. Basically, it is a way to…

Google has announced they are expanding YouTube TV to cover 50% of US households. That's an additional 17 markets in…

Google has announced that as of October 2017, Chrome will be warning visitors that go to non-https pages with forms on.

It seems that Bing's pilot test of their Dynamic Search Ads (DSA) must be going well. The pilot is now rolling out to…

Facebook has rolled out some cosmetic changes to its mobile news feed design

Bing Ads has announced they are rolling out customisable, colour coded labels.

A new addition to LinkedIn messaging called 'Active Status' allows the ability for your LinkedIn followers to see when…

You can now use Facebook targeting and custom audiences on the influencer post.

Instagram has announced that comments will now be sorted into threads.

Google has announced it is adding 30 languages to the already impressive 89 (if you count the multiple variations on…

YouTube appears to be testing a new feature that, to be honest, I am surprised wasn't rolled out long ago. According to…

UK regulators have shut down UK SEO firm Movette for "deceptive sales practices".

Google has confirmed they have dealt with the situation and have blacklisted the ad buyers that were responsible.

Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel has announced that the Snapchat animated hot dog has been watched over 1.5 billion times. 

Elon Musk's OpenAI trained a bot to play the ridiculously popular (and fiercely competitive) video game Dota 2

Facebook has acquired German video startup Fayteq.

Apologies everyone, but we will be taking a break from the week in digital marketing videos this week due to a family…

Google has released a new report they commissioned with the Coalition for Better Ads. The report's goal is to highlight…

Yes, the long talked about Facebook TV is being launched today and they have named it Facebook Watch.

Google is simplifying the site category exclusions part of a campaign setup. They have rolled together some similar…

Facebook has announced they are discontinuing their Groups app. As on September 1st, users will no longer be able to…

Instagram has been testing the ability for you to broadcast a live stream while adding a friend to the broadcast.

Two chatbots: BabyQ and Microsoft created XiaoBing have had to be removed from Chinese messaging app QQ after responses…

As part of Bing's Relevance and Quality Policy, they are rolling out a new System Quality Policy.

Facebook has announced they are addressing the impact of accidental clicks in Facebooks Audience Network (this is where…

The UK government is updating its data protection policy. The Data Protection Bill builds on the Data Protection Act of…

According to a report published on The Next Web, there are now 3.028 Billion social media users around the world.

Google is building a new technology that allows publishers (primarily news publishers) to build Snapchat like stories…

Snapchat is now launching the "Snapchat Ads Manager - Advanced Mode". Essentially, it is a suite of advanced features…

YouTube is taking brand safety issues seriously as it pushes to get its video player on publishers sites.

Facebook has announced they are making an update to the News Feed over the coming months that will demote stories that…

LinkedIn rolled out a new feature just over a month ago, but it seems not many people noticed.

According to a new report from Bloomberg, Facebook is not only working on the rumored 'Smart Speaker', but also a…

A new Facebook feature that will allow us to create a custom audience from people that have RSVP'd to a Facebook event.

LinkedIn is continuing to impress with the release of another tool that looks genuinely useful.

Development Code Repository GitHub went down yesterday and productivity in the development community ground to a halt…

In a recent twitter conversation with Gary Illyes from Google, it was asked if sticky footers are seen as an issue from…

The internet has gone crazy with the announcement that Facebook had to switch off some AI chatbots for fear that they…

Google has launched a new feature call badges which help you to categorise the content behind the image thumbnail.

Google sent shock waves around the digital marketing community early this year when they announced they would be…

Facebook's Cheif Operating Officer, Sheryl Sandberg has confirmed the rumour that Facebook is going to release the…

Facebook have sneakily added a new privacy setting to Facebook Stories. The new setting gives users the option to open…

Twitter has released their "Monthly Major Event Calendars" which highlight key events and dates we should all be aware…

Facebook has just announced three major updates to Messenger (actually two, with the third being slightly…

a number of Twitter users have reported that there is a closed beta test of a new subscription based ad program.

The rumour mill is buzzing with Bloomberg reporting that Facebook will be launching the long awaited Facebook TV in…

Facebook owned WhatsApp has just announced some pretty impressive figures at their Q2 2017 earnings announcement. 

Content Discovery platform Outbrain strengthened their position in the Content Marketing space with their recent…

To help creators protect their content (and obviously, to lure them into using Facebook as a platform for their…

Thanks to the awesome team over at Search Engine Land, Google has confirmed they are rolling out a design change for…

We use social media to help inform us of potential leads, their behaviors, and insights. However, according to…

Marketing tech giant Marketo was left very red faced yesterday after it was discovered that their site-wide failure was…

Facebook has just announced a number of improvements to Live 360 that are sure to please.

Announced today, Instagram is going to allow API access to approved third party Social Management Platforms.

Google has had enough and are now allowing YouTube channel owners partial protection by blocking spam comments.

Google has announced they are targeting these third party plugins to make it harder for the dodgier ones to get…

Facebook has been quietly rolling out the ability for Facebook Pages to create a linked Group. Essentially building a…

Google announced (via Twitter) that they have added new filters to the search appearance tab in Google Analytics for…

Amazon is doing everything to help us discover new products (and subsequently buy them off Amazon). The latest tool in…

You can now use YouTube audience lists with remarketing lists for search ads (RSLA).

Google is rolling out a new version of the homepage. It will be a personalised news feed similar to the Google mobile…

Apple has officially launched the Apple Machine Learning Journal. A platform where the geekiest of Apple engineers get…

Apple has announced that developers will now be able to respond to critics and reviews in the App Store.

Google has just updated their data anomalies page to clarify that the earlier reported bug that had affected the…

Users in China have started reporting that they are having trouble sending photos, videos and even some texts.

Search Engine Land is reporting that a new design and user interface for Google Search Console is currently being beta…

Google has announced that they are rolling out a new (and very welcomed) feature to Google Analytics.

The UK's Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) is proposing a new legislation to ban any ads containing gender…

**UPDATED** Rumours are surfacing that Google Search Console may have a bug in the average position metric.

The internet is buzzing with people noticing ads appearing just above the on screen keyboard as they try to message…

Thanks to a new LinkedIn app for Windows 10, you can now receive LinkedIn notifications directly in your Windows Action…

Google has announced that users who have signed up for Google Search Console between the dates of June 21 and July 10…

Beta testers have spotted a "Start Broadcast" button.

YouTube Ad Views have dropped significantly in June

Google has updated the ad policies in AdSense to disallow the use of ads that use pop-under pages.

Google has rolled out a new feature called Suggested Clips and it essentially displays a suggested video at the top of…

Facebook has announced you can also set up an Engagement Objective for your Instagram Business Profile.

Facebook has been running a beta test in Thailand and Australia that allows advertisers to place newsfeed like ads…

Twitter are now allowing you to mute accounts that are new, that you don't follow or that do not follow you.

Google today announced it is adding some much-needed features to its online form and survey builder - Google Forms.

Microsoft has announced they are launching new tools as part of their 360 suite. The first of these is called Microsoft…

Instagram has now gone beyond just copying and into adding features that Snapchat would have wished they came up with

Bing Ad's campaign planner to be shut down and replacing it will be newly developed Keyword Planner

Twitter has started linking directly to AMPs from within their native apps (on both iOS and Android).

Twitter has announced they are working with Dunnhumby Sales Impact solution, to help FMCG brands identify the key…

A brand spanking new version of Google's AdWords Editor has been rolled out worldwide. AdWords Editor 12 has a number…

The SEO world is abuzz with reports of a new update to Panda causing Search Engine Result Pages (SERPs) to fluctuate…

Facebook is rolling out a new metric in the next few weeks called "Landing Page Views". This will show advertisers how…

As part of their ever increasing efforts, Facebook has just announced a minor change that will affect a very small…

This is an interesting and much-needed development by Instagram. In a release on the Instagram blog, they announced…