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31 st Jan 2013

Facebook ad revenues are up - but is the trajectory sustainable?

Facebook has confounded critics who thought it would be incapable of making money from the rapid growth of mobile device usage. Not only has it revealed a strong performance in Q4 with revenues up 40%, its mobile ad sales have more than doubled on the previous quarter to total $306m, to account for 23% of the Social Network’s overall ad revenues. However, according to Andreas Pouros, COO at Greenlight, there are indicators Facebook has achieved this growth by being as aggressive as it can be in pushing advertising to the masses within the confines it currently works in. Research* from the agency also suggests consumer apathy could pose a significant threat to future growth.

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Press Press
15 th Jan 2013

Facebook Mystery: Search and Mobile Ad Revenue – prime indicators of what’s to follow

Ahead of Facebook’s ’'Come see what we're building” mystery press conference taking place at its Californian headquarters today, speculation is rife as to exactly what the social network will be unveiling. According to Andreas Pouros, chief operating officer at Greenlight, two things are poignantly clear and are likely to be the key indicators as to what Facebook will be revealing.

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Press Press
14 th Jan 2013

Google Shopping changes afoot: Feed optimisation will sit at the core of advertisers paid search strategies from Feb onwards

Google has announced its shopping space, Google Shopping, will, for merchants, shift to a paid model of Product Listing Ads (PLAs). Come July, Google will display one view of the Product Universe whilst effectively ‘forcing’ merchants to provide improved quality of inventory and accuracy of data. Advertisers will need to optimise and manage their product feeds, which for many will require further expertise and ultimately more time and resource. Furthermore, the feed will need to be optimised in real-time and in line with Google’s product feed specification.

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14 th Jan 2013

Google Shopping: Get Ready for the Big Changes!

Google has announced its shopping space, Google Shopping, will, for merchants, shift to a paid model of Product Listing Ads (PLAs). This will be rolled out in countries where PLAs are currently live including the UK. Migration will commence 13 February 2013 and completed by Q2 2013. Come July, the results will be only in the format of paid PLAs and the previous natural shopping results will no longer appear.

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Press Press
04 th Dec 2012

The SEO/PPC Trade-Off Audit

The SEO/PPC Trade-Off Audit 19% of your PPC budget is wasted on keywords that you already rank naturally for. Greenlight launches the first tool to identify keyword overlap in your SEO and PPC campaigns.

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CPC , Google , Paid Search , PPC , and more...
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23 rd Nov 2012

Google’s ‘Remarketing in Search’ programme could have huge impact on existing remarketing approach

Google recently launched a new beta ‘Remarketing in Search’, that could have a substantial impact on the way we traditionally use remarketing. It aims to take the benefits of remarketing and leverage them within the search engine results pages (SERPs).

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15 th Nov 2012

Christmas shoppers are expected to spend a total of £86bn this year

Advent Calendar from Greenlight provides digital marketers with tips to make Search and Social Media campaigns successful in time for Christmas 2012. With online sales in 2012 predicted to account for 10.6% of the total retail spend, retailers need to ensure their sites are optimised and offer a good experience.

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