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advertising

Lyft Introduces Lyft Media

Lyft has introduced Lyft Media, its very own media and advertising business. “As more people resume their daily travel, we’ve built a suite of new products to allow advertisers to engage with this growing audience throughout their transportation journeys.” Lyft says, “Our vision is to build the world’s transportation media network, delivering value to advertisers while also elevating the platform

Wife’s Search Appears In My Adverts

Anyone who has spent any time on the internet will have seen this. You do a search for a product or service, look at a few options, and for the next few days, you'll see whatever you found advertised back to you in web pages. It's annoying because either I've already bought the product or else I've dismissed it as

Let Your Fingers Do The Walking

A Yellow Pages came through my letterbox the other day along with other festive promotions. That was the first clue - a Yellow Pages didn't used to fit through the letterbox, being usually left on the doorstep for the homeowner to trip over. The next clue was the blue flash in the top right hand corner "Final Edition". That's right,

AdPlugg Can Now be Used for AMP Ads

AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) is a technology from Google that makes your pages load faster in mobile browsers. AdPlugg can now be used to serve ads into your AMP formatted pages. AdPlugg can schedule, rotate, and report on the ads that appear in your AMP pages. This might be useful for those who want to include ads on their website,

Flattr Plus Seeks to Revolutionize Web Monetization

One of the most common ways for websites to generate income is to post ads. Today, many people use ad blockers so they won't be annoyed by all those ads. Flattr Plus provides a way for people to support their favorite websites and use an ad blocker at the same time. Flattr Plus, which is currently in beta, was created

Everyone Hates Ads that Cover the Screen

What do you do when you visit a website that allows you to view the content for a second or two and then covers the entire screen with an ad? If you are like me, you rush to close the browser. A (very narrowly focused) case study by Google reveals that people are not a fan of those types of