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How Google harms search advertisers in 20 slides

Martech

Google manipulated ad auctions and inflated costs to increase revenue , harming advertisers, the Department of Justice argued last week in the U.S. What follows is a summary and some slides from the DOJ’s closing deck, specific to search advertising, that back up the DOJ’s argument. vs. Google antitrust trial.

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Why Google lost: The DoJ’s case in 11 slides

Martech

Whatever the judge decides could upend everything about search and search advertising. Market share The Federal Trade Commission defines a monopoly as “conduct by a single firm that unreasonably restrains competition by creating or maintaining monopoly power.” is the average of desktop and mobile search.

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Yelp brings antitrust lawsuit against Google

Martech

A new chapter in Google’s antitrust troubles opened yesterday with Yelp filing a lawsuit alleging that Google’s monopoly in search has allowed it to illegally dominate the local search and local search advertising markets.

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Average CTRs display and search advertising – 2022 compilation

Smart Insights

Our latest summary of ad clickthrough rates statistics in the US, Europe, and Worldwide is designed to help you set budgets and define your goals If you're forecasting your digital media spend, … The post Average CTRs display and search advertising – 2022 compilation appeared first on Smart Insights.

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TikTok launches its search ads

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TikTok is pushing the envelope on search advertising. Here’s what you need to know about the social media platform’s initiative to boost search ads. Modern social media advertising will look a lot brighter as one of the social media giants is investing more in its search ads portfolio.

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The Google monopoly verdict: More industry reactions

Martech

With Google ruled a monopoly in the world of search, reactions from the search advertising world continue to pour in. Google has been losing market share for a couple of years now. As the ruling stated “search text ads are a monopoly” but search advertising was not.

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Second quarter saw slowing ad spend on most platforms

Martech

digital ad platforms saw slowing ad spending last quarter, according to a new report from digital marketing agency Tinuiti. Amazon Sponsored Products, Facebook, Google search and Instagram all saw lower spending growth year-over-year in Q2 2024 than a quarter earlier. YouTube was the only major platform that saw an increase.

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