What’s Coming in Internet Advertising: 12 Predictions for 2012

I did my annual predictions first on my Forbes blog, The New Persuaders, since they’re focused largely on the Internet media and advertising I cover there. On that blog, they’re done as separate posts, but I wanted to gather them up in one place here, as I’ve done in previous years. So here’s what I [...]

What’s Google’s Marissa Mayer Up To?

We haven’t heard much from Marissa Mayer, one of Google’s highest-profile executives, since she left her longtime job as vice president of search products last October to become vice president of location and local services. Some saw that as a demotion, though it’s clear that Google is putting an especially heavy emphasis on local commerce [...]

Online to Offline: How Mobile Payments Will Shake Up Real-World Commerce

With Google queuing up the debut of its mobile payments system on Thursday and Square announcing plans to replace the cash register and the wallet in one fell swoop, there’s a lot of interest in the use of cell phones to pay for things in the physical world. This morning, we’re hearing a bit more [...]

How Social and Mobile Will Disrupt Online Advertising

It’s no secret that online display advertising is going through huge changes, thanks largely to the fact that banner ads have never worked very well. Everyone from Google to Facebook to Twitter to a gazillion ad technology startups is trying to figure out something that will work as remotely well as search ads. So I’m [...]

Questions About the Google-AdMob Deal–and How the FTC Answered Them

Today the Federal Trade Commission decided not to oppose Google’s proposed purchase of leading mobile ad firm AdMob, clearing the way for the $750 million deal to be closed. Given recent hints that the FTC’s staff might recommend the commission block the deal, the decision was something of a surprise. But as the FTC itself [...]

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