No one can predict the future. But if you work in Digital Marketing, you get pretty good at recognising Social Media trends. In this blog post we’ve compiled a list of what features and developments we expect to see on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tiktok, Pinterest and LinkedIn in the next …
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5 Google Search Trends to expect in 2023
If you are a Google Ads marketer, you are most likely already planning your 2023 strategy. To keep you updated with the latest innovations, we’ve made a list of the 5 biggest Google Search trends to expect next year and give you some tips on how to stay ahead of …
Data Protection as an Opportunity to Build Trust with First- and Zero-Party Data
Three Factors Why Third-Party Data Collection Has Been Cut Governments have reacted to the increasing value of personal data and to the growing concern of citizens about how their personal information is being used. Laws and regulations for data protection have been issued to give back control to users over …
Use Google Analytics with Server-Side Tracking to Make it Compliant
Google Analytics has been under a lot of criticism in recent months. Several data protection authorities such as the Austrian, French, Dutch, Italian and Danish have now classified Google Analytics as non-compliant with the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We explain what this means and whether Google Analytics can …
Two essential solutions for the Cookieless Future in Online Marketing
What is the Facebook Conversions API? Meta has developed the new to share data directly from their server, rather than through a browser. In the past, tracking users was primarily accomplished through the Facebook Pixel. This is a snippet of code programmed into your website. The problem is this …
Use templr.pro to create beautiful Looker Studio Dashboards
What is templr.pro? Templr.pro describes their tool as the following: “Templr is a community component that loads within Google Data Studio and allows anyone to create custom visualizations using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and simple templating syntax. It’s incredibly easier and faster to use templr.pro than Google Cloud SDK, and you …
Google Data Studio becomes Looker Studio
The data visualization tool Google Data Studio has been renamed Looker Studio. Many of the functionalities remain, however through the announcement of the Looker Studio Pro tier, some functions will certainly be subject to a subscription fee. Google itself writes about the rebranding: “Data Studio is now Looker Studio. With …
Google Ads Scripts and Slack: Never miss a critical notification
What are Google Ads Scripts? The official product definition by Google explains Google Ads scripts as, “a way to programmatically control your Google Ads data by using simple JavaScripts in a browser-based IDE.”. [1] Put simply, a Google Ads script allows you to automate common procedures or repetitive tasks in …
The new Google Helpful Content Update: What it means for your website
What is the Helpful Content Update exactly? Google has confirmed that the helpful content update has been live since September 9th, following the announcement on August 25th. The new Google update specifically targets “content created primarily to rank well in search engines, rather than to help or inform people.” In …
2023: Google Analytics 4 and the new Swiss Data Protection Act are on their way
If you are actively involved in online marketing in Switzerland, this upcoming year will bring some major changes. You should keep these two events saved in your calendars: July 1st 2023: Google will replace Universal Analytics with Google Analytics 4. September 1st 2023 the new Swiss Data Protection Act comes …
How to do Online Marketing without cookies
What is the challenge with Online Marketing at the moment? The data privacy regulations have become a lot stricter after scandals like Cambridge Analytica where Facebook data was used without consent for political advertising. Currently most platforms like Facebook, Google or LinkedIn still depend on a cookie to follow users …
Google Analytics 4: Status Update
Since our latest news on Google Analytics 4 and Data Retention in GA4 there has been a lot of developments in the world of Google Analytics. Below, you will find the most important updates and announcements by Google about their analytics tool. Google Analytics 4 can now be linked to …