Digital tools have helped to level the playing field: 82% of small businesses attribute their revenue growth directly to digital ads, and 79% say these tools help them compete with much larger companies. Through tools like Google Ads, Business Profile and Merchant Center, we can bring the best of AI to support these businesses by streamlining their advertising efforts and helping them to stand out to customers.
Incorporated in 2016 and based in Cologne, Germany, Ströer SE & Co. KGaA provides out-of-home (OOH) media and digital advertising services in Germany and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Out-of-Home Media, Digital & Dialog Media, and DaaS & E-Commerce. The company offers traditional poster media and advertisements at bus and tram shelters, and on public transport. The company also provides local marketing of digital products to small and medium-sized customers.
But over its first 20 years, YouTube didn't just survive-it revolutionized media, redefining what TV could be. By letting anyone upload video for free, it empowered a new generation of creators to cater to every imaginable audience and attract fan bases in the millions. It taught marketers to appreciate the value of reaching these viewers, and it used technology to give rights holders control over their content. The platform conquered PCs and then smartphones and was eventually available on nearly every new TV set.
It's the classic deserted desert island scenario: I have to pick just one stock that I would buy today and then hold forever. I can't move the goalposts by picking an exchange-traded fund (ETF) and I'm not planning to build a portfolio around this name. It's just one stock, and it will be my only investment for all time. All alone.
Alphabet is the parent company of Google, Google's subsidiary YouTube and Waymo, among other businesses. Despite concerns that artificial intelligence chatbots would pull traffic away from Google Search, those fears appear to be overblown. Alphabet reported that over 2 billion people were using its AI Overviews during the second quarter, and Google Search generated a record $54.2 billion in revenue during Q2, up 11.7% from the year-ago period.
If your home is your templethe last place where you can escape the blasted outside landscape of billboards, screen ads, bus ads, train ads, and TV adsknow that the Mongol horde of advertising is looking to break down your fortress walls. Samsung's new agenda for its smart home includes sticking ads into its ultra-expensive refrigerators with screens. Don't worry, you can dismiss some of those ads, but the only way to get rid of them completely is to disconnect your fridge from the internet.
"Why should they choose you to either talk at conferences or talk on a webinar and, from the patient standpoint, why should they trust you with their family?" Kemp, an account manager with Marketing4ECPs, said in this Healio video. "It's OK to talk about yourself online, making sure you're focused on the key elements of what makes you unique and different."
Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai, said in May that web publishing is not dying. Nick Fox, VP of Search at Google, said in May that the web is thriving. But in a court document filed by Google on late Friday, Google's lawyers wrote, "The fact is that today, the open web is already in rapid decline."
Google entered a $45 million advertising contract with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office in late June to promote government messages about Gaza, according to government documents obtained by Drop Site News. The six-month campaign uses YouTube and Google's Display & Video 360 platform to distribute videos denying famine in Gaza, according to the report. One Foreign Ministry video declaring, "There is food in Gaza. Any other claim is a lie," garnered over 6 million views, largely through paid promotion. Government contracts describe the campaign as "hasbara," a Hebrew term for public relations or propaganda, according to Drop Site News.
Vox Media sold Outsports, which covers LGBTQ+ athletes, to Q.Digital last March in an "acqui-hire" deal (a non-cash transaction where Q.Digital took over Outsports' operations and revenue costs while keeping the team intact). It was part of Vox Media's reorganization to focus on its core brands last year. Under its new owners - which have other LGBTQ+ focused titles like Queerty and Gay Cities in its portfolio - Outsports has grown revenue by about 50% year over year,
S4 Capital Plc ( (GB:SFOR) ) just unveiled an update. S4 Capital Plc announced its total voting rights and capital structure, consisting of 639,587,561 ordinary shares and 1 B ordinary share. This information is crucial for shareholders to determine their interests under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules, impacting how they manage their investments in the company. The most recent analyst rating on (GB:SFOR) stock is a Hold with a £21.50 price target.
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has firmly established itself as the leading player in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, as it accounts for nearly 92% of the data center GPU market. That dominance has been the foundation of its robust financial performances of recent years. In its fiscal 2026 second quarter (which ended July 27), Nvidia reported revenues of $46.7 billion, up 56% year over year and exceeding guidance, while its GAAP ( generally accepted accounting principles) gross margin was 72.4%.