Only a third of brands fully integrate search into their media mix according to new research from the Internet Advertising Bureau. In its Search Marketing Barometer 2012, which surveyed the top 200 advertisers according to ALF, 72% of brands stated that search is only partially or not at all integrated with the wider media mix. Some 94% said their is a greater opportunity to integrate search.
But IAB CEO David Cohen refutes that narrative. "There's a lot of companies that are hurting in the current environment," he said in an interview with AdExchanger after his opening speech Monday addressing attendees at the Palm Desert, California, event. "The health of the publisher community is critical to the health of our overall business." "If we don't have publishers, we don't have content," he added. "What are we optimizing What are we reading? What are we engaging with? It's a problem."
It's not exactly a secret that many advertisers are using generative AI in their marketing, from producing copy to editing images. What isn't always as obvious is exactly when those tools are being used, and when advertisers ought to make AI usage clear to their audiences. Last month, the IAB launched a new framework to standardize when AI in ads should be disclosed.