Cleverly CEO Nicholas Verity, whose Los Angeles business has advertised on Google for seven years, noticed an unusual pattern ...

Sometimes ads on social media are shockingly relevant. Other times, they’re not even close. The ad might show an item you recently searched for, like a new pair of running shoes. Alternatively, you ...

Viewers used to try to avoid ads at all costs, but lately they've become more open to them to avoid rising streaming costs. This is definitely what you’d call a full-circle moment. Fifteen years ago, ...

Marketing executives have spent decades perfecting ways to measure advertising effectiveness. Brand recall studies, aided awareness surveys, and post-campaign research all ask variations of the same ...

I use YouTube quite a bit on my TVs, and one of the most annoying aspects is how merciless the app is with ads. Compared to ...

For years, Windows users have complained about “ads” touting Microsoft services, showing up in various places. Now the alarm bells should be seriously ringing: Microsoft has publicly disclosed plans ...

Reports of sexually explicit ads appearing on YouTube have gone up significantly, with users getting increasingly concerned about the platform’s content moderation efforts. A new incident shared on ...

Fourteen years after its launch, Apple Maps is finally getting ads. On Tuesday, the company announced the forthcoming launch of Apple Business, a new platform that consolidates all of its tools for ...

Ads in Microsoft Windows’ Start menu are nothing new, and it’s no surprise that they’re coming to Windows 11. Microsoft has been testing ads in beta releases, and this week the update that places ...

If there's one thing that bothers me in this modern era, it's advertising. I understand companies have to pay the bills, but sometimes ads can become a bit much. Even worse, some ads feel like a ...

In the year 2000, HBO advertised Ellen DeGeneres’ latest comedy special with a Botticelli reference. Perched inside a clam shell and surrounded by figures from the original painting, DeGeneres created ...

This article first appeared in the newsletter Your Local Epidemiologist. Pharmaceutical ads in the United States are annoying. Absurd. And almost uniquely American. In fact, only one other high-income ...