Speaking of excited, Account-Based Marketing vendor Demandbase has a new Targeting Solution that it says “offers the scale of Google along with the precision of LinkedIn”. The big deal here is they can now target ads and Web site personalization at individuals, not just companies.
Salesforce has announced plans to add AI-based behavior scoring and AI-based insights into content and subject line engagement to its Pardot marketing automation system, which exists within its Sales cloud. Release is targeted for next February. Not too exciting but illustrates the steady expansion of AI in marketing products.
Again: Tuesday’s New York Times carried two stories that Facebook is used by bad people, in Libya and the U.S. What’s new isn’t the information but the implication that Facebook should change or be regulated. That’s BadTech.
Procrastinators of the world can throw a party whenever they get around to it: Google has once more pushed back complete third-party cookie deprecation. The new target is “early next year.” Reasons for the delay include concerns expressed by U.K. data regulator Information Commissioner’s Office, an ongoing inquiry by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, and widespread discontent in the advertising ecosystem.