Twitter Wants To Carve Off A Slice Of Google's Search Ad Business [THE BRIEF]
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Twitter will now sell ads that put promoted accounts at the top of its search results. Marketers will be able to buy ads that pop up against certain keywords. When users search Twitter for those words, their promoted accounts will appear at the top of the search results. While the new product is not a threat to Google in size, it is another example of a non-Google company siphoning off search results - and the ad revenue they generate - for themselves.
Ikea made an awesome sign in Germany that manages to fit three messages into one small billboard. It did this by writing three phrases superimposed over each other in red, green, and blue, and then alternating the colors of light on the billboard to illuminate each of the messages. Here's the incredible billboard in action:
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