Facebook's native ads received a big upgrade with the addition of new templates, an ad manager and horizontal scrolling capability

Just over a year ago, Facebook launched “Audience Network”, a mobile ad network that helped extend marketers’ reach outside of Facebook. One of the unique ad options offered was a native ads API for both iOS and Android devices. Today native ads are getting a big boost with the release of new templates, a native ad manager and the addition of horizontal scrolling.

Publishers looking for an easier route to app monetization will enjoy new native ad templates. These templates allow users to customize everything from height and width to title and button color. This will allow publishers to change the native ads quickly and easily to match the current app environment.

Another boon for publishers is the new Native Ads Manager that will help to store and deliver ads. This will be the biggest help for displaying multiple ads with a vertical or horizontal feed or to refresh ads. Native Ad Manager will pre-load 10 ads and deliver based on projected yield.

Lastly, Audience Network will now have the ability for horizontal scrolling ads. This will be available in both templates and the native ads manager and will help advertisers maximize the number of ads within a set amount of real estate.

For more information see the announcement on the official Facebook Developer blog.

The New Search Analytics Report In Google Webmaster Tools

Google officially launched this morning the new Search Analytics report within Google Webmaster Tools.

The Search Analytics report will ultimately replace the Search Queries report in about three-months when Google removes the Search Queries report from the feature from the tool. Search Analytics does pretty much everything the Search Queries report did plus gives you a lot more data and filtering options. Google has been working on it for a long long time, opening up an alpha test to webmasters back January and then webmasters being approved for that test in February, with another roll out in mid-April.

Google said, “the new Search Analytics report enables you to break down your site’s search data and filter it in many different ways in order to analyze it more precisely.”

They added, “there are some differences between Search Analytics and Search Queries.” They explained the data is more accurate and calculated differently. Google set up a help document to explain the difference.

You can now access the tool within Google Webmaster Tools over here.