Programmatic buying and RTB in China is a unique market — with publishers controlling a lot of the space — but iPinYou, a local DSP, has had success, even introducing video and mobile DSPs over the past year. Grace Huang, its CEO and co-founder, said about 70% of the company’s clients are Fortune 500 companies. Huang spoke […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Google Search Gets Display One could say that Google’s Product Listing Ads initially brought the sweet nectar of display advertising to Google’s search engine result pages (SERPs). Now, Google’s showing nontraditional display ads for several select advertisers in the SERPs. The New York Times’ […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Adelphic Dives Into Video Mobile ad targeting firm Adelphic is adding mobile video inventory to its mobile ad platform, allowing agency and brand partners to buy and manage mobile video ads programmatically. VivaKi is one of the agencies that will be tapping into Adelphic’s […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Purchase Data In The TV Buy Simulmedia has added consumer purchase data from Nielsen Buyer Insights to its non-primetime TV ad-buying platform, MediaPost reports. CEO Dave Morgan says, “Having these databases is not new. But they have always been used for research purposes. No […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Prepping For The Holiday Lag Holiday shopping and spending is projected to decrease again this year, according to The New York Times’ Stuart Elliott, so some stores are ramping up efforts to gain foot traffic. Two examples are Premium Outlets in Roseland, NJ, and […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Microsoft Talks Ads Microsoft delivered a Friday update on its latest advertising initiatives. The timing may speak to the lack of compelling news. In a blog post, there’s no mention of programmatic or real-time bidding (RTB). But, if you’re a behavioral advertising believer, you’ll […]
Amazon, the ever-silent commerce stalwart, may be next in line to join the Facebook Exchange party, according to AdExchanger sources. Today, Facebook finally granted (long-awaited?) access to Google’s demand-side platform, DoubleClick Bid Manager, to enable DoubleClick advertisers to dish up retargeted ads on the social network through integration to FBX. A number of DSP partners like […]
From jingles to pop songs, music is one of the oldest advertising vehicles in a marketer’s tool kit. But while most brands use songs in a blanket approach, the New York City-based startup F# (pronounced F-sharp after the music note) is offering ways for brands to create song-infused ads that can be directed at specific […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Data Confusion Marc Guldimann, co-founder and CEO of Enliken, makes the case for why behavioral advertising is different from information collected by the government for surveillance purposes. In a column for Quartz, Guldimann points out that the types of information and methods are extremely […]
Supply-side platform PubMatic has created an advisory unit as it looks to differentiate itself from other publisher technology providers. As CEO Rajeev Goel tells it, publishers’ use of programmatic is expanding in a variety of ways and many want to take more control with a “do-it-yourself” sensibility. “Our industry is at a tipping point, as […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Facebook Site Retargeting Facebook is launching another retargeting tool, separate from FBX, that will allow a website owner to serve ads on mobile and desktop via custom audiences. It’s like the Facebook version of Google AdWords site retargeting, but it’s called Website Custom Audiences. […]
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“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Sean Callahan, marketing director at Bizo and editor at Digital Marketing Remix. Digital ad spending continues to climb, with US budgets expected to reach $42.5 billion this year and grow […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Recommended Ad Google may be inserting a Google+ recommendation of yours — called “Shared Endorsements” — into an ad, according to changes announced by the company on Friday. Google’s terms-of-service page provides a use case: “For example, your friends might see that you rated […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Twitter Slip Twitter accidentally spilled the date of its IPO, PrivCo has uncovered. In a financial document, Twitter pegged Feb. 15, 2014, as the end of the lock-up agreement — typically 90 days after an IPO. Hence the offering will be Nov. 15. PrivCo […]
A panel covering RTB and “viewability” played to a packed room atop the Gansevoort Park Hotel in New York last night. What commenced was a (congenially heated, at times) meeting of the minds between James Green, CEO of Magnetic; Anne Hunter, SVP of global marketing strategy at comScore; Brian Gleason, managing director, North America, Xaxis; […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Do Not Track, We Will Microsoft was the first browser maker to turn on “Do Not Track” by default, and now its advertising arm plans to implement a proprietary tracking system. Microsoft would track across computers, phones and tablets that are running Windows, as […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Online-Offline Coupon Code PayPal is rolling out another way for users to pay for retail purchases through its app, according to AllThingsD. It’s called Payment Code and it uses a QR system for payment. If the store doesn’t have the proper scanner, however, the […]
Mike Nolet has stepped down from AppNexus, where he has served as CTO since the company’s founding six years ago. He will remain an advisor but vacate his board seat, which will be filled by President Michael Rubenstein. Nolet is a foundational character in the programmatic story, having helped build the world’s first ad exchange […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. DG Loves Rich Media TechCrunch’s Anthony Ha reports that DG has made what appears to be an acqui-hire of sorts with its purchase of 11-person rich media vendor Republic Project for a reported $1.4 million plus earn-outs. Read more. Republic pitches a cross-device integration […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Google Sell-Side ‘Active GRP’ Coming Soon The Drum reports that that Google’s biz dev lead for large publishers, David McMurtrie, told the audience at Thursday’s Association of Online Publishers (AOP) event in London that it’s time for publishers to start protecting their yields and […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Instagram Addressing Ads On the (Facebook) Instagram blog yesterday, the mustard seeds of an ads strategy were strewn about as an anonymous Instagram blogger wrote, “In the next couple months, you may begin seeing an occasional ad in your Instagram feed if you’re in […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. The Public Ad Network A source tells TechCrunch’s John Constine that former Blue Lithium chief and current RadiumOne CEO Gurbaksh Chahal is readying his company for an IPO. It is rumored that RadiumOne has about $100 million in annual revenue — if true, this […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Cross-Device Search Google is putting its cross-device first-party data to use, giving AdWords users a chance to see the effectiveness of search ads at different points in the purchase funnel. The new feature is called “Estimated Cross-Device Conversions” and it relies on Google login […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Facebook Sets Sights On TV (Too) Facebook has its eye on TV measurement, the WSJ’s Digits blog is reporting, by offering big networks a look at exclusive show data as it looks to match recent initiatives by Twitter. Facebook’s data is centered around the […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. AppNexus Eyes Mobile Leadership In a video interview on Bloomberg, CEO Brian O’Kelley of real-time ad platform AppNexus talks about his recent mobile deal with mobile ad network Millennial Media to create an exchange (read that AdExchanger story). He says his company will be […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. DFA Ad Server Goes Global Updated: From its DoubleClick Fpr Advertisers blog, Google announced that its DoubleClick For Advertisers (DFA) ad server has rolled out globally. The updated platform is called DoubleClick Campaign Manager and it integrates the DoubleClick For Advertiser UI with DoubleClick Bid Manager. […]
