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Google's Scott Spencer On DoubleClick Ad Exchange Auction And Data Management
After today’s announcement on the Google Blog by Neil Mohan regarding Publisher revenues through Google advertising products (also covered here by AdExchanger.com), AdExchanger.com asked Group Product Manager, Scott Spencer on DoubleClick Ad Exchange specifics. AdExchanger.com: How does the second-price auction work in DoubleClick Ad Exchange and why is this good for publishers? SS: AdX is […]
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AdSafe Media On Transparency Into Display Ad Inventory And iFrame Challenge
AdSafe Media recently released its first Safety Report that showed – when looking at display ad media across its platform – “58% of network traffic was ‘invisible’” and “29% of traffic was served to sites featuring UGC” among many data points. Read the release (PDF). And, you can download the report here (PDF – signup […]
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Google Disses The Yield Optimizers; Liquidity Will Be A Key Differentiator
This morning, Google released information on how publishers maximize revenues using the DoubleClick Ad Exchange as well as other Google products. The post by Neal Mohan, VP of Product Management, on the Google blog includes a one sheeter. View the post here. And, download the one-sheeter here. There’s not much that’s new here except for […]
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Analysts Thinking $10 Billion In Display Revs For Google; Mobclix Enabling Geo And Brands; VAST Gets Traction With Brightcove, EyeWonder; Google Toe In DOOH
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Google Display Starting To Pump In a BusinessWeek article by Douglas Macmillan, Doug Anmuth of Barclay’s Capital tells BW, “Display ads are likely to contribute a little more than $1 billion, or about 4% of Google’s (GOOG) total sales this year—an increase of as […]
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Display Ads Are Back!; Microsoft Display Ads Takes Facebook Punch; Broadcast Execs See More Video Ads Online
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. The Display Comeback Brian Morrissey pens “Display Ads Aim for a Banner Year” on AdWeek and says, “Banner ads, nearly given up for dead, are showing new life thanks to developments in the display ad business that could close the gap between ad spending […]
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Resonate Networks CEO Gernert On Attitudinal Targeting
Resonate Networks announced that it has launched attitudinal targeting in a release on Wednesday. AdExchanger.com discussed the new targeting capabilities with Resonate Networks’ CEO Bryan Gernert. AdExchanger.com: Given the rich sources of social data available today, how important is social media to creating Resonate’s dataset? Or, is it important? BG: While social data is important […]
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AdExchanger: Crisis In Ad City (Part I)
A new, (somewhat) weekly comic strip from AdExchanger.com that highlights the digital advertising ecosystem…
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The Video Ad Selector Is Here; When In Doubt, Rebrand Says Comcast; Akamai Reports Earnings, Acerno Results
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Choose Your Weapon The Wall Street Journal’s Suzanne Vranica takes a look at recent efforts by a combo of Publicis Groupe, Microsoft, Yahoo, CBS and Hulu that is trying to find a more effective way to advertise through online video. The answer? Let the […]
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AOL Reports For The First Time; Bright Roll Gets $10 Million; Widgetbucks Is Dead
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. AOL Reports For The First Time AOL reported its 4th quarter 2009 earnings and among the takeways, “Domestic display revenue grew year-over-year for the first time in 8 quarters.” Get the Investor Relations Presentation (PDF) here. ClickZ’s Christopher Heine looks deeper into the earnings […]
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Eyeblaster Research Shows Audience Buying Habits Says Geifman
Recent Eyeblaster research led by Ariel Gelfman looked at conversions from more than 10 billion impressions and showed that their are correlations between online and offline buying habits. Read the release. Geifman discussed the research with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: In the release about your eCommerce report you say, “This research also highlights the unique potential of […]
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Mpire Announces Ad Blocking For AdXpose; CEO Kirby Winfield Discusses Feature And Clients
Mpire announced new ad blocking capabilities for its AdXpose product where, “AdXpose analyzes the content on publisher sites in real-time, and cross-references it with the prescribed rules set by the advertiser.” If the content is acceptable, the ad is served. If not, it’s not. Read the release. AdExchanger.com spoke to Mpire CEO Kirby Winfield about […]
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ValueClick Sells Lead Generation Biz; Ad Network Love Rising; VC Funding Abounds - Did You Get Yours?
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. ValueClick Sells Lead Gen Biz Valueclick pre-empted its February 16 earnings release announcing that it has sold its Web Clients lead generation business for $45 million according to a release. The company also said that its Q4 2009 revenues will fall a few million […]
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Advertisers Overlaying Third-Party Data On Vertical Ad Networks Today Says Adify CEO Fradin
Adify released a survey of media planner and agencies today that looked at the importance of ad networks in online media buys and found that “branding has become the top priority for online campaigns as compared to direct response. Read the release. CEO Russ Fradin spoke to AdExchanger.com about the results of the survey and […]
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Demand-Side Platform X+1 Speaks: On New Product And Insights On Data
Last week, demand-side platform, [x+1], announced Open Data Bridge which it says gives advertisers the ability to “simply integrate and use client and third party data for online targeting.” Read the release. Ken Rona, VP of Data Strategy and Analytics at [x+1] discussed the new product as well as provided insights on the uses of […]
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Brand.net CEO Blair On Company's Video Initiatives And VAST
Brand.net announced on Monday that it is expanding beyond graphical display advertising and including video in its solution set. Read the release. Brand.net CEO Elizabeth Blair discussed the company’s opportunity in online video advertising with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: Why do you see the VAST video standard as important for Brand.net as well as the industry as […]
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Microsoft Ad Exchange To Begin Testing; DoubleClick Rumors In The UK; Ad Networks Apparently Forgot To Die
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. More Microsoft Ad Exchange Tidbits According to Peter Kafka on All Things D, in a couple of weeks, Microsoft may be ready to start testing with many of the demand-side platforms that are likely already hooked into Google’s DoubleClick Ad Exchange where the DSPs […]
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BlueKai CEO Omar Tawakol Discusses Recent Investment And Plans
Omar Tawakol, CEO of BlueKai, discussed today’s announcement regarding a new $21 million round of funding (Read the release.) with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: Obviously, this is a big round. What plans can you share regarding future areas of investment at BlueKai and where this round will be funneled? OT: One area in particular will get a […]
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Rapleaf Focusing On Social Data And Enabling Advertisers To Buy Audiences That Have Affinities With Their Brand Says CEO Hoffman
Auren Hoffman is CEO of Rapleaf, a company which provides social data about a company’s audience. AdExchanger.com: Tell us about Rapleaf‘s history. AH: Rapleaf’s vision is to understand people. Like Google understands URLs, we want to better understand people. What problem is Rapleaf solving? At our core, we’re about helping companies understand their existing customers […]
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Invite Media On RTB And Online Display Ad Media Buying Today
Demand-side platform Invite Media issued a release today about its real-time biddable inventory sources which include AdBrite, AdMeld and PubMatic. Read the release. Invite Media COO Nat Turner discussed some of the intricacies of online media buying today with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: You discuss buying “brand-safe” inventory in your release. How do you determine whether inventory […]
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Google May Expose AdSense Rev Share; The End Of Adobe Flash?; DataLogix Announces Deal; Burst Media Pre-Announces
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Google May Expose AdSense Rev Share Schwaaaa??? From Davos, Switzerland, Jeff Jarvis reports for The Business Insider on Eric Schmidt’s and other Google execs’ meeting with reporters where a Google rep told Jarvis, “They would consider giving more transparency about revenue splits in Adsense.” […]
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Presenting... AdExchanger!
A new, (somewhat) weekly comic strip from AdExchanger.com that highlights the digital advertising ecosystem…
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Varick's Herman Becomes Chief Digital Media Officer; Microsoft Reports On Display; IAB's Rothenberg Thinks Apple iPad Could Semi-Privatize Advertising
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Herman Takes On New Role MDC Partners took another step into digital waters as one of its agencies, Kirschenbaum, Bond, Senecal & Partners (kbs+p), announced a new Chief Digital Media Officer and tapped its own – Varick Media’s president, Darren Herman. According to AdWeek’s […]
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Mobile Ad Network Jumptap Discusses The iPad Advertising Opportunity
Mobile ad network Jumptap announced targeting for the new Apple tablet computer, iPad, yesterday. Read the release. AdExchanger.com discussed the new iPad and the advertising opportunity enabled by it with Jumptap CMO Paran Johar. AdExchanger.com: What makes the Apple iPad (or tablet) a “mobile” opportunity? For Jumptap, what are the key differences of the iPad […]
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Auditude Offering Automated Video Management Platform And Supporting VAST Says CEO Cahan
Adam Cahan is CEO of Auditude which provides a technology platform for video management and monetization. AdExchanger.com: Please provide some background. How did Auditude begin? AC: Auditude was founded in 2005 around our Content ID/fingerprinting technology. In 2007, we took our first round of institutional financing and began to build the team we have in […]
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AdRoll CEO Bell Discusses Self-Service Retargeting
AdRoll announced a new, self-service retargeting solution which it says has resulted in up to a 30% performance improvement when buying cross-platform. Read the release. AdRoll CEO Aaron Bell spoke with AdExchanger.com about the new product called Roundtrip and retargeting, in general. AdExchanger.com: You identify “cross-platform retargeting” (i.e. retargeting across multiple ad networks and exchanges) in […]
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The Future Of Privacy; Not All Newspapers Believe In A Paywall; Gabriner Moves to Adap.TV
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. The “I”s Have It Jules Polenetsky of the Future Of Privacy Forum is hoping that a new “i” image will be the indicator light for consumers telling them that they’re seeing an online ad due to behavioral, cookie-based targeting. Stephanie Clifford covers the story […]
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AdGear Building A New Ad Serving Platform For Advertisers And Publishers Says VP Stesin
Vlad Stesin is VP, Strategy at BLOOM Digital Platforms, makers of AdGear, an ad serving platform. AdExchanger.com: Please discuss AdGear. How did it start? And what challenge is AdGear trying to solve? The team working on the platform has built and operated the proprietary ad serving infrastructure at Cossette, Canada’s largest independent advertising agency. We’ve […]
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Solbright CEO Pace Says Advertising Will Remain Major Way Publishers Create Revenue; Discusses Company's Back Office Solutions
Tom Pace is CEO of Solbright, a web publisher solutions provider. AdExchanger.com: Solbright has been around for a while. Discuss the evolution of your company and how it has tracked changes in the online ad industry. Solbright started out as a practical solution for addressing the basic business processes of publishers and Web sites looking […]
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Yahoo! Beats Estimates; Lining Up The Mobile Ad Network Acquisitions; Gates On Google; Selling PPD
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Yahoo! Reports Q4 ’09 Yahoo! reported its Q4 earnings for 2009 and the big news is “CEO Carol Bartz noting that the company would disable its irksome ‘hover interaction’ on the homepage,” according to Kara Swisher of All Things D. The Associated Press reports […]
