DoubleVerify CEO Oren Netzer discussed his company’s new research group called the “Advertising Fraud Detection Lab [which] will investigate advertising fraud in real-time and raise awareness of deceptive scams taking place every day across thousands of publishers.” Read the release. AdExchanger.com: How big a problem is impression fraud today? Impression fraud is a huge issue […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. AdECN Getting RTB Inventory Microsoft Advertising’s Eric Dahlberg makes two public announcements on the Microsoft Advertsing blog which have implications for Microsoft’s AdECN exchange. First, “In recent weeks we have on-boarded US Windows Live inventory – including Hotmail and Messenger – into our exchange, […]
John Laramie is CEO of ADstruc, an out-of-home advertising platform. AdExchanger.com: What gave you the idea for ADstruc and addressing the out-of-home, billboard world, if you will? JL: After graduating from Loyola University Maryland in 2006, I took off for New York City and landed a job at a brand licensing agency, The Beanstalk Group. […]
“Social Exchange” is a column focused on the evolving roles of social media in online advertising. Today’s column is written by Andrew Pancer, Chief Operating Officer of Media6Degrees. When Google and MySpace inked a $900 million dollar search and contextual ad deal back in 2006, many heralded it as the coming of age of social […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Yahoo! Reports Q2 2010 Yahoo! reported its second quarter financial results yesterday and it included another strong quarter for display. From the release, “Marketing services revenue from Owned and Operated sites of $881 million increased three percent compared to $858 million for the same […]
Editor’s Note: The following speech is not real. It is for entertainment purposes only. It was not read by Yahoo!’s Ramsey McGrory at this week’s Right Media Open 2010 in Chicago… but what if it was real? And what if attendees had vuvuzelas? Play ball! Ramsey McGrory: Thank you all for coming today. It is […]
Publisher yield management company PubMatic announced yesterday that it has seen significant growth in the past year. In a press release, the company said, “PubMatic also announced that sales revenue is up over 700% in the last year. At the same time, its reach has grown from 150 million unique users per month globally to […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Spend Predictions Continue Higher Zenith Optimedia has even more robust optimism for 2010 than before as the Publicis agency’s research group has revised its predictions on ad spend for the year. According to AdWeek’s Steve McClellan, “The upgrade represents an improvement of more than […]
Aggregate Knowledge (AK), a data management and ad optimization platform (DMP) company, announced its “AK Discovery Platform, which provides the foundational audience management infrastructure to collect data, configure audiences, and track campaigns across any connected digital channel.” Read the release. Aggregate Knowledge CEO David Jakubowski discussed the announcement and the company’s strategy. AdExchanger.com: What problem […]
Brian Silver is CEO of Travel Ad Network, an online advertising company. AdExchanger.com: Please discuss the pivots that Travel Ad Network (TAN) has made since its inception in 2003. TAN was bootstrapped from inception through its first institutional round in March 2008 when the company raised $15mm in Series A financing led by Rho Ventures […]
