“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 Daniel Davies, Vice President of US Operations at Digilant. The exchange space is absurd. Disagree? Okay, open another browser and visit beyondjane.com. Now wait for about 60 pixels and […]
A collaboration between Condé Nast and social images aggregator Chute has led the startup to create its first advertising product, designed to use consumers’ photos as backgrounds for marketers’ messages. Chute Ads will make their first appearance on Condé Nast Traveler‘s site next month with an as-yet-unidentified marketer. While neither Condé Nast executives nor Chute […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Less Data Collection Major publishers are reigning in data collection, according to Krux’s annual cross-industry study on the topic. After a major leap in direct collection in 2012, the practice is now on the downswing, a trend Krux chalks up to more caution on […]
ValueClick announced after the stock market closed today that it has seen revenues grow 13% over Q1 2012 to $165.4 million on (GAAP) earnings of $0.34 versus $0.25 from a year ago. Read the release. Aol’s Daily Finance aggregated ValueClick earnings expectations before the release, saying that “the average [Wall Street] estimate for revenue is […]
The Tracking Protection Working Group is meeting this week in Sunnyvale, Calif. in its latest attempt to create a tech spec for the Do Not Track browser feature. Progress has been excruciatingly slow for the group, which operates under the aegis of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Disparate interests have been unable to agree on even […]
Yahoo will roll out targeted mobile ads through its partnership with ad network Chitika, the vendor confirmed. Chitika has worked with Yahoo since 2006 and already uses the company’s location and time-based ad targeting technology to deliver paid search listings across its web properties and across Chitika’s network of publishers. Yahoo has now tapped the […]
“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 Sacha Xavier, Partner, Media & Innovation Director for Neo@Ogilvy. 2013 has evolved with bigger and more celebrity-laden digital upfronts, also known as “New Fronts.” I hesitate to even call them […]
Well, that was fast. Six weeks after making some News Feed ad inventory biddable to Facebook Exchange advertisers on a trial basis, Facebook is expanding the amount of that precious paid media space that it will expose to RTB demand. The News Feed trial was initially open to just three of Facebook’s 17 FBX partners. […]
Mediaocean, fresh from striking a collaboration with digital video rights manager FreeWheel for handling Aol’s ad inventory across TV and online, has just netted an even bigger assignment – Comcast. The media buying workflow software company will be in charge of processing ad buys for Comcast AdDelivery, the cable operator’s cloud-based tool for distributing spot TV. It’s […]
“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 Adam Heimlich, Client Partner at Razorfish. It’s surprising that we digital marketers aren’t closer to consensus about how our medium exerts influence, especially considering what we have to gain […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. eBay’s Back eBay is back in the data game, more than two years after ending its agreements with third-party data licensing companies. Brands can now access shopper data from eBay in order to segment audiences and target ads when not on eBay, similar to […]
The NewFront – the digital world’s answer to the TV upfront marketplace – wrapped up last week with a number of high-profile, extravagant showcases of new content from Yahoo, Aol, The Weather Channel and others. At the same time, programmatic buying methods have adopted traditional models of locking in guaranteed sales, months ahead of schedule. But can […]
Social ads company Kinetic Social has raised $8 million in a round that includes both equity-based cash and an expanded debt facility. Kinetic will use the money to ramp up its social ad optimization technology, which works across social media platforms including Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. Cincinnati-based Blue Chip Venture Company provided the equity piece […]
Having co-founded Collective in 2005, CEO Joe Apprendi has seen his company’s ad network reconfigured, if not entirely reimagined, as programmatic audience buying transforms the publisher ad network model. And as placement has given way to audience buying in recent years, Apprendi and his team have looked to keep pace with products such as its audience […]
“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 Eric Picard, CEO of Rare Crowds. Take it from me: It’s easy to complain. I’ve been writing monthly articles in this space since 1999, which I think qualifies me […]
Given that the phrase “there’s an app for that” seems to be true more often than not, drawing attention to a new mobile app is harder than ever. This is good news for Fiksu, a mobile marketing company that helps developers promote their apps. The company recently pushed out the latest version of its Fiksu […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news roundup…Want it by email? Sign-up here. Cookie Stuffing Business Insider’s Jim Edwards covers alleged affiliate marketing fraud uncovered by the FBI, centering around the use of cookies and “harmless” publisher widgets. Edwards writes, “According to the FBI, both widgets engaged in ‘cookie stuffing.’ Anyone who clicked on them received a tracking […]
In a new update to its US ad forecast, Magna has slightly boosted its overall US ad forecast for this year and next, thanks to rising consumer confidence and other signs of life in the US economy. However, digital is the only media channel expected to see notable growth in 2013 (+11.5% in total interactive […]
At yesterday’s Digitas NewFront, Huffington Post executives said they would offer their native advertising content distribution system exclusively to the Publicis Groupe interactive shop’s clients. While billed as “real-time,” the self-serve content system will post marketers’ content within a two-hour window of receiving the request. “We’re bringing our year-old BrandLive service to HuffPost that will […]
With HookLogic’s purview in the ecommerce media arena, one might not think that former Yahoo CRO and AdMeld CEO Michael Barrett would be a logical fit for the company’s board, which was announced last month. But according to HookLogic CEO Jonathan Opdyke, the fit was “natural,” given Opdyke’s own thoughts on the future of exchanges, […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Insta-Branding As Facebook’s mobile advertising dollars soar, it’s time to get to back to work on building up revenue generation at its photo app Instagram. Last December, the app had to walk back plans suggesting the possible use of member photos in ads, but […]
“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 by Douglas de Jager, Founder of Spider.io. Botnets are the biggest contributor to online display advertising fraud today. Rentable botnets are the most unnerving and surprising contributor. DirectorsLive.com provides an illustrative example […]
With Krux’s initial conception of its publisher data management platform (DMP) nearly complete, CEO Tom Chavez is thinking about what’s next for his 2.5-year-old company. Chavez says, “We had a broad idea of all the pieces that we wanted to conquer, and within the last year, those puzzle pieces have come together. It spans not […]
With the World Cup and Olympics coming to Brazil in 2014 and 2016, all eyes are on the country’s preparations for the events, which include readying its digital infrastructure. Brands are waiting for the chance to be at the center of the worldwide stage, and several advertising technology companies have opened offices in Brazil. This […]
“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 Dina Zelikson, Digital Program Manager at Bluestem Brands. The word “programmatic” is a relatively recent entry to the ad industry vernacular, quickly joining buzzwords like “big data,” “data-driven marketing” […]
With digital marketing budgets expected to rise this year, customer relationship management (CRM) software vendors are ramping up their pursuit of paid media budgets. “Marketing is perhaps the hottest area in the customer-facing realm right now, and it is evident the place has multiple holes to fill and many approaches to take,” observed Paul Greenberg, […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Subsidizing Piracy Piracy sites capture $6.8 million in wasted ad spend each month, DoubleVerify estimates in a new report. The verification vendor tracked 1,000 campaigns across 1,200 websites and found 3% of all “Network/RTB-purchased” impressions fell to the Jolly Roger. Download (pay with some […]
Facebook’s mobile ad growth was the big story in Q1, as ads served to handheld devices grew to 30% of all advertising revenue. Read the earnings release, or check out these highlights on the ad side: Total ad revenue grew 43% to $1.25 billion Mobile accounted for roughly 30% all Facebook ad dollars in Q1, […]
Location analytics company Placed is now offering a ranking system for brick-and-mortar retailers, restaurants and other destinations, based on data from its Placed Panels and Placed Affiliate programs. In March 2013, McDonald’s was the top US business based on the number of visitors, while Applebee’s and Sonic Drive-In both saw increases in their rankings compared […]
