Doug Merritt is CEO of Baynote, a personalization and digital marketing optimization solutions provider. AdExchanger.com: First, please share a bit of background on you. And what drew you to Baynote? DM: I’ve been in the technology industry for over 25 years and just joined Baynote in January. Most recently I was EVP Global on Demand […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Obama Gets Involved According to the Wall Street Journal, the Obama adminstration has set its sights on “protect[ing] Americans from instrusive data gathering, amid growing concern about the tracking and targeting of Internet users.” A new law in the U.S. may be on the […]
Has Google had a change of heart regarding third-party, display ad verification services across its Google Display Network and DoubleClick Ad Exchange? For now, yes. Today, ad verification and behavioral “i” icon provider DoubleVerify announced that it has received approval to run its services on the Google Display Network (GDN). In the press release, DoubleVerify […]
Industry sources – and now Ebay itself – confirm that the online marketplace is pulling its intent data which had been for sale through many of the ecosystem’s online ad data targeting providers. In response to a query regarding whether Ebay pulled their data, Ebay spokesperson Johnna Hoff tells AdExchanger.com: “eBay has always been an […]
At last week’s Adobe Omniture Summit in Salt Lake City, Utah, Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group‘s Senior Manager, Marketing, Sandy Martin, presented her company’s marketing story in a panel titled “Put Cross Channel Behavior To Work: Building Conversions And Revenue.” Martin discussed her company’s interactive marketing strategy and perspective with AdExchanger.com. Click below or scroll down: […]
Last week, search engine marketing platform Marin Software announced a new partership with Criteo to offer Criteo’s retargeting services to Marin’s clients. According to the release, availability of “Marin Retargeting is currently in Beta with select joint clients. General availability for the solution is planned for summer, 2011.” Read more. Marin Software CEO Chris Lien […]
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At last week’s Adobe Omniture Summit in Salt Lake City, Utah, Ancestry.com‘s Head of Marketing, Josh Hanna, presented his company’s marketing story in a panel titled “Inuition Is No Longer A Marketing Strategy: The Plight of the Data-Driven CMO.” Hanna discussed his company’s marketing strategy and data’s role in his marketing organizations day-to-day with AdExchanger.com. […]
Jim Soss is CEO of Red Aril, a data management and audience optimization company.. AdExchanger.com: What’s your background? Why get into the startup world? JS: I began my career in enterprise software (prior to the Internet age), and I have been working specifically in the interactive marketing space for about 12 years now. Prior to […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Patent Trolls They don’t lurk under a dark bridge unless that bridge is made of advertising technology – patent trolls are costing agencies and advertisers millions of dollars in settlement claims says Ad Age’s Kunur Patel. She writes, “‘Patent trolls,’ legally known as non-practicing […]
Oliver Roup is CEO of VigLink, an advertising technology company. AdExchanger.com: Is this your first start-up? What inspired you to start VigLink? OR: This is the first business I’ve started although I was an early employee at a startup I joined right after undergrad. For VigLink, I was looking for a business to start and […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Everything About You Taking a page from the Wall Street Journal’s “What They Know” series, Time Inc. editors title a new piece by Joel Stein “Data Mining: How Companies Now Know Everything About You.” In spite of the ominous tone, Stein concludes, “We’re quickly […]
Social ad network RadiumOne announced that it has raised $21 million of Series B funding in a round led by Crosslink Capital. According to the release, “The latest funding round will primarily be used for international expansion and acquisitions. (…) The Company, which reached profitability in Q4, will use its existing and new capital for […]
In an effort to curb the effects of content farms, an interesting development in the world of Google search has arisen which could impact the world of Google display: users will be able to block sites in search engine result pages. Google search engineers explain on the Official Google blog: “Now when you click a […]
Mario Diez is CEO of quadrantONE, a joint venture of Tribune Company, Gannett Co., Inc., Hearst Corporation and The New York Times Company, which offers exclusive ad inventory on news and information sites across U.S. local markets. AdExchanger.com: What has surprised you about QuadrantONE and its business model since you joined the company as head […]
On Wednesday, semantic technology provider Peer39 announced “the addition of two additional channels of attributes, Quality and Safety (…) Advertisers participating in secondary marketplaces and Real Time Bidding will now be able to define the environment in which their advertising will appear.” Read more. CEO Andy Ellenthal discussed the announcement and its implications. AdExchanger.com: You’re […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. 4As Conference: Privacy And Talent Threads A discussion on privacy yielded a sharp response from Association of National Advertisers chief Bob Liodice at yesterday’s final day of the 4A’s agency conference in Austin, Texas. In a panel moderated by Ad Age’s Abbey Klaassen, the […]
Jeff Green is CEO of The Trade Desk, a demand-side platform for digital media. AdExchanger.com: We touched on it before, but what problem is The Trade Desk solving? We think there are two really difficult problems that we’re addressing. What is it worth to an advertiser to show an ad to this user, with these […]
David Young is Director of Online Marketing at hotels.com. He recently spoke to AdExchanger.com about data-driven media and his expectations for AdKeeper. hotels.com is one of the initial brands to sign-up for Adkeeper’s “keep” product. Read the release. AdExchanger.com: Thinking about hotels.com marketing, it would seem to be very DR (Direct Response) focused as opposed […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. FTC Speaks, Online Ads Listen Ad Age’s Edmund Lee interviews U.S. Federal Trade Commission chief Jon Leibovitz who says that browser and tech companies have improved in providing transparency around usage of a consumer’s data. But, he adds, “One area that we are concerned […]
The panels continue at 4As Transformation 2011 conference. A morning gathering featured agency leaders on the topic of “Communications Planning” where buy-side agents hover above digital and offline communications strategies on behalf of the marketer. Participants included: Scott Hagedorn, CEO, Annalect (He works with Matt Spiegel of Annnalect Marketplaces and Accuen – OMG’s agency trading […]
The Director of the U.S. Census bureau, Robert Groves, took to the stage at the 4As Transformation 2011 conference to discuss results coming from the 2010 census which will guide the understanding of “media connections” according to Groves. With all the talk about digital, big data, real-time bidding, the 4As takes us back to what […]
Keith Pieper is Founder & CEO of Pretarget, a technology company focused on keyword search for display advertising. AdExchanger.com: You helped found IPG Mediabrands’ agency trading desk Cadreon. Can you talk a little about how and why Cadreon began? KP: In 2006, I was managing a team that serviced dozens of independent advertisers within one […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Google Acquires Content Under the YouTube “label,” Google has acquired Next New Networks according to Claire Cain Miller of The New York Times who writes that its Google’s “biggest effort yet to move beyond short, quirky home videos to professionally produced content.” How about […]
Tolman Geffs is co-President of Jordan Edmiston Group, which offers independent investment banking services to companies within the media and information industries. AdExchanger.com: Do you think the ad tech ecosystem is too crowded? TG: Is it crowded? Absolutely. Will every company that gets funded give a decent return to its VCs? No way. In fact, […]
Yahoo! recently announced that its Yahoo! Labs unit formed a special group seven months ago known as Yahoo! AdLabs whose focus is “to help advertisers get more out of their marketing dollars by combining research and data mining with watching how users interact with ads,” according to Computerworld. Read more about the group’s recent studies […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. MyBuys Hits Funding Motherlode Who buys MyBuys? Nobody yet. Let’s try – who invests in MyBuys? Why, Rho Ventures, which led a $20 million third round of funding for the provider of consumer recommendation services for online retailers, brands and agencies. Also participating were […]
Facebook’s list of approved ad networks for apps still doesn’t include Google’s AdSense. The news continues to swirl as apparently the list was finalized last week according to a post on Slashdot. This remains one, complicated story with huge stakes for both Facebook and Google. And, neither company is talking. Developers are pissed off and […]
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