In addition to joining its board, Jeff Pullen has been hired as President and COO of AudienceScience, the company announced. Read the release. Pullen discussed his new role and recent experience in the online advertising economy. AdExchanger.com: Where do you begin when putting together a company’s strategic roadmap? In regards to creating AudienceScience’s roadmap, where […]
Zvika Netter is CEO of Innovid, an online video technology platform. AdExchanger.com: How has the company pivoted its strategy since its inception? What have been some of the external factors at work? A year ago, we entered the market with an interactive video platform capable of turning any video into an engaging interactive experience. Towards […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Meeker Means More Mobile In an update to her Internet Report from late last year where she said 2010 would be the year of mobile, Mary Meeker spoke at an event at Google yesterday and delivered an “Internet Trends” report. Fear not, mobile is […]
Ad technology company, Resonate Networks, announced today that in its own study, attitudinal targeting showed up to a 4x lift when compared to demographic targeting. Read the release. Resonate Networks’ CEO Bryan Gernert discussed the finer points of attitudinal targeting. Where does attitudinal targeting fit within psychographic targeting (PeerSet, Mindset Media) and behavioral targeting? Attitudinal […]
Julian Tol is the Founder & CEO of Brandscreen Inc., a digital media trading platform. AdExchanger.com: What problem is Brandscreen solving? JT: The problem we solve is the reduction of transactional friction. Generally speaking, the industry suffers from over-complexity, with online display sales systems built on top of offline technologies. There’s poor visibility for buyers, […]
Alex Willcock is Founder and CEO of Imagini Holdings Limited, an advertising technology company and makers of VisualDNA. AdExchanger.com: Please give us a bit of history about VisualDNA. A new company? Or pivoting for new opportunity? AW: I founded the business because I saw an opportunity to change the relationship between commerce and consumers – […]
Continuing our look at “Transparency and Exchanges” (see post), Yahoo! Right Media‘s Senior Director of Professional Services, Megan Pagliuca, discussed her company’s view in answer to the following question: Regarding the recent dust-up between an ad network and several publishers as highlighted in Mediaweek, is more transparency needed from exchanges, for example? Or should this […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Ad Network And Publishers In Mediaweek Following last week’s article in which Mediaweek reporter Mike Shields identified several publishers who claimed that ad network, InterCLICK, had misrepresented their inventory, this week, each is given the Mediaweek microphone to state their case. Read more. InterCLICK […]
“Data-Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Ajay Sravanapudi, CEO at LucidMedia. Since I run a venture-backed company, I spend more time with venture capitalists than any sane person should. Of late, one topic keeps […]
John D. Corbett, PhD is Co-Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer of aWhere, which provides an analytics platform focused on location intelligence. AdExchanger.com: Please give us a bit of history about aWhere. A new company? Or pivoting for new opportunity? aWhere is a ten year old company that has historically focused on the agribusiness and […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Signs Of Life The Wall Street Journal’s Emily Steel notes that Internet ad spending has re-started its growth trajectory according to new figures from the IAB and Pricewaterhouse Coopers as Q4 2009 spending increased 2.6%. The numbers still pale in comparison to TV dollars […]
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AdExchanger.com reached out to members of the digital advertising ecosystem to explore transparency and the role of exchanges, buyers and sellers of online media and their intermediaries. AdExchanger.com welcomes your comments at the end of this post. The question is as follows: Regarding the recent dust-up between an ad network and several publishers as highlighted […]
ClickForensics released a new quarterly report which looked at fraudulent activity related to user clicks and digital advertising. Read the release. And, download the report (PDF). ClickForensics CEO Paul Pellman discussed the report, its findings and methodology. AdExchanger.com: Why do you think social networks have a lower average click fraud rate than other CPC traffic […]
Following up Merkle’s presentation at the NexTargeting event hosted by [x+1] in March, demand-side platform, [x+1]. announced a broad partnership with customer relationship marketing agency, Merkle, as “the two companies will provide marketers with a truly integrated, analytics-based multichannel approach to customer acquisition.” Read the release. John Nardone, Chairman and CEO of [x+1], discussed the […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Google/AdMob Deal Review The Wall Street Journal looks at the FTC’s inquiry into Google buying AdMob. From a distance, it appears that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission might scuttle the deal due to anti-trust concerns. The WSJ reports, “[The FTC] sent letters to AdMob’s […]
It’s a rumor at this point, but an anonymous source informs AdExchanger.com that a “major” complaint is likely to be filed tomorrow by a consumer organization that “strikes at the heart of real-time bidding.” As many of you know, real-time bidding is believed to provide greater efficiency in digital display advertising by allowing advertisers and […]
“The Sell-Sider” is a column written by the sell-side of the digital media community. Ben Barokas is Chief Revenue Officer of AdMeld, a publisher yield optimization company. The Publisher vs. Ad Network thread is among the industry’s oldest and most provocative. There’s been a requisite panel about it at nearly every conference over the past […]
Walter Knapp is COO of Lijit Networks, a search tool proving analytics to publishers and audience targeting to advertisers. AdExchanger.com: What problem is Lijit solving? It appears to be a couple of problems potentially. WK: You’re right there are really two problems that Lijit solves. The first is for publishers. If you think about it, […]
Will Margiloff, Chairman of Netmining and co-CEO of Innovation Interactive, discussed Netmining’s new SiteInsights product which provides audience insights for a marketer’s campaigns. Read more. AdExchanger.com: Given Netmining’s terminology around “scoring,” do you see the Netmining SiteInsights platform as a solution for lead generation marketers, in particular? WM: We are clearly focused on direct response […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. The RTB Deal On ClickZ, Razorfish’s Matt Greitzer takes a look at real-time bidding and explains the audience-buying meaning: “Real-time bidding, for sure, represents an opportunity to extend micro-segmentation and price de-averaging to the extreme… But, marketers and agencies should be clear on where, […]
Jeremy Helfand, EVP and Chief Sales Officer, at United Online, discussed the company’s new audience-buying platform – Adcurate – which enables audience buying of United Online properties. AdExchanger.com: How will United Online differentiate from competitors such as Fox Audience Network with the Adcurate™ platform? JH: Adcurate is intensely focused on audiences – who they are, […]
“Data Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Rob Leathern, CEO of XA.net, a demand-side platform. The companies like ours that started looking at the buying-side opportunity in display in 2007 were encouraged by what […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Brightcove Gets $12 Million More Bringing its grand total to $99 million in venture capital raised (let’s pass the hat and get ’em up to an even $100 mil), Brightcove announced that it has raised $12 million led by existing investors Accel Partners and […]
“Displaying Search” is a column capturing the intersection of display advertising and search marketing. Today’s column is written by Dax Hamman, VP, Display Media, at iCrossing, a digital marketing agency. Have you stopped and looked at our portion of the industry lately? Have you seen how confusing it really is? Imagine you are a paid […]
Greg Rogers is CEO of Pictela, a brand content distribution platform. AdExchanger.com: How is your Tacoda experience relevant to what you’re doing today with Pictela? GR: At Tacoda we developed a sophisticated targeting engine. Now that the industry can effectively reach the right people, the next step is to build an advanced messaging platform that […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Selling And Exchanges Mediaweek’s Mike Shields says that several financial website publishers – such as Bloomberg, TheStreet.com and WSJ.com – dispute ad network InterCLICK’s assertions that it can re-sell their inventory. interCLICK president, Michael Katz, told Shields that his company had done nothing wrong […]
Florian Kahlert is Vice President of Knowledge Networks, a research company. AdExchanger.com: Knowledge Networks is not just a digitally-focused company. Can you talk about the big picture goals for the company? FK: Knowledge Networks is among the top 15 custom survey research companies in the U.S., and we specialize in solving high-impact business issues. Our […]
IPG Mediabrands’ agency trading desk, Cadreon, recently announced plans to track and verify audience in addition to integrating ad verification vendor technology. Read more on MediaPost. Cadreon’s VP of Media Technology Michael Brunick discussed the latest developments in the holding company’s trading desk strategies. AdExchanger.com: Regarding new audience verification strategy, Cadreon will use “various Research […]
