Online Advertising

AdExchanger.com recently asked several members of the advertising ecosystem about “Middlemen” and, specifically: “Are there too many parties trying to insert themselves into the online advertising value chain? How do you see this playing out?” The following contribution is an agency perspective from MDC Partners’ Darren Herman, founder Varick Media Management & Chief Digital Media […]

AdExchanger.com recently asked several members of the advertising ecosystem about “Middlemen” and, specifically: “Are there too many parties trying to insert themselves into the online advertising value chain? How do you see this playing out?” Over the next several days, we will post their answers. The following contributions are from Google and Yahoo! which provide […]

Jim Ewel is CEO of Adometry, which provides verification and effectiveness metrics products for display advertising. AdExchanger.com: What gave the team the idea for Adometry?  And, what problem is Adometry solving? JE: Our founders, John Dietz and Rob Perrier, had built a large-scale ad server for a major publisher.  They understood that the kind of […]

DoubleVerify, an online advertising verification company, announced today that it has raised $10 million in Series B financing from Institutional Venture Partners. Read the release. Oren Netzer, CEO of DoubleVerify, discussed the raise and the company’s plans. AdExchanger.com: What were the key characteristics you were searching for in a funding partner? ON: We wanted an […]

Netezza recently announced its Netezza TwinFin(i) Appliance which extends data warehousing capabilities and supports the company’s i-Class data analytics platform. (Read the release about i-Class.) The company’s products are gaining traction with digital advertising tech companies as requisite computational power rockets. Netezza’s Brad Terrell, VP and general manager of digital media, and Michele Chambers, director […]

Mpire announced a new API which provides “advanced reporting capabilities” from AdXpose, Mpire’s campaign verification and optimization technology, on such data points as domain verification, location on the page, geographic location of the user, user demographic and page or site context.  Read the release. Mpire President and CRO Kirby Winfield shared his thoughts with AdExchanger.com […]

Jeff Zwelling is CEO and Co-Founder of Convertro, a marketing metrics attribution company. AdExchanger.com: What problem is Convertro trying to solve? JZ: Marketers today are in large part “flying blind” when it comes to properly allocating their marketing dollars among their various marketing channels. I say this because most advertisers are relying upon outdated tracking […]

OpenAmplify recently announced research which showed that by using the company’s semantic technology, it was able to discover engagement levels for certain brand ads – such as Audi ads after the Super Bowl, in this case. Read the release. Mark Redgrave, CEO of OpenAmplify, discussed the findings with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: Are brands such as Audi […]

AdExchanger.com discussed TagMan‘s new funding announcement (See release.) and recent momentum with Jonathan Baron, co-founder and general manager of Tagman. AdExchanger.com: What attributes did you look for in a funding partner?  How have you found the funding climate? JB: We sought partners that had an understanding of the online ad marketplace such that they could […]

James Beriker was named CEO of Dapper, an online advertising technology company. Beriker’s previous roles include CEO at Efficient Frontier, a search engine marketing firm. See the story. Beriker discussed Dapper and his experience with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: AdWeek quoted you as saying, “It’s [the] beginning days of display is a very powerful direct response channel.” […]