Google’s DoubleClick announced its new vertical network solution – DoubleClick Network Builder – for large publishers who are using Dart For Publishers (DFP) and looking to juice revenues, leverage their brand name and harness the Long Tail. The “Help” section gives us the lowdown on the new GOOG tool: “In addition to providing network users […]
Nathaniel Turner is Co-Founder, President & COO of Invite Media. AdExchanger.com: What is Invite Media and how did it begin? NT: Invite has built what we call a “universal buying platform,” Bid Manager. In one sentence, Bid Manager allows an agency, ad network or media buyer to automatically buy and manage display media across multiple […]
Those crazy yield optimizers are at it again! Or, are they really ad exchanges waiting in the tall grass? First up, Yield Build. The company led by CEO Paul Edmondson has launched a new premium text ad network for publishers that optimizes Google AdSense ads in combination with somewhat exclusive Microsoft PubCenter ads and produces […]
Ken Barbieri is Vice-President of Business Development at LucidMedia Networks, Inc. and is responsible for developing and growing strategic partnerships with online publishers, advertising networks and advertising exchanges at LucidMedia. AdExchanger.com: How’s business for LucidMedia? Any momentum you can report? KB: At LucidMedia we are having a record year for revenue growth and client acquisition. […]
If you can’t get the consumer to the store, bring the store to the consumer. That’s what Adgregate Markets – which calls itself the “world’s leading transactional ad network” – is doing for Google’s DoubleClick and a slew of others. And it’s run by former AdECN-ers. Already a TechCrunch 50 member, Adgregate has received quite […]
Div Bhansali is director of self-service products for Platform-A, and serves as product manager for Platform-A’s self-service display advertising solutions, BidPlace SB and LeadBack.com. Div came to Platform-A by way of AOL / Advertising.com, where he served as Product Development Director. AdExchanger.com: What is Platform-A’s BidPlace SB and tell us about BidPlace’s product pipeline? DB: […]
After growing its open source ad server “business” for nearly a decade, OpenX (formerly known as OpenAds, which was formerly knows as PHPads) appears to be gaining traction as well as branching out to supply publishers new tools for monetization. Yesterday the company announced impressive growth for its OpenX Hosted (Hosted) and OpenX Download (Download) […]
This is ad exchange-related news, and definitely not an April Fools’ joke. For jokes, go here. Max Kalehoff, Marketing VP at media optimizer Clickable, wrote a piece in MediaPost and on his “Attention Max” blog called, “The Endgame Of Media Buying And Selling” about the coming revolution in digital media: ad exchanges. Except he really […]
Many regional interactive marketing associations are busy with panels and symposia about digital marketing strategy and tactics – even exchanges! The Atlanta Interactive Marketing Association (AIMA – Facebook link) provided a panel to its members on ad networks and exchanges this past week that included Google and Yahoo!. Upcoming, on April 8, the IAB comes […]
After complaints about malware and pornographic ads on its network, Vizi came out with a video yesterday which addresses publisher fraud. As you may recall, Vizi claims that ad network Oridian was serving unwanted pornographic ads via the Right Media Exchange, but has since cut Oridian loose from its network chain. Ad Operations Online’s Otilia […]
