“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. As more inventory becomes available programmatically in CTV, the issue of ad quality is coming up more often. Publishers, concerned about the messaging in ads being delivered, increasingly rely on DSPs and SSPs to filter out ad content that […]
Ad verification and measurement provider Integral Ad Science went public Wednesday after filing an S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this month. The New York-based company began trading on the Nasdaq at $18 per share – above the initial $15 to $17 price range – raising $270 million through the sale of 15 million […]
Ad verification company DoubleVerify went public on Wednesday, a month after it filed an S-1, and a week after it set the terms for the IPO, which had it valued at $4.2 billion. However, the company’s stock opened at $35 a share – nearly 30% above its IPO price – valuing the company at more […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. TikTocking Dollars TikTok wants in on the ecommerce action that has skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s introducing new ad formats designed for purchase conversions on the platform. Business Insider reports that the Chinese video app plans to roll out new tools l that […]
In the days after the Jan. 6 mob attack on the US Capitol – fueled in large part by former President Trump’s false claims of election fraud – advertisers quickly paused their ad spending amid the heightened sensitivity. By most accounts, the ads were pulled back for 24 to 48 hours by brands and agencies, […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Breaking Big Tech? A set of strict new EU privacy laws now under discussion could be the basis for breaking up the big tech platforms, Business Insider reports. The first drafts of the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act (DMA) were unveiled […]
Ad tech vet Mark Zagorski will be the new CEO of ad verification company DoubleVerify starting July 21, the company said Thursday. Zagorski and DoubleVerify declined to comment. The CEO position at DoubleVerify opened up in early March, when its previous leader Wayne Gattinella resigned after The New York Post published a salacious article about […]
Facebook invited three new third-party ad verification partners into its inner sanctum on Tuesday – further evidence that what the buy side demands, the buy side gets. Integral Ad Science, comScore and Nielsen will now be able to verify viewability and attention metrics for display and video ads on Facebook, including mobile web and in-app. […]
Media buyers and suppliers are now authorized to transact on viewable impressions, but how many are even using this form of tracking? To measure the adoption of viewability tracking and other forms of verification among national and global advertisers, AdExchanger recently worked with ad analytics firm Moat. We supplied Moat with a list of 100 […]
As marketers push for greater ROI and accountability, demand naturally rises for tools that can ascertain whether a campaign reached its audience. This is driving a boom in the ad verification sub-sector, and some turf wars as well. Witness last week’s counter-suit by analytics provider Moat against comScore over patent violations, which was a reaction […]
Yesterday, media measurement firm comScore acquired ad verification firm AdXpose (formerly mPire) for $22 million. Read more. Anne Hunter, VP, Ad Effectiveness at comScore, discussed the acquisition and its implications. AdExchanger.com: This is a relatively small acquisition in terms of dollars. Why not build out versus buy AdXpose? AH: The products available via comScore AdEffx […]
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 […]
There appears to be good momentum in digital advertising for ad verification solutions, but where does it all end up? Can a “point solution” evolve into a sustainable, long-term business within the ad technology stack? I’d argue more “points” will need to be added – especially if these companies want to “exit.” But first, let […]
Today, during ClickZ’s Connected Marketing Week in San Francisco which brought together name-your-digital-pleasure marketers to discuss their respective marketing channel, ClickZ and the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) also co-sponsored an Ad Networks & Exchanges event. Editor’s note: It would seem the name of this type of IAB event may need to evolve. Demand-side platforms don’t […]
