Forrester released its first SSP wave since 2014 last week, and there’s a surprise. The research firm ranked Google – whose sell-side ad tech platform is facing federal antitrust charges – as a mere challenger.
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. More Like Fixalate, Amiright? Pixalate just published its October made-for-advertising (MFA) report. And it isn’t pulling punches. Most MFA reports don’t detail revenue contributions by specific media companies or SSPs. Or, if they do, it’s just to pick on Google. Pixalate does pick […]
Google announced it will add the Optimized Pricing feature to its current ad inventory pricing model, Unified Pricing Rules (UPR), for all publishers. The idea is to protect the value of publisher inventory by preventing buyers from purchasing it for less than what it’s worth, writes Kean Wang, VP of product and strategy at Intowow. But how will Google determine inventory worth when it provides services for both publishers and buyers?
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The Path Less Traveled More publishers have signed up for OpenPath, The Trade Desk’s direct buy-to-sell-side integration. Since launching in February, TTD says it’s “registered interest” (interesting turn of phrase) in OpenPath from more than 100 publishers. The latest crop to, uh, register […]
Google’s FLEDGE proposal presents an opportunity for a more transparent bidding process. But there are concerns around whether FLEDGE will treat all supply-side platforms (SSPs) equally in programmatic auctions within Google’s marketplace, writes RTB House’s Lukasz Wlodarczyk. Remember Google’s secret Jedi Blue agreement with Meta (formerly known as Facebook)?
The UK boycott of YouTube and the Google Display Network jumped the pond Wednesday when AT&T, Verizon and Johnson & Johnson joined the ever-growing pile-on of advertisers suspending their ad spend over brand safety concerns. But the issue at the heart of this developing scandal – ads appearing next to extremist and offensive content – […]
From a certain point of view, it’s surprising car-shopping site Edmunds.com took the plunge into programmatic selling at all. During the annual upfronts, much of its inventory sells out, including homepage placements, sponsorships, key sections and so-called “conquest” opportunities. Car manufacturers and dealerships prize the inventory because more than half of those browsing the site end […]
For the past year, executives at The New York Times Company speaking on its quarterly earnings calls have singled out a particular challenge for the newspaper publisher’s display ad business: programmatic media buying methods. With this month’s hire of online ad veteran Matt Prohaska as programmatic advertising director, the NYT still regards exchange and automated […]
Hello, search engine marketers. This one’s for you. Media traders, you may like this, too. There is no question that search engine marketing is a lucrative field that positions marketers as gatekeepers to the bottom of the digital purchase funnel for clients. Whether through organic listings using search engine optimization (SEO) techniques or through pay […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. AdSense Thru DoubleClick’s Ad Exchange! It’s official! Well, almost. The AdSense blog announced late Tuesday that ad networks will now be buying AdSense inventory through an open auction. That can only mean one thing: Google’s DoubleClick Ad Exchange – AdEx 2.0 – lives. From […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. The Vertical State of the Display Ad Market In a piece by MediaWeek’s Mike Shields, Adify is reporting that display ad prices are rebounding and names categories such as Real Estate ($6.49 CPMs in Q2, was half that in Q4 2008) and Sports ($7.09 […]
