Google has 1,000-plus engineers globally working on display advertising, and now – to hear display ad product chief Neal Mohan tell it – all their hard work is about to pay off. In a presentation to DoubleClick customers today, Mohan will outline imminent plans to consolidate DoubleClick’s fragmented menu of advertiser-facing technologies into a single […]
Google has agreed to buy hosted IM platform Meebo in a deal that signals its growing eagerness to wrap its head (and pocketbook) around social and “earned” media– including how to monetize content-driven brand connections. The purchase price was not disclosed, but in an earlier report about talks between the companies, AllThingsD claimed the price […]
Today, on the Doubleclick Publisher blog, Google released a new report showing a range of display ad trends for publishers using its DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP) ad server, the DoubleClick Ad Exchange, and Google AdSense network. For example, not unexpectedly, Google’s Jonathan Bellack, Director of Product Management, Display Advertising, states, “Sell-through rates (the percentage of […]
Little Rock, Ark.-based Acxiom is the original data management platform. The 42-year-old company has arguably done more than anyone to blend online and offline data sources – for instance by helping automakers compile leads from their own branded sites, car research sites, dealer walk-ins, and other sources. Customers in financial services, media, CPG, and tech, […]
Google has upped the ante in display ad measurement with products in two categories that appear to be gaining traction with large brand advertisers. The new technologies enable campaign reporting based on “viewable” impressions and GRPs, and are baked into DoubleClick’s ad management suite as part of a new product initiative called Brand Activate. The […]
Google’s average click costs slipped further in the first quarter (see the release), continuing a decline that has pleased advertisers and alarmed some investors. Aggregate paid clicks, including both on Google’s sites and its network partners, grew 39 percent over Q1 2011 and 7 percent over the previous quarter. As it did, average cost-per-click fell […]
It’s earnings season! Today, Google was among the first of the big Internet companies to report calendar Q4 2011. It’s interesting to note that Microsoft and IBM decided to report today, too. Conspiracy?!?! Perhaps against Wall Street analysts – a busy day for them. Google CEO Larry Page remarked in the earnings release that the […]
Brad Bender is Director of Product Management for Display at Google. In an interview with AdExchanger.com, Bender recently touched on a few of the highlights from his presentation at the Citi Technology Conference on September 8 in New York City. AdExchanger.com: At the recent Citi tech conference, you were asked how Google would take the […]
What’s this? Have the two rivals made up or established some form of detente? Google now lists Right Media on the approved list for global ad servers through Google Certified Networks. That’s new. And it means that if you’re using Right Media to serve your display ads or serve ads on behalf of clients, you […]
In an interview with AdExchanger.com, sell-side platform CEO Rajeev Goel of PubMatic offered his views on Monday’s acquisition of its competitor Admeld by Google. Read full coverage of the acquisition here. AdExchanger.com: Generally speaking, what is your view on the impact of the acquisition on the ad ecosystem, and publishers specifically? RAJEEV GOEL: An acquisition […]
