A couple of weeks ago, Google announced its new Doubleclick Digital Marketing platform which further integrates DoubleClick ad products and begins to offer the promise of efficient cross-channel buying across media channels such as display and search. Many in the industry, particularly privately, see an inevitability in Google corralling much of the data-driven, display ad […]
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 […]
On Monday, Google announced the acquisition of Admeld, a sell-side platform which includes RTB’d inventory, real-time bidded tools for publishers and a list of big brand publisher clients. Read yesterday’s coverage. We asked a selection of ad industry participants their views on the following question: “What’s your take on Google’s acquisition of AdMeld?” Click below […]
Google VP of Product Neal Mohan, who helps drive advertising product strategy at the company, spoke to AdExchanger.com about today’s announcement regarding the acquisition of sell-side platform Admeld. AdExchanger.com: What will happen to the Admeld team post-acquisition? NM: One of the big drivers of the acquisition is, in fact, the team. We were incredibly impressed […]
According to The Official Google blog, Google has purchased AdMeld for a still-to-be disclosed sum. From the Google blog post and VP Neal Mohan: “By combining Admeld’s services, expertise and technology with Google’s offerings, we’re investing in what we hope will be an improved era of flexible ad management tools for major publishers. Together with […]
According to TechCrunch’s Mike Arrington, multiple sources tell him that sell-side platform AdMeld is being acquired for $400 million by Google – a very healthy number – especially if previous rumors of $150-200 million were true and AdMeld held out for more. Also, as Arrington points out, the company raised only $30 million in venture […]
PaidContent’s David Kaplan has a look at the one-year anniversary of Google’s acquisition of Invite Media with its co-founder Zach Weinberg who tells Kaplan that Invite has “largely been ‘left alone’ in terms of conducting its business.” Read it. At yesterday’s Conversational Media Summit, Google exec Neal Mohan said, “Invite Media has been one of […]
The Conversational Marketing Summit continued for a second day at the Hudson Theater in New York City as Internet Week hurtled along. In the late morning, “The Charlie Rose of New Media” – a.k.a. Federated Media‘s John Battelle – proceeded with his long list of interviewees as Google VP of Product Neal Mohan became his […]
AdExchanger.com asked ad industry executives: “What’s your take on Google announcing yesterday that it is now selling guaranteed ‘premium’ inventory from publishers on the Google Display Network?” John Montgomery is COO, North America of GroupM Interaction, a WPP Company. “This is a beta program running across a few verticals. Google appears to be pursuing the […]
Facebook’s list of approved ad networks for apps still doesn’t include Google’s AdSense. The news continues to swirl as apparently the list was finalized last week according to a post on Slashdot. This remains one, complicated story with huge stakes for both Facebook and Google. And, neither company is talking. Developers are pissed off and […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. AOL Agonistes There is something about AOL’s mystique that seems to attract a lot of deep thinking and furrowed brows about its future. The company, which has been around almost as long as the modern Internet, has gone through many faces and phases: Internet […]
From the Official Google blog, Google exchange strategy takes center stage as VP of Product Management Neal Mohan announces the publication of a new whitepaper which reaffirms what he says is the contribution which the DoubleClick Ad Exchange is making to the advertising ecosystem. Read the post. And, download the paper. (PDF) Mohan notes the […]
Henrique de Castro is VP of Global Media and Platforms at Google. He recently discussed the Google DoubleClick Ad Exchange and other key elements of the company’s display strategy with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: For Google, can you qualify the strategic value of the DoubleClick Ad Exchange and what it represents? HdC: Display is a huge engine […]
All Things D’s Peter Kafka reports that AppNexus direct access to Google DoubleClick Ad Exchange display ad inventory has been cut-off temporarily for what appears to be one of two reasons – which actually may be intertwined. Kafka quotes a Google spokesperson who suggests there may have been something going on with an unidentified campaign(s) […]
VivaKi Nerve Center CEO Curt Hecht discussed his company’s relationship with Google as well as Publicis/VivaKi’s strategy for pursuing this key relationship as it looks to provide audience-driven buying services to VivaKi member media agencies. Hecht also addressed a recent TechCrunch report that intimated rebates may be a part of VivaKi’s deal with Google. AdExchanger.com: […]
Last Thursday’s blowout quarter from Google included several highlights announced on the conference call (see transcript from Seeking Alpha): Search Retargeting – CEO Eric Schmidt still says “no”: “We have a pretty strong opinion that we are not going to do very much of it. The reason is that we take our end user data […]
Scott Spencer, Group Product Manager, DoubleClick Ad Exchange and Jason Miller, Group Product Manager, Google Display Network discussed the display media space as well as DoubleClick Ad Exchange enhancements with AdExchanger.com today. AdExchanger.com: What is Google announcing today? SCOTT SPENCER: Basically, we’re going to be rolling out a few more tools to help DoubleClick Ad […]
Terence Kawaja is Managing Director of GCA Savvian, an investment bank, which “acted as exclusive financial advisor to Invite Media, Inc. and assisted in the negotiations” between Google and Invite Media. Google acquired Invite Media last week. AdExchanger.com: Why do you think Google bought Invite Media? TK: I will let Google answer that but Invite […]
Mediabrands’ Cadreon CEO Brendan Moorcroft offered his reaction to the recent acquisition of Invite Media by Google which was announced last week: “Google’s purchase of Invite Media marks an exciting time for the digital technology and media marketplace. One of the leading technology powerhouses in the industry has now solidified their commitment to an open […]
AdExchanger.com surveyed executives from the digital ad world regarding their opinion on the recent acquisition of Invite Media by Google which was announced yesterday. What are your thoughts about Google’s acquisition of Invite Media? Any concerns? Matt Spiegel, CEO, Omnicom Media Group Will Margiloff, co-CEO, Innovation Interactive Bill Demas, CEO, Turn Tim Ogilvie, CEO, AdBuyer.com […]
As previously noted, Google announced that it has acquired demand-side platform Invite Media for a rumored $40-81 million depending on who you talk to. In a post on the DoubleClick Advertiser Blog, VP of Product Neal Mohan said: “The team at Invite Media has developed technology that enables advertisers and agencies to use “real time […]
