Did Apple deal a death blow to the IDFA, the identifier used by the mobile ecosystem to understand app audiences? Not yet – but according to senior editor Allison Schiff, the tech giant certainly shined a light on it at its developer conference Monday. As Allison reported, Apple didn’t end the IDFA as some speculated […]
On Monday, Activision Blizzard Media, the advertising and media arm within Activision Blizzard (parent company to juggernaut game studio King), launched King’s Council, a panel comprised of around 5,000 of its most engaged and active players across the United States and the United Kingdom. The purpose is to conduct user research and to test ad […]
When Facebook, Google or Instagram approve of an engagement-boosting tactic, they usually describe it with positive words, such as “organic” or “authentic.” Tactics they forbid, however – generally unilaterally and sometimes without warning – are characterized as “unnatural” and whoever uses them is a “schemer” or an “offender.” Most news articles covering these guideline changes unquestioningly adopt […]
AdExchanger Research analyst Catherine Oddenino reports on publisher trends in the programmatic advertising ecosystem in her recently-released report, “The State of Programmatic Selling 2015.” Among Ms. Oddenino’s findings:
“Marketer’s Note” is a weekly column informing marketers about the rapidly evolving, digital marketing technology ecosystem. It is written by Joanna O’Connell, Director of Research, AdExchanger Research. Today marks the release of AdExchanger Research’s inaugural State of Programmatic Media report. Based on data gleaned from more than 450 completed surveys and a range of in-depth […]
Pure-play firms reign supreme in a new Forrester evaluation of attribution vendors, released this morning. After ranking eight vendors – a blend of specialized firms and large analytics companies with attribution on the menu – the researcher placed the one-note singers at the front of the choir. All five specialists – Visual iQ, Adometry, ClearSaleing, […]
The research team at agency ZenithOptimedia is predicting 4.7% ad spend growth in 2012 in spite of global, bubbling economic turmoil. In a post on the agency’s blog, ZenithOptimedia’s Head of Forecasting, Jonathan Barnard, says, “This acceleration in global expenditure is the result of the ‘quadrennial’ effect and Japan’s recovery from the effects of the […]
Research agency Millward Brown (part of WPP Group) and Kantar Media Cymfony announced yesterday what it calls “a new suite of online listening solutions merging Kantar Media Cymfony’s analysis of social media and online discussion with Millward Brown’s brand and communications research.” Read the release. Ann Green, Partner, Client Solutions at Millward Brown discussed the […]
Affectiva, a Waltham, Massachussetts-based company which “provides tools for measuring emotion with electrodermal testing & face expression recognition,” recently announced a new round of funding with investors that include WPP Group’s Kantar unit and Myrian Capital. Read the release. Affectiva’s tech grew out of research from the MIT Media Lab. Dave Berman, CEO of Affectiva, […]
The research team at ZenithOptimedia reported yesterday that “total internet ad spend to grow 12.6%, 15.8% and 16.1% in 2011, 2012 and 2013. The brightest spot in terms of online ad growth will be online video.” Read more on Radio & Television Business Report. Jonathan Barnard, Head of Forecasting at Publicis’ ZenithOptimedia, discussed the latest […]
Yahoo! recently announced that its Yahoo! Labs unit formed a special group seven months ago known as Yahoo! AdLabs whose focus is “to help advertisers get more out of their marketing dollars by combining research and data mining with watching how users interact with ads,” according to Computerworld. Read more about the group’s recent studies […]
Ari Paparo, EVP, Product Leadership at Nielsen, a media research and measurement firm, recently discussed with AdExchanger.com his new role, Nielsen’s initiatives in the digital space and his experience as an advertising product leader at Google. AdExchanger.com: Tell us about your new role and its responsibilities. AP: I’m in charge of online audience measurement and […]
It’s time to gather up the most recent Q&As and send them out into the wild! Get insights and info from members of the digital ad ecosystem including publishers, advertisers, agencies, ad tech and data companies. AdExchanger.com presents Volume II of its Q&A report, a 271-page publication consisting of all the Q&A interviews on the […]
WPP Group’s Kantar Media announced that it introducing Internet ad network competitive tracking reporting. This data is the first by a research provider to offer detailed insight into the companies, advertisers and products running on ad networks.” Read more on Research Magazine. Research SVP Jon Swallen of Kantar Media North America discussed the new product. […]
In a discussion with AdExchanger.com, Emarketer‘s senior online advertising analyst, David Hallerman, looks at display advertising and current challenges in display ad research today. AdExchanger.com: Briefly, what does eMarketer’s most recent research say about expected ad spending trends in online display? And what are the drivers? Trends in online display ad spending point to its […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. TV Needs To Sell In Real-Time The Wall Street Journal’s Suzanne Vranica and Sam Schechner are reporting that the TV upfront for the four big networks is going to crater a whopping 10-15% – at least – as buyers like HP (quoted for the […]
