The need for addressability has been a rallying cry among advertisers for the past five years. But clinging to outdated notions of addressability means overlooking the broader needs of today’s modern media landscape.
We’re less than 6,500 hours from the single most significant third-party signal loss our industry has faced: the end of the Chrome third-party cookie. And it’s time for us all to stop hopping from lily pad to lily pad looking for Band-Aids. There are proven solutions to this signal loss – ones that offer the advertising performance and measurability we collectively need. In particular, authenticated inventory offers publishers and advertisers the ability to reach premium, authenticated audiences, driving better results and building stronger relationships with consumers.
The app-based phone service TextNow, which offers free calls and texting subsidized by ads, is especially vulnerable to the ongoing deprecation of mobile device IDs. So TextNow started testing alternate IDs, turning to InMobi’s UnifID and LiveRamp’s Authenticated Traffic Solution (ATS) and RampID.
“Calm down.” That’s Magnite CTO Tom Kershaw’s advice, dished out at the IAB’s virtual Annual Leadership Meeting on Tuesday. “If a single blog post from one company about not supporting something sends us all into a frenzy where we think we’re going to lose our minds – perhaps we’re falling off track,” Kershaw said. That’s […]
This article is sponsored by LiveRamp. After an unprecedented 2020, this year has already seen a series of announcements around the impending end of third-party cookies, restrictions on mobile IDs and potential solutions. As the ad ecosystem evolves rapidly, it’s clear there is an immediate need for identity solutions that restore consumer trust, are durable […]
