This morning, Google released information on how publishers maximize revenues using the DoubleClick Ad Exchange as well as other Google products. The post by Neal Mohan, VP of Product Management, on the Google blog includes a one sheeter. View the post here. And, download the one-sheeter here. There’s not much that’s new here except for […]
“Networking” is a column focused on the evolving roles of networks in online advertising. Today’s column is written by Alan Schanzer, Chief Strategy Officer of Undertone Networks. The media landscape continues to evolve as advertisers move away from impression-based demographic buying to audience-centric strategies. This shift recognizes that audiences more accurately reflect potential customers and […]
“Data-Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Scott Portugal, CRO at TRAFFIQ. Audience targeting has come a long way, baby. In the last 5 years, we’ve evolved from simple intra-site and intra-network retargeting to advanced, […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. The Display Comeback Brian Morrissey pens “Display Ads Aim for a Banner Year” on AdWeek and says, “Banner ads, nearly given up for dead, are showing new life thanks to developments in the display ad business that could close the gap between ad spending […]
“Data Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Nat Turner, CEO, at Invite Media. If you asked a group of people in the display industry to pick the biggest theme for display in 2010, I […]
Mpire announced new ad blocking capabilities for its AdXpose product where, “AdXpose analyzes the content on publisher sites in real-time, and cross-references it with the prescribed rules set by the advertiser.” If the content is acceptable, the ad is served. If not, it’s not. Read the release. AdExchanger.com spoke to Mpire CEO Kirby Winfield about […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. ValueClick Sells Lead Gen Biz Valueclick pre-empted its February 16 earnings release announcing that it has sold its Web Clients lead generation business for $45 million according to a release. The company also said that its Q4 2009 revenues will fall a few million […]
Last week, demand-side platform, [x+1], announced Open Data Bridge which it says gives advertisers the ability to “simply integrate and use client and third party data for online targeting.” Read the release. Ken Rona, VP of Data Strategy and Analytics at [x+1] discussed the new product as well as provided insights on the uses of […]
Omar Tawakol, CEO of BlueKai, discussed today’s announcement regarding a new $21 million round of funding (Read the release.) with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: Obviously, this is a big round. What plans can you share regarding future areas of investment at BlueKai and where this round will be funneled? OT: One area in particular will get a […]
Demand-side platform Invite Media issued a release today about its real-time biddable inventory sources which include AdBrite, AdMeld and PubMatic. Read the release. Invite Media COO Nat Turner discussed some of the intricacies of online media buying today with AdExchanger.com. AdExchanger.com: You discuss buying “brand-safe” inventory in your release. How do you determine whether inventory […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Google May Expose AdSense Rev Share Schwaaaa??? From Davos, Switzerland, Jeff Jarvis reports for The Business Insider on Eric Schmidt’s and other Google execs’ meeting with reporters where a Google rep told Jarvis, “They would consider giving more transparency about revenue splits in Adsense.” […]
“Displaying Search” is a column capturing the intersection of display advertising and search marketing. Today’s column is written by Dax Hamman, VP, Display Media, at iCrossing, a digital marketing agency. The average search marketer doesn’t rate display very highly. They operate in a very ROI-orientated world based on hard facts and close to 100% accountability. […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Herman Takes On New Role MDC Partners took another step into digital waters as one of its agencies, Kirschenbaum, Bond, Senecal & Partners (kbs+p), announced a new Chief Digital Media Officer and tapped its own – Varick Media’s president, Darren Herman. According to AdWeek’s […]
Mobile ad network Jumptap announced targeting for the new Apple tablet computer, iPad, yesterday. Read the release. AdExchanger.com discussed the new iPad and the advertising opportunity enabled by it with Jumptap CMO Paran Johar. AdExchanger.com: What makes the Apple iPad (or tablet) a “mobile” opportunity? For Jumptap, what are the key differences of the iPad […]
Adam Cahan is CEO of Auditude which provides a technology platform for video management and monetization. AdExchanger.com: Please provide some background. How did Auditude begin? AC: Auditude was founded in 2005 around our Content ID/fingerprinting technology. In 2007, we took our first round of institutional financing and began to build the team we have in […]
AdRoll announced a new, self-service retargeting solution which it says has resulted in up to a 30% performance improvement when buying cross-platform. Read the release. AdRoll CEO Aaron Bell spoke with AdExchanger.com about the new product called Roundtrip and retargeting, in general. AdExchanger.com: You identify “cross-platform retargeting” (i.e. retargeting across multiple ad networks and exchanges) in […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. The “I”s Have It Jules Polenetsky of the Future Of Privacy Forum is hoping that a new “i” image will be the indicator light for consumers telling them that they’re seeing an online ad due to behavioral, cookie-based targeting. Stephanie Clifford covers the story […]
Vlad Stesin is VP, Strategy at BLOOM Digital Platforms, makers of AdGear, an ad serving platform. AdExchanger.com: Please discuss AdGear. How did it start? And what challenge is AdGear trying to solve? The team working on the platform has built and operated the proprietary ad serving infrastructure at Cossette, Canada’s largest independent advertising agency. We’ve […]
Turn announced feature upgrades to its demand-side platform as well as an agency holding company client win in Omnicom Media Group in a release today. Regarding the upgrades, the company said, “Capabilities include single-click deployment across all real-time bidding (RTB) inventory sources, automated budget allocation and a new audience extension technology.” Read the release. AdExchanger.com […]
Online targeting data provider, eXelate, and Invite Media, a demand-side platform, announced an agreement in which “Invite Media customers gain both seamless access to eXelate data across multiple media exchanges including Right Media, Google DoubleClick’s Ad Exchange, AdBrite, AppNexus, AdMeld, PubMatic and others, as well as dynamic insight reporting indicating the audience characteristics that are […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. VivaKi Ventures Transitions VivaKi Ventures has transitioned from the investment phase to the integration phase according to a ClickZ article by Zach Rodgers. Rodgers says that VivaKi investments such as Adap.tv, Aggregate Knowledge, Tumri and others will continue to be integrated into the VivaKi […]
Scott Meyer is CEO of Better Advertising, a company focused on provide a solution for privacy self-regulation for the online advertising industry. AdExchanger.com: Please discuss your background and how it brings you to where you are today. SM: I’ve been in the digital media business since 1998, including eight years with The New York Times […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Blodget, Calacanis Take On ComScore Henry Blodget and Jason Calacanis are on a war path! In a diatribe he published in his newsletter and then personal blog, entrepreneur Jason Calacanis is calling for a boycott of ComScore saying the audience measurement firm is a […]
“Displaying Search” is a column capturing the intersection of display advertising and search marketing. Today’s column is written by Justin Merickel, VP of New Product Development and Marketing at Efficient Frontier, a search engine marketing solutions company. The other day a group of us at Efficient Frontier gathered in a conference room to discuss display […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Google Reports Q4 And Talks Display Google reported its q4 2009 earnings after the market closed yesterday and though the company made an impressive profit, it wasn’t as much as some expected. Paul Kedrosky posts JP Morgan’s thoughts on the results on his blog […]
The digital advertising start-up world continues to play its siren song as the résumé pages of LinkedIn reveal moves and machinations within the industry. Over at Google’s DoubleClick Ad Exchange, Lauren Nemeth has left the building to take on the Director of Sales role at AppNexus. Highly respected within Big G, Nemeth brings her high-level […]
The demand-side platform (DSP) leaderboard just added another competitor as LucidMedia says publicly for the first time that it, too, has a DSP solution – in fact, they’ve had it for over a year now according to the company. With more details on the way in the coming weeks, LucidMedia CEO Ajay Sravanapudi discussed demand-side […]
Pubmatic has released its latest Ad Price Index focusing on “premium publishers.” According to the report, CPM pricing has been moving up. Read the release. And, download the report (PDF). AdExchanger.com spoke to PubMatic’s CEO Rajeev Goel about the report. AdExchanger.com: In your estimation, what’s the biggest “a ha!” in the report? RG: The most […]
Rather than relying on machine learning, SQREEM uses a mathematical AI model to track how systems change over time and predict audience behavior.
Given how much the market has changed since the Google trial began, and the wiggle room in the ruling itself, publishers aren’t expecting much relief from the court’s behavioral remedies.
Indie agency KWG says sell-side curation can target more high-performing inventory with better match rates and lower data fees than buy-side curation.
Infillion checked in with its latest acquisition on Friday: Foursquare. Apparently, if there’s a strategically interesting or distressed ad tech asset on the market, Infillion will find it.
A week ago, HBO MAX had its verified Reddit account overrun by a hacker group, which eluded notice for two days while it ran 108 different ad permutations targeting an unknown number of Redditors.
Adapting other channels’ strategies might be what gaming platforms need to do to get advertisers comfortable spending more. Leaning into gaming’s differentiators will come later, after bigger budgets arrive.
