Vadim Telyatnikov is Founder and CEO of LiftDNA, a yield optimization & data management platform. AdExchanger.com: Can you talk about what inspired you to start LiftDNA? VT: I was inspired to start LiftDNA because of my experience – and success – managing the yield for myYearbook.com. In the early days of the site, there were […]
Dan Salmon is an equity research analyst at BMO Capital Markets and covers advertising and marketing services. Salmon recently discussed with AdExchanger.com his latest analysis of the marketing ecosystem in a research piece titled, “The Race For The Digital Marketing Hub: Version 1.2.” Download it (PDF). AdExchanger.com: From your analyst point-of-view, what’s the biggest surprise […]
Well, if Facebook isn’t going to do it, maybe Twitter will? More data for informing the “interest graph” could be on its way to microblogging service Twitter as the company announced Tuesday its newest “Follow” button – a javascript “widget.” Widget alert! Tags-on-a-page! Twitter’s Brian Ellin explains in a post on his company’s blog: “Using […]
Jim Barkow and Scott Engler are co-founders of Longboard Media, a shopping vertical ad network representing shopping, product review and retail publishers. Barkow spoke to AdExchanger.com about Longboard and its strategy. Click below or scroll down for more: Why Start Longboard Media? Today’s E-Commerce Trends Longboard’s Data Strategy The DSP World And Retargeting Amazon And […]
As reported in today’s news round-up, during a Google “Ad Academy” session in Toronto this week, Traffick blog’s Andrew Goodman noted, “Google’s Jess Olsen soft-announced that Google’s pipeline includes a future capability to include display ad buys through other ad exchanges, not just DoubleClick’s.” Read more. AdExchanger.com asked for clarification from Google and a Google […]
Today, Google announced performance results for Google remarketing offering in AdWords in comparison to standard display advertising. Also, the company announced the pending availability of new enhancements to its remarketing capabilities offered through AdWords on The Google Display Network. This includes adding Teracent to the remarketing toolkit, the company’s dynamic creative technology acquired in 2009. […]
John Bauschard is President of MediaBank Marketplaces and Tim Ogilvie is CEO of AdBuyer.com which was acquired by agency systems company, MediaBank, last week. Ogilvie becomes MediaBank’s new SVP of Product. Read the press release. The two discussed the acquisition and the strategy going-forward. Click below or scroll for more: Why MediaBank Is Buying AdBuyer […]
CEO Bill Wise’s MediaBank announced today that it has acquired demand-side platform AdBuyer.com (Read AdExchanger.com Q&As from 2009 and 2010). According to the MediaBank press release: “MediaBank will make the AdBuyer platform available to MediaBank partners via the MediaBank O|X and A|V media management systems, and will expand AdBuyer’s cross-channel capabilities across all major media—creating […]
At the recent AppNexus Summit, in addition to an announcement by AppNexus regarding new APIs which will allow partners to build their own tools on top of the company’s real-time ad platform, Microsoft outlined its plans for roll-out of its owned-and-operated display inventory through its exchange (see the new product page), which is powered by […]
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?” Cathleen Ryan is Chief Results Officer, MEA | DIGITAL, partner of Arkitektive. Google has been trying to figure out how the get their hands in the brand dollar […]
What happens when an ad tech developer partners with a cybersecurity expert to start a new company? You end up with a consumer product that is both a privacy software service and a programmatic advertising ID.
Alvaro Bedoya shared his qualms with digital advertising’s more controversial targeting tactics and how kids use gen AI and social media.
What can pureplay ad tech companies do to clean up their rep on the Street?
Roku and AppsFlyer announced the launch of a new self-reporting network (SRN) integration between both companies, which will allow mobile app advertisers to more effectively measure their streaming video campaigns
Where the DOJ v. Google ad tech antitrust trial stands after one week’s worth of remedies arguments.
Swish, a startup that partners with retailers to provide product full-size CPG samples to people doing their grocery shopping online, announces $2.3 million in seed funding.
