If you thought GDPR and CCPA added complexity to the digital advertising ecosystem, brace yourself: they were just the tip of the iceberg. Today, 69% of countries have adopted consumer data privacy legislation, and 10% have legislation under review. Only 5% of the world has no legislation whatsoever. Do these…
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As 2021 comes to a close, it's time to reflect on the top trends that set the tone for digital media and ad tech throughout the year. From Chrome's on-again, off-again cookie cutoff to Apple's privacy updates to mass confusion surrounding developing solid first-party data and identity strategies to the…
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How can publishers future proof their businesses by turning requests coming in from advertisers into privacy-first, first-party data strategies, especially as the third-party cookie goes away? That's exactly what attendees learned at our recent webinar — No Third-party Cookies, No Problem: Ranker on First-party Data in a Privacy-safe World —…
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What is zero-party data? Ask ten people (well, not ANY ten people; ten adtech dweebs) and you’ll get ten different answers—along with some medium-to-heavy ridicule. Zero-party data is still a relatively new concept (having been coined a scant three years ago), and adtech likes to take its time settling into new ideas.…
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The sheer number of proposed solutions to the third-party cookie almost guarantees that there will be no single winner and that publishers will need to adopt a multi-point approach to meet the needs of their ad partners. Figuring out what that exact approach needs to be will require serious testing…
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Now that third-party cookies are going to take a little longer to expire and Google’s FLoC Origin Trials have sent the tech giant back to the drawing board, a lot of publishers are thinking they can start resting on their laurels. That would be a big mistake. There’s actually no…
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We spoke with Dev Pragad, CEO Newsweek, about how the publisher is building better relationships with their audience toward the goal of zero-party data exchange, as well as how they're using LiveRamp's Authenticated Traffic Solution (ATS) to drive CPMs. We also spoke with Scott Howe, CEO of LiveRamp, to learn more…
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In a cookieless, privacy-centric future, you need to focus on first-party data. But focusing on first-party data is a broad statement that can easily leave you asking what exactly does that mean we should do? There are 6 steps to making sure your organization is able not only to function…
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Without a cookie reprieve, digital advertising and media monetization will most likely rely on a number of alternatives going forward, and first-party data, in particular, will be key to any future strategies. Harnessing first-party data at scale will ensure marketers can keep delivering relevant and engaging ads across the web…
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The Tech Lab's Open Source Initiative will make the code and guidelines of ad tech projects — like UID 2's Open Source ID framework, proof of concept libraries for implementing authenticated connections using Ads.cert, and brand suitability test benchmarks — available to everyone, all in one place.
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