I’ve been asked by several publishers what I think about viewable impressions. While there has been lots of press extolling its virtues and equal amounts of questions and concerns about the implications, there hasn’t been a realistic discussion of how to manage the pricing of viewable impressions (VI). A core selling…
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Most CFOs and CEOs don’t like surprises. Wall Street doesn’t either.If you’re an online publisher, what’s likely got you scrambling now is the IAB/4A’s/ANA timeline for viewable impressions: starting Q1, parallel reporting begins. Not only will publishers be expected to report served impressions the same way as the past decade—publishers…
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The online advertising industry, which subsidizes the commercial Internet consumers love today, is rightfully concerned about the recent announcement about Microsoft Internet Explorer 10’s default settings.“Do Not Track” (DNT) would remain the default setting in IE10, with consumers able to disable it only through a “custom” setting.Make no mistake: Microsoft’s…
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The topic of viewable impressions caused quite a stir this spring at both the IAB Leadership Conference and AdMonsters' Publisher Forum in Palm Springs this past March. I've heard some suggest methods for ensuring display impressions are actually seen are the "new verification" in terms of confusion and controversy over…
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