The end of the year brings with it a ton of online advertising industry events. I looked forward to this year's crop with the goal of finding something that ad operations professionals from publishers could use to bring value to their companies. It seems to me that the majority of…
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As we all know, display advertising can be operationally difficult across numerous elements. For advertisers, complexities arise in buying inventory, reaching the right users, and understanding the effectiveness of campaigns. With the proliferation of ad networks (over 600 globally), it’s not getting any easier. And the media industry continues to…
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We’re all familiar with content tagging; it’s a way to categorize content based on the topics it relates to. For example, this post uses tags such as semantic web, content, content tagging, metadata, ontology, semantic tagging. Using tags in this basic way helps optimize your site for search engines and…
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If small budget advertisers are complaining about the number of clicks reported by your ad server not matching with their Referring Sites report in Google Analytics, it can be addressed by one of two ways: change the CTU (Click Through URL) and advise the client of what to look for…
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This past Wednesday, AdMonsters hosted our 8th Leadership Forum in the U.S. at the Desmond Tutu Center in New York. The Leadership Forum is a unique event in that it brings senior Ad Operations leaders from publishers, agencies, networks and vendors together into one room to discuss the topics of…
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If I asked you, right now, to explain your organization's cancellation or make-good policy – could you do it? Do you know who owns it, who is responsible for regular validation and who has the authority to change this policy? If you answered "no" to any of these questions, then…
Read More"Six months ago very few people were talking about verification services. Now, the market is flooded with a dozen companies offering competing services. There are clearly issues being brought to light that buyers and sellers need to contend with." - David Cohen, EVP, US Director of Digital Communications at UM.Overview…
Read MoreOnline Webcast: October 26, 2010 at 1pm EST.OverviewAs brand safety and verification services have taken off in the online advertising space, most networks are simply reacting to this change in how business is done. Others have seen that they can provide a competitive advantage, increase CPMs and help manage…
Read MoreOverviewA huge component of any Ad Operations team’s success is the implementation of the ad tags on the sites they are responsible for. Ad tags must be properly placed and pass the correct information to the ad server to enable reliable inventory forecasting and to create ad products for sales…
Read MoreOverviewFor many publisher Ad Operations leaders, 2009 was an unfortunate 'break' from managing growth in online advertising. Heading into the new year, there is a renewed - yet guarded - optimism that things will get back on track. It's time for Ad Operations professionals to be strategic and help set…
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