Now that California’s Attorney General Xavier Becerra has released a draft of rules to guide companies on California Consumer Privacy Act compliance and the state’s Governor Gavin Newsom has signed seven amendments providing more clarity and lessening some short-term pains around CCPA compliance, word on the street is that initial compliance…
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If anything, the last few years of programmatic have demonstrated just how vulnerable the real-time bidding environment is to subtle, behind-the-scenes changes that can distort campaign performance, create discrepancies in reported data, and ultimately waste ad dollars.
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Increasingly, mobile isn’t just consumers’ first choice for media, but their only choice. Consider that 61% of Gen Z consumers believe watching videos on a phone is “as good as watching TV.” And, according to recent research from Zenith, consumers are expected to increase their mobile internet usage to 930…
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In digital advertising, the sovereignty of a blockchain isn’t required to track impressions, counter ad fraud or help consumers regain control of their privacy. Thus the work required to set up a blockchain and maintain consensus isn’t worthwhile. Simple permissioned ledgers will do the job just fine. These ledgers, and…
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Life comes at you fast—in no area is that truer than media sales. The last few decades have a been a roller coaster of disruption, and it doesn't look like the industry will get a chance to catch its breath anytime soon. As a guide to keep pace with this…
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2020 is bringing changes to data, privacy, and transparency, and publishers are faced with navigating an uncertain future. With Google's unified pricing rules and move to first-price auctions, new (and upcoming) data and privacy regulations, and the potential of a cookieless ecosystem, publishers are feeling the pressure to adjust their…
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The question long asked at AdMonsters events: why does the ad quality burden falls solely on publishers? Fortunately, that weight is finally being shared by others in the supply chain. Slowly but surely, exchanges and SSPs are starting to take responsibility when it comes to supporting ad quality in the ecosystem.…
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There were quite a few recurring themes that emerged from last week's Advertising Week New York 2019 (henceforth referred to as #AWNewYork) that struck me as being of great interest to folks in the ad operations and ad tech communities. So after gobbling up all of the information and digesting…
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Remember the Sizmek debacle? This awkward state of affairs really got me thinking about the word “partnership” and how disposable a word it has become in our industry, says AdMonsters Chairman, Rob Beeler. Someone can have 10-to-15 header-bidding “partners,” but all that means is you’ve got contracts with that number…
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Producing the highest bid from demand sources ultimately leads to increased latency, given the amount of time it takes for multiple auctions to take place at once. A recent report from MonetizeMore shows exactly how publishers who set aggressive timeouts—around 500-600ms—to improve page loads end up missing out on the…
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