To my knowledge no one goes into ad operations to practice law. It was certainly the last thing on my mind when I started back in 1999, but I quickly found myself having to navigate T&Cs, IOs and the occasional client-signed PowerPoint slide printout. As if that wasn’t tough enough,…
Read More
The Viewable Impression is all the rage lately. It’s been blogged about, discussed in private industry meetings, debated on conference panels, and included in client planning decks. The concept makes perfect sense: eliminate all the wasted impressions, and pay for only those that are in view of the user’s browser.…
Read More
Somehow on May 26, when the UK's version of the dreaded EU Cookie Directive came into force, the Internet did not crumble and burn to ashes. That could be partially credited to the last-minute (almost literally) addition of "implied consent" by the Information Commissioner, but many British publishers have had…
Read More
If you got the right stuff, it’s not a bad idea to get a stamp of approval. Multi-channel ad server Smart AdServer just emerged from an intense four-month audit of its systems as the first U.S. certified mobile ad server according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s Mobile Guidelines. We sat…
Read More
Editor's Note: Scott Savage's post originally appeared on his blog: scottsavage.net. This week I attended the AdMonsters cn-us-22 conference in New York Metro. It was my first Admonsters conference, and was very interesting mainly from publisher, pain point, mobile and industry landscape perspectives.The key observations that I had were: No-one…
Read MoreOverviewIt's often up to ad operations leadership to navigate and make the case for outsourcing. There are several steps from deciding if it makes sense or your business, finding a partner, implementation, and managing the relationship and workflow. How do you measure success? What parts of the business can be…
Read MoreAdMonsters Network Ops Forum, co-hosted with IASH Join us at 60 Cannon Street, London for the launch of new AdMonsters event specifically designed for leaders in online technology and ad operations at advertising networks. AdMonsters, the on-line advertising industry's only professional association exclusively dedicated to operations and technology, will be…
Read More