Language models and chatbots are a great way for publishers to add value to their subscribers, but they shouldn’t be fooled by the ease of getting something up and running quickly. To understand how publishers can deploy AI bots safely, we spoke with Kyle Alan Hale, a Solutions Architect at…
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The IAB Tech Lab's 2022 video ad guidelines created a challenging video ad landscape for publishers, especially smaller ones. About 90% of what used to be considered instream inventory was now labeled outstream. In addition, it restricted plenty of quality inventory from being labeled as instream, thus wounding both publishers'…
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The scales have tipped, and programmatic has become more of a liability than an asset. Last year, Bloomberg News made headlines when it announced it was pulling the plug on open programmatic, citing bad ads and the impact they had on the reader’s experience. We surveyed 250 consumers about the…
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The ad tech industry is growing on a massive scale, it is expected to grow 5.9% YoY (according to an IAB report). To keep up with such scale and the complex nature of the industry, folks should be prepared to also face the unique challenges that come with it. Transparency…
Read MoreAdMonsters May 18, 2023 A Path to Net-zero for the Digital Advertising Sector The digital advertising sector has a dirty little secret: its carbon footprint is huge. How big? About the size of the airline industry. It’s only a matter of time before carbon neutrality and even net-zero become…
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The digital advertising sector has a dirty little secret: its carbon footprint is huge. How big? About the size of the airline industry. It’s only a matter of time before carbon neutrality and even net-zero become buying criteria for brands, so now is a good time to consider launching a…
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We don’t need to tell you that the cookie is crumbling. But which solutions will solve for tracking and measurement in a cookieless ecosystem is up for debate, and it leaves some marketers scratching their heads. Ogury surveyed 1,000 agency and marketing execs, and most believe consumer tracking will become…
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The status quo for SSP protocol is no longer working. According to a new survey from Emodo, marketers crave more innovation and keener targeting and measurement skills from SSPs.
Read MoreAdMonsters April 27, 2023 Consumer Spend Is Sky High Despite Inflation, So Why Isn’t Ad Spend? TransUnion discusses the state of the economy in their survey, Trading Down: Inflation Impact on Consumer Spending in July 2022. Inflation may be at an all-time high, but Consumers are still spending and…
Read MoreAdMonsters April 20, 2023 Is Micro-targeting Giving the Digital Advertising Sector a Bad Rap? Micro-targeting based on behavioral data was supposed to be a good thing for all parties involved in the equation: brands, publishers and consumers. But those benefits haven’t panned out. It hasn’t been suitable for publishers.…
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