The FTC report, entitled “Bringing Dark Patterns to Light,” highlights how companies are using a deceptive design practice called dark patterns. The practice is becoming progressively sophisticated and it aims to trick consumers into buying products or unwillingly giving up their data.
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According to Sensor Tower data, over half of App Store spending in the U.S. now comes from non-game apps, and in Q2, iOS users in the U.S. spent more money in non-gaming apps than games for the first time ever.
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September 19, 2022 IAB Sees More Restrictive Privacy Legislation Around the Corner Kroger Precision Marketing Expands Into Video and CTV Around the Water Cooler Inconsistent State Privacy Regulations Trips up Ad Tech With growing state's consumer data privacy regulations and ad tech privacy updates, consumer privacy has become a trending…
Read MoreAdMonsters September 16, 2022 10 Hispanic/Latino American Professionals Doing Big Things in Ad Tech During Hispanic Heritage Month, we recognize those who inspire others to succeed. In advertising technology, very few Hispanic/Latino people are running the show. Here at AdMonsters, we are fortunate enough to know a few who…
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PPIDs are a unique identifier assigned by a publisher to a user. Publishers will share PPIDs with Google’s programmatic demand and this process will help them customize their ads and targeting. On the other hand, ESPs allow publishers to share encrypted first-party signals with buy-side platforms of their choosing. What are the…
Read MoreAdMonsters September 9, 2022 Misinformation Kills Brand Favorability, Consumers Are Not Here for it The findings of a recent IAS report, Advertising in the Age of Misinformation, have some serious warnings for the entire ad tech ecosystem as 62% of consumers believe that advertisers, agencies, and publishers are equally…
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August 09, 2022 Is Ad Tech and Digital Media in a Recession? Is New York Times Ad Sales Decline a Bad Omen for Digital Media? YouTube's Slow Revenue Growth Is Cause for Concern Curating a New Audience With Ad Automation Does Low Ad Spend Signal a Recession Is Near? It…
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In preparation for our upcoming webinar with Permutive: How Publishers Can Use Data to Close More Deals With Advertisers, Wednesday, August 31 at 1 PM ET, (Register Now!) I spoke with Thomas Baart, Customer Success Manager at Permutive. We discussed how publishers and advertisers can deliver more responsible advertising to…
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Inspired by the innovation of Complex co-founders Marc Ecko and Rich Antoniello, Justin Killion, President at Complex Networks, will discuss the “Justification of Revenue Diversification” for the Publisher Forum opening keynote. Complex Networks boasts a twenty-year long legacy of adapting from print to web to streaming in order to maintain…
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Does an email still count as first-party data if you never know who the email belongs to, or whether it belongs to anyone at all? And what happens as email obfuscation becomes an “enabled by default” feature of consumer devices and web browsers? Just when everyone thought email might be…
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