This past Wednesday we co-hosted with IASH our first Network Ad Ops Forum in London and I think everyone would agree it was a great success. Considering that it was a first time event and over 70% of the attendees were attending their first Admonsters event, it was great to…
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Depending on how much you work with Google applications last week, you probably found yourself unable to access them or at least hindered by how slow things operated. #googlefail as it has been called set off a flurry of articles about the potential dangers of cloud computing and reliance on…
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As we've been approaching our Online Technical Forum this Thursday April 23rd at 11am EST, the response that I've received about this particular topic has been very interesting. For many, there is great interest in somehow moving the ball on this issue. For others it's a foregone conclusion that publishers…
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Our 20th US Publisher Forum kicks off this weekend and I've been working with the members and sponsors on their presentations, helping develop what I think will be a 'best ever' event for us in New Orleans. Our speakers have done an amazing job of producing their presentations as all…
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All advertisers want to deliver the right message to the right audience. Agencies are looking for new and better targeting options and publishers who are creative can win their business. At eHarmony, we can target online ads based on a combination of over 260 separate demographic, psychographic and interest-based data…
Read MoreOn December 11th, the IAB UK and AdMonsters hosted a technical forum on buy-side trading systems. While I was not able to attend myself, all indications are that the event succeeded in bringing together the relevant stakeholders from leading agencies and media owners in the UK. The two groups collaborated…
Read MoreThe FTC issued a press release on Wednesday regarding companies that distribute malicious code through advertising: Original Article: Court Halts Bogus Computer Scans MikeOnAds.com summary: FTC lays down the law on Errorsafe/Malvertising Malvertising/Malware continues to plague our industry, hurting the reputation of major publishers, agencies and networks and convincing more…
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This past October was my first opportunity to attend an AdMonsters in Europe and my expectation is that I'd find European ad operation teams dealing with similar issues as we do in the US, but I was excited that perhaps it would present some unique ideas and approaches to these…
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