The antiquated idea that SSPs are publisher defenders and DSPs are buyer advocates has created a gulf—one might say a black hole of pricing machinations and Russian-Doll-style auctions that threatens to suck away the benefits of the open ecosystem entirely. Key to bridging that gap—or plugging the black hole—is traffic…
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We haven’t seen major brand advertisers ditch social media advertising like this since MySpace 2009. An ever-growing crowd of well-known brands is pausing their ad spend on Facebook—and other social media platforms—to protest lax moderation of hateful content keeps growing longer. Our cynical minds immediately leap back to the great YouTube…
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As the third-party tracking cookie continues its long, long farewell tour, advertisers and publishers alike are looking for replacement targeting solutions—particularly ones that won't steep them in the user privacy quagmire brought on by cookies. Tech providers seem to be meeting them with ingenuity, as evidenced by the latest partnership…
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You took a really big step by adding an identity partner, but like most things in ad tech you can’t expect to flip a switch and watch the magic happen. Activation, though, is where things get exciting—sure you’ll be able to garner looks from new advertisers and grab higher CPMs,…
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We caught up with Brandon Gains, VP of Marketing at MonetizeMore to learn more about why his company teamed up with PubGuru to launch PubGuru University to bring AdSense and GAM training to ad ops professionals. We also talked about strategies for bringing teams closer together through training during stay-at-home…
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In the advertising industry, we are always looking for ways to be more efficient. This is especially true for media owners who are hoping to monetize their desirable content and audiences with the least amount of steps in between. Enter Demand Path Optimization which can clean up the media selling…
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June 16, 2020 Google’s Rather Opaque Sellers.Json A Glimpse of Recovery Where CCPA Comes In and Goes Forth Another Round: Facebook Vs. Australia Roku Takes on Amazon, Linear TV Google’s Rather Opaque Sellers.Json Image Source Jounce A year after the first Sellers.json file appeared, Google has finally deigned to join…
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On Wednesdays at Publisher Forums, we let the attendees "take over" the conference. Attendee volunteers lead informal sessions with their peers on a variety of topics, and then report major takeaways to the whole group. Through the magic of technology (cough, Zoom, cough), we ran an experiment where we took this…
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The more header bidding adapters you add, the more bids you get and the more money you might make. But, the more requests you make, the more your user experience suffers. Enter Footer Bidding. The idea is simple: Don’t call any ad requests until the page has fully loaded. Instead…
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Powered by: April 28, 2020 Trade Desk Demands Suppliers Choose a Path Apple Baking up Another Walled Garden Viewability: Hand Sanitizer for Websites Facebook’s Sketchy Privacy-Focused Future Google Needs to Check Your ID WaPo’s Zeus Picks Up 50 Pubs The Trade Desk Demands Suppliers Choose a Path Oh, how…
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