How ad technology vendors capture, monitor and use data can have a tremendous impact on their success. Let’s look at seven practices that can transform a vendor’s data collection processes and business model for the better.1. Invest in Data Operations TalentIn my last blog entry on the metamorphosis of the…
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In this week's AdMonsters Industry Roundup, we bring you the latest news from Casale Media, VideoHub, Visual IQ & more, with industry insights from David Berkowitz of 360i and Nikhil Sethi of Adaptly. Check it out below! VideoHub Provides Awesome Digital Video InsightsVideoHub, an end-to-end analytics and monetization platform built exclusively…
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We're very close to kick-off here at OPS Week NY. Some of the brightest minds in the digital ad space are currently milling through the doorway into the impressive space that is 82 Mercer right in the heart of Soho.Looks like we're all set for a day of stellar peer…
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There are two ways to store the user ID on the mobile device. The first is through using the impression cookie – we go into more detail in StrikeAd's full whitepaper that this article is excerpted from (PDF). On iOS, i.e. iPhones, iPads and the iPod Touch, however, it is not possible…
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Device identification. You’ve read about it, heard about it or thought about trying it, but maybe you’re still not quite sure of what the benefits are or why you’d consider an alternative to cookies in your online advertising strategy. Cookies, of course, have been the cornerstone of online measurement and…
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Device recognition specialist (no cookies required) AdTruth, a division of 41st Parameter, has further upped its pro-privacy ante by joining the World Wide Web Consortium (commonly known as W3C) – specifically the Tracking Protection Working Group, which is developing guidance for implementing and adhering to Do Not Track (DNT) functionalities…
Read MoreOne of the advantages of having been in the business as long as I have is perspective (okay, hold off on the “old” jokes). Over the past 14 years, I’ve seen a tremendous amount of complexity arise around the lack of interoperability between digital marketing technologies and the sites they…
Read MoreThe Sunday Times recently ran a story about how ordinary families could make money out of YouTube's new policy of rewarding those who upload popular videos with a share of the revenue optimised against that content. To illustrate the point, the writer hung the story on the success of the…
Read MoreSo, you're about to issue an RFP for ad serving? I'm sure these are words that strike two distinct chords, depending on which side of the business you're involved with. If you're a publisher, these words instantly scream: "Time to do some research on what's happening in the market and…
Read MoreArriving back in Brooklyn, NY, late last night, I fell on my bed, stared at the ceiling and tried to digest all that occurred during AdMonster’s Publisher Forum in Oxford this last week. I had a great deal to roll over in my mind from those intense few days, including…
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