India is one of the global leaders in the overall services outsourcing market. This is a well-established fact and outsourcing has contributed significantly to the growth in key Indian cities such as Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad since late 90s. Everyone – right from the bigger Industry players such as Microsoft,…
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Somehow on May 26, when the UK's version of the dreaded EU Cookie Directive came into force, the Internet did not crumble and burn to ashes. That could be partially credited to the last-minute (almost literally) addition of "implied consent" by the Information Commissioner, but many British publishers have had…
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The online advertising industry, which subsidizes the commercial Internet consumers love today, is rightfully concerned about the recent announcement about Microsoft Internet Explorer 10’s default settings.“Do Not Track” (DNT) would remain the default setting in IE10, with consumers able to disable it only through a “custom” setting.Make no mistake: Microsoft’s…
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Mobile Marketing Live opens for business on 1 October at the Business Design Centre in London. The event encompasses an exhibition, conference, training and networking. In the conference, delegates will hear from Google, talking about the three big trends in mobile: social, local and commerce; Ford, talking about turning the car…
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Leave it to Google to blur the lines between direct and indirect sales. In June, DoubleClick launched Preferred Deals in beta, allowing publishers to offer chosen buyers a sneak peek at certain inventory before it hit the wider exchange. However, the inventory is fixed-price – fixed price and non-guaranteed? Madness!…
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The RTB marketplace is not yet operating as a truly efficient market with equal benefit to both sides. This is due to basic economics: Supply exceeds demand, and auction-based pricing combined with low bid density results in a market rife with arbitrage.Buyers are accustomed to drawing from a large commoditized…
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Making the dive into programmatic buying can be daunting, but a lot less so when fortified policies are in place. Below is an amalgam of how aggressive Media Trust clients in particular address ad quality and data leakage issues, split into four quality segments. Ad Security Data Security Ad Quality…
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It's a gorgeous day on Boston's waterfront, and I'm going to have trouble keeping my eyes off the boats gliding across the harbor. After a night of cupcakes and cocktails at the World Trade Center, our attendees are trickling through the door, eager for Adam Cahill, EVP and Co-Media Director at…
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Yes, audience data is kind of a monster to most publishers, but it's a friendly one, kind of like the wiseacres in Monsters, Inc. Really, you can't be scared to embrace it. Before he explains the art of audience market navigation to the Boston PubForum audience, we caught up with DoubleClick…
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It seems quite appropriate that we’re holding this summer’s US Publisher Forum in Boston, where the spirit of baseball streams through the streets and gutters. Accordingly, the best metaphor to describe the theme of this event is “stepping up to the plate” – as Hill Holiday’s Adam Cahill will explain…
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