ad exchanges

Following up on last week’s news that Microsoft’s Admira technology would provide the backbone for Publicis/VivaKi’s entrance into the television ad exchange space (Reuters) as advertisers hunt for audience, today finds Microsoft peddling Razorfish to Publicis, supposedly one of the leading candidates to acquire the venerable Seattle-headquartered agency. The rumored acquisition price according to the […]

John Nardone is CEO of [x+1], an online buying platform and data company. AdExchanger.com: What trends is [x+1] seeing from its clients in 2009? Can you describe momentum for [x+1] this year? Revenues, deal size, vertical strengths, product interests, etc.? JN: [x+1] has been extremely fortunate in 2009 to see its client list, revenue and […]

The world of media optimization and ad exchanges is taking off. Need proof? Even AdExchanger.com is getting in the news. From Cynopsis Digital, an industry newsletter that informs readers about the latest and greatest in the digital media world, comes the following: “Media buyers, planners and advertisers interested in the growing online ad exchange model […]

“Give us back our lunch money!” At times, the loathing is over the top. Certain members of the advertising ecosystem (even ad networks) have little respect for the ad network model. It’s as if someone stole the complainers’ lunch money each and every day of the year. All ad networks have ever done is provide […]

This past week, the Internet Retailer Conference took place in Boston, and several hot start-ups showed their wares including attribution analytics provider, ClearSaleing, who launched their attribution management platform at the show. The good news doesn’t stop there for ClearSaleing whose co-founder and chief innovation officer, Adam Goldberg, told The Wall Street Journal that revenue […]

As the technology mashup evolves in digital advertising, the effective management of data is bringing increasing transparency and control for buyers and sellers of online media. ROI, CPA, CPM, KPI, CTR – a rapper’s dream! – and other acronyms abound as we quantify the ongoing optimization of media. But, where is the user in all […]

A new Comscore study sponsored by the OPA promotes the use of ad exchanges. No, we’re not joking. Of course, we’re pretty sure that wasn’t the OPA’s intention, but the new study says that display advertising drives interaction and conversion for brand campaigns. Thank you, OPA. Clearly, the OPA wants to promote the use of […]

Jon Aizen is COO of Dapper, an online ad network. Please share what trends Dapper is seeing on the client-side in 2009. Any vertical strengths, typical campaigns, deal size, etc.? Trends are toward performance-only metrics. We’re seeing eCPA as the meaningful metric for our customers, and we’re embracing that by offering it as a pricing […]

Ken Miller is CEO of Anchor Intelligence, a traffic quality solutions provider. AdExchanger.com: You have an impressive list of client testimonials on your site. Can you discuss recent momentum at Anchor Intelligence? Any impact from the economy? KM: In the past two quarters, we’ve seen the number of inbound inquiries into Anchor Intelligence increase by […]

David Smith is CEO of Mediasmith, a digital advertising media agency. AdExchanger.com: What trends can you share with us regarding the media buying you’re doing on behalf of clients today? DS: There is a lot of change happening in the area of digital media strategy, planning and message distribution. Please notice that we’ve walked away […]