Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Turner’s Jacobs On Audience Buying Turner’s Walker Jacobs talks to Mediaweek about a new tool used by the Turner direct sales team called Nexus which can help predict future performance of a client’s ad campaign using audience data sources include ComScore and @plan. In […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Vizu Raises $6 Million+ Down economy? Not so much in the ad tech world. Fresh from its AdExchanger.com Q&A, online ad effectiveness firm Vizu announced it has raised $6.75 million from a group of investors including “iNovia Captial and Greycroft Partners with participation from […]
By Kent Wakeford, co-Founder and EVP of AdSafe Media. “Transparency.” It’s a word often heard in the discussion about Ad Exchanges. Advertisers want more of it. “Can’t I just get a site list?” they ask. But while buyers are asking for “transparency,” those operating (and contributing inventory to exchange platforms) know that the very existence […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Privacy Prodding In DC The Hill’s Kim Hart checked in on hearings taking place in D.C. around consumer privacy online and covers Acxiom executive Jennifer Barrett’s testimony regarding, “1,500 possible data points about individual consumers” that Acxiom tracks. Barrett said that “Acxiom receives that […]
Given the announcement earlier this week from Yahoo!, the plot thickens as the display ad ecosystem evolves into demand-side platforms. In this survey of a broad, cross-section of the digital ad industry, AdExchanger.com looks back and looks ahead with the help of the industry. The questions… What has been the impact of Right Media Exchange? […]
And now.. The Demand-Side Platform reaction. The questions… What has been the impact of Right Media Exchange? In the future, how important is having at least two, liquid, large scale, ad exchanges in the display ad ecosystem? And why. AdBuyer.com Brilig CPM Advisors DataXu Invite Media Triggit Turn [x+1] View Intro and More Reactions >> […]
And now.. Ad Networks and Exchanges reaction. The questions… What has been the impact of Right Media Exchange? In the future, how important is having at least two, liquid, large scale, ad exchanges in the display ad ecosystem? And why. 24/7 Real Media AdBrite Bizo Brand.net ContextWeb/ADSDAQ InterCLICK LucidMedia Rocket Fuel TRAFFIQ Undertone Networks XTEND […]
And now.. Agency reaction. The questions… What has been the impact of Right Media Exchange? In the future, how important is having at least two, liquid, large scale, ad exchanges in the display ad ecosystem? And why. Havas’ Adnetik Hill Holliday Infectious Media Razorfish Varick Media View Intro and More Reactions >> View Demand-Side Platform […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Microsoft And OpenX Get Cozy OpenX CEO Tim Cadogan has made a multi-year deal with Microsoft that will make OpenX technology more widely available and allow his company to leverage (what looks to be) Microsoft’s PubCenter contextual targeting for OpenX customers. Microsoft gets access […]
By Bennie Smith, VP Exchange Operations/Platform Policy at Yahoo! Online advertising in the age of media fragmentation does not have to be like a box of chocolates. Both advertisers and publishers should know exactly what they are going to get with every ad impression. Ad exchanges have played a crucial role in making this possible […]
By John Ebbert, Managing Editor, AdExchanger.com. For starters, if I were a publisher these days, I’d become a buyer. I’m not exactly sure how this happens. What should publishers buy, after all? But, publishers need to jump into the weeds and close their gap of understanding when it comes to the rapid innovation occurring on […]
“Data Driven Thinking” is a column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Pascal Bensoussan, VP of Products at Aggregate Knowledge, a buy-side optimization platform. As the “AdWords-ish-ness” of DoubleClick’s AdX 2.0 interface makes obvious, the goal of today’s exchanges […]
“Ad Agents” is a new column written by the agency-side of the digital media community. Martin Kelly is co-Founder and Managing Partner of UK-based agency, Infectious Media Ltd. On a recent trip to New York, Infectious Media met with Adexchanger.com amongst others to chat about the exchange space. The sector is growing rapidly in the […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Search Spend Trend The Wall Street Journal’s Emily Steel covers trends in search ad spending and how marketers are trying new strategies (display!) to get the most bang for their buck. She cites recent GroupM Search and ComScore research as marketers are using social […]
Matt Spiegel is CEO of OMG Digital. This is the second part of a two-part interview. The first is here. AdExchanger.com: Given the speed of technological innovation today, some might say that media agencies will need to be more entrepreneurial, but they’re going to have a hell of a time because they’re just not built […]
Shaukat Shamim is CEO & Co-Founder of Permuto. AdExchanger.com: Where did the idea for Permuto come from? And how about the name – what’s the story there? SS: We are a company comprised of online advertising junkies, all of the founders been involved in online advertising from the formation days of Internet. We had our […]
“The Sell-Sider” is a new column written by the sell-side of the digital media community. Michael Barrett is CEO of AdMeld, a publisher yield optimization company. There’s been a lot of interesting talk over the past few weeks about the potential impact of Google Ad Exchange. While there seems to be consensus that the platform […]
“Data Driven Thinking” is a new column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Zach Coelius, CEO of Triggit, an online advertising, media trading company. As loyal readers of AdExchanger.com know, we are currently seeing a very significant platform shift […]
Matt Sanchez is CEO of VideoEgg, a rich media advertising network. AdExchanger.com: Can you give us a sense of current momentum at VideoEgg? Any effects from the economy? Have clients changed their buying strategies? MS: We are delighted about the traction we are getting. 2008 revenue was up 110%. This year we are up more […]
Janneke Niessen is CEO of Improve Digital, a publisher yield optimization firm based in the United Kingdom. AdExchanger.com: How did Improve Digital begin? Publishers are facing a shift in the online advertising ecosystem where performance campaigns, ad networks and exchanges are playing a more and more dominant role. In 2007, over 40 percent of the […]
“Data Driven Thinking” is a new column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by James Lancelot, Director of Professional Services at Invite Media, a buy-side optimization platform. In recent years, the traditional agency strategy for DR campaigns has been to […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Quigo And Tacoda Names Cut In the speed of a tweet, AOL Advertising announced through its Twitter account that the Quigo and Tacoda names were company names non-grata. (All that trademark work for nothing!) OK, they didn’t announce on Twitter – it all starts […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Dogster and $40 CPMs TechCrunch looks at a new partnership announced between dog lover social network, Dogster, and viral web publishing phenomenon, I Can Haz Cheeseburger. TC’s Sara Lacy says that Dogster has been wise to build relationships directly with advertisers as opposed to […]
“Data Driven Thinking” is a new column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Ted Shergalis is Chief Strategy Officer of [x+1], a buy side optimization platform. The benefits of real time exchanges to buy side participants are clear. Both […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. WPP Spot Runner Suit Tossed David Kaplan of PaidContent reports that WPP’s suit against Spot Runner, “a web-based TV creative ad agency”, has been thrown out by a New York court. WPP had said in the suit that its investment in the start-up had […]
Matt Greitzer is VP of Search Marketing and Head of ATOM Systems at Razorfish. AdExchanger.com: What can you tell us about momentum in Razorfish’s ad exchange practice? Any year-over-year comparisons that you can draw? We’ve only been in market for about nine months, so it’s too early for year-over-year comparisons, but we’ve seen consistent month […]
Matt Spiegel is CEO of OMG Digital, the digital media buying division of Omnicom Group. Certainly, the new Google DoubleClick Ad Exchange will have big impact because it’s the first sizable pool of inventory which has real-time bidding – this is what we’ve been waiting for. Being able to buy using real-time bidding is important […]
“Data Driven Thinking” is a new column written by members of the media community and containing fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Pascal Bensoussan, VP of Products at Aggregate Knowledge, a buy-side optimization platform. In 2006, Greg Stuart, Interactive Advertising Bureau CEO, estimated that advertisers’ waste, that is, […]
Joanna L. O’Connell is Manager of Strategic Development, ATOM Systems, Razorfish. The word “transparency” seems to be everyone’s favorite word these days. Clients want it, publishers fear it, and networks – increasingly – boast that they offer it. I’d like to propose that we’re thinking about this word in the wrong way and suggest that […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. AOL Talks Exchanges David Kaplan of PaidContent cornered AOL’s Jeff Levick at the OMMA conference in New York City this week and asked whether or not AOL would be interested in its own exchange – especially in light of the recent hoopla around the […]
