Little Rock, Ark.-based Acxiom is the original data management platform. The 42-year-old company has arguably done more than anyone to blend online and offline data sources – for instance by helping automakers compile leads from their own branded sites, car research sites, dealer walk-ins, and other sources. Customers in financial services, media, CPG, and tech, […]
Google has upped the ante in display ad measurement with products in two categories that appear to be gaining traction with large brand advertisers. The new technologies enable campaign reporting based on “viewable” impressions and GRPs, and are baked into DoubleClick’s ad management suite as part of a new product initiative called Brand Activate. The […]
Google’s average click costs slipped further in the first quarter (see the release), continuing a decline that has pleased advertisers and alarmed some investors. Aggregate paid clicks, including both on Google’s sites and its network partners, grew 39 percent over Q1 2011 and 7 percent over the previous quarter. As it did, average cost-per-click fell […]
It’s earnings season! Today, Google was among the first of the big Internet companies to report calendar Q4 2011. It’s interesting to note that Microsoft and IBM decided to report today, too. Conspiracy?!?! Perhaps against Wall Street analysts – a busy day for them. Google CEO Larry Page remarked in the earnings release that the […]
Brad Bender is Director of Product Management for Display at Google. In an interview with AdExchanger.com, Bender recently touched on a few of the highlights from his presentation at the Citi Technology Conference on September 8 in New York City. AdExchanger.com: At the recent Citi tech conference, you were asked how Google would take the […]
What’s this? Have the two rivals made up or established some form of detente? Google now lists Right Media on the approved list for global ad servers through Google Certified Networks. That’s new. And it means that if you’re using Right Media to serve your display ads or serve ads on behalf of clients, you […]
In an interview with AdExchanger.com, sell-side platform CEO Rajeev Goel of PubMatic offered his views on Monday’s acquisition of its competitor Admeld by Google. Read full coverage of the acquisition here. AdExchanger.com: Generally speaking, what is your view on the impact of the acquisition on the ad ecosystem, and publishers specifically? RAJEEV GOEL: An acquisition […]
On Monday, Google announced the acquisition of Admeld, a sell-side platform which includes RTB’d inventory, real-time bidded tools for publishers and a list of big brand publisher clients. Read yesterday’s coverage. We asked a selection of ad industry participants their views on the following question: “What’s your take on Google’s acquisition of AdMeld?” Click below […]
Google VP of Product Neal Mohan, who helps drive advertising product strategy at the company, spoke to AdExchanger.com about today’s announcement regarding the acquisition of sell-side platform Admeld. AdExchanger.com: What will happen to the Admeld team post-acquisition? NM: One of the big drivers of the acquisition is, in fact, the team. We were incredibly impressed […]
According to The Official Google blog, Google has purchased AdMeld for a still-to-be disclosed sum. From the Google blog post and VP Neal Mohan: “By combining Admeld’s services, expertise and technology with Google’s offerings, we’re investing in what we hope will be an improved era of flexible ad management tools for major publishers. Together with […]
