
Navigating The Modern Ad Serving Stack, Part 1: Direct Orders
It is universally acknowledged that the ad tech industry is complex. Some would say overly complex. As a result, you will often hear...

Gauging Display Ad Effectiveness: Move Beyond Clicks & Into Engagement
The rise of omni-channel and a new focus on the consumer has ushered in the need for a different kind of measurement. Gone are the days...

What Affects Ad Viewability? 5 Factors From A Google Study
As more advertisers move toward buying display ads on a viewable impression basis rather than by served impression, Google looked across...

Sharethrough Launches Viewability On All Native Ad Impressions
Sharethrough, which enables advertisers to distribute their content via dynamical native ad units on publisher sites, announced today...

Google Updates DoubleClick Verification: Ad Blocking, Spam Filtering, Movie-Style Content Ratings
Today, Google-owned DoubleClick rolled out eight updates to its Verification product to address concerns about brand safety and give...

8 Reasons Why Digital Advertising Works For Brands
I received a text the other day from the CEO of a leading U.S. advertising agency asking me a simple question: “Peter, can you send me...

Native Advertising Disclosure & Transparency: Who’s Responsible?
We can all pretty much universally agree that with native advertising comes the obligation of disclosure and transparency. That means...

Contributor, Google’s Latest Test, Gives Users Ad-Free Experiences On Sites Like Mashable
A handful of publishers are participating in a new Google experiment to give users ad-free experiences in exchange for a nominal monthly...

Fixing Programmatic: Start At The Top
One of the greatest fears publishers face is an impending loss of revenue, based on the spread between what they earn selling their...

Care & Feeding Of Creatives
Display advertising is centered around its ad creative. While the technology and channels used to serve ads are undeniably important,...

Google’s DoubleClick Failure Causes Ad-Free Morning On Major Sites
Google’s DoubleClick For Publishers display ad serving platform went dark this morning for more than an hour. DoubleClick’s platform is...

Google AdSense Strikes Again With Vague, Arbitrary Warning Over An Ancient Article
In May, the tech news site TechDirt.com received a warning from Google that a news article about a porn star’s intellectual property...

How Every Business — Including Small Local Players — Can Use Native Advertising
One of the fastest growing trends in advertising is native advertising. Research firm BIA/Kelsey estimates native advertising on social...

Google Patent For Ads That Follow You Surfaces
Imagine if after clicking on an ad, it expanded and then persisted as you navigated to additional web content linked to from the ad...

Google Opens Up Consumer Surveys Program For Publishers To Monetize Content
Today, Google opened up its Consumer Surveys program with self sign up available to publishers in the US. Offered as a way for publishers...

Programmatic Storytelling: How Programmatic Is Evolving Traditional Branding
Today’s CMO has become accustomed to approving programmatic marketing budgets. The perfect combination of price, performance, and...

Disqus Expands Sponsored Comments Globally With Xaxis Partnership
Disqus Sponsored Comments are rolling out globally in a partnership with Xaxis. Disqus, the comment management system, launched Sponsored...

IAB Taking Comments On New Standard API For “Programmatic Direct”
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has released OpenDirect 1.0, a standard API for programmatic buying and selling premium...

The Components Of A Well-Oiled Retargeting Machine
Marketers are constantly looking for ways to reach and engage new and existing consumers, so it’s no surprise that retargeting strategies...
























