
Famous.co bridges the divide between apps and mobile web with ‘Instant Apps’
Famous is a company that has arguably failed — twice. But its most recent incarnation may have succeeded in solving one of the most...

Facebook shuts down Atlas ad server because it doesn’t serve ad sales
Facebook’s ad-tech strategy grows ever more insular. Facebook has decided to stop operating its Atlas ad server but will continue to run...

A different view on viewability
After reading Google’s report that 56 percent of digital ads marketers paid for never had a prayer of being seen by an actual consumer,...

Native advertising, the new marketing workhorse
Native advertising is fast becoming a powerful digital marketing strategy, as traditional display and banner ads become less and less...

Community Marketing 101
Since the dawn of the internet, people have been drawn to online communities for collaborating and advancing knowledge. Discussions that...

The insider’s guide to choosing a programmatic buying platform
The benefits of programmatic are clear: Using data and technology increases efficiency and improves campaign performance. The next big...

Authentic storytelling: 5 rules for the new frontier of marketing
In ye olde advertising world, broadcast time was the most scarce resource in marketing; the most influential campaigns were the ones that...

IAB: Mobile made up nearly half of $32.7 billion record internet revenues in first half of 2016
Internet revenues surpassed another record high in the first half of 2016 to hit $32.7 billion, according to the IAB report conducted by...

Q4 must-knows for CMOs: Crucial developments across channels
In any of those scenarios, having a firm grasp of the current state of digital is critical to success. And if you haven’t tuned in...

Why building relevant ads in a cookie-free world comes down to context
According to a Millward Brown survey exploring video — the ad format of the moment — 41 percent of respondents are receptive to ads...

IBM’s Weather Company employs Watson to boost its updated ad targeting platform
The Weather Company’s visualization of its app users’ daily patterns The Weather Company has taken another step toward predicting much...

ProPublica slams Google for opt-in targeting changes that happened in June
He said. She said. ProPublica is taking Google to task for privacy policy changes that combine web browsing data and user profiles for...

IAB releases schema standard for dynamic content ads
The IAB Tech Lab released a standard for dynamic content ads this week for public comment. The standard is a schema (structured meta...

5 fundamentals of digital advertising every marketer should know
When Facebook last month admitted to exaggerating ad video views, it underscored for many marketers the dubious metrics and efficacy of...

Bazaarvoice adds ad targeting platform based on consumer intent
Bazaarvoice’s visualization of its network. For more than 5000 brands, Bazaarvoice’s cloud-based software allows visitors to rate or...

Study: Full-page interstitials alienate users, send them racing for the X-it
Various studies appear to show that people don’t like interstitial ads. Google wants to ban most interstitials following a search click....

If you’re in the US, this marketing data company has a psychological profile on you
Where you are, what you buy and your age. These are the kinds of attributes that digital marketers commonly employ for targeting....

DialogTech and LiveRamp join to make calls a display optimization tool
DialogTech has integrated with LiveRamp as part of a new call data and attribution offering for display ads. The product is intended to...

Can location make native ads better and more relevant?
Placecast is bringing location intelligence to native advertising to improve relevance and performance. The company also announced last...