
Google rolls out new ID requirements for US political ads
blog post on Thursday. The post was attributed to Kent Walker, a Google senior vice president. Google said it will now require political...

Native isn’t display. Stop treating it like it is.
Don’t get me wrong — I’m an optimist. Learning from our previous mistakes is the key to future success, as long as they are not repeated....

7 ways protections for online content are being eroded
In the end, the law in question (the Fighting Online Sex Trafficking Act, or FOSTA) was defined narrowly enough to fix the targeted...

Google brings ‘Funding Choices’ ad messaging to more countries & adds subscription
After its launch in June 2017 for publishers in North America, the UK, Germany, Australia and New Zealand, Google’s Funding Choices ad...

Case study: Digital out-of-home and mobile-location deliver offline success for REI
At a time of declining traditional media budgets, out-of-home (OOH) seems to have found a way forward. The combination of OOH with...

Programmatic is an amazing tool for branding. Here’s how to use it.
Programmatic is not just for conversions; it’s also a valuable part of your branding strategy. Historically, brand awareness strategies...

IAB Tech Lab releases IFA guidelines for OTT platforms to improve consumer experience
Guidelines for Identifier for Advertising on OTT Platforms” Tuesday morning to provide “a high-quality advertising experience within...

Much ado about data
In real life, we often attribute omniscience to people and companies when the truth is much more, well, normal. Such is the case with the...

To make every conversion count, count every conversion
With all of that imprecision comes a thought that might keep you up at night: You might not see all of the conversions driven by your...

IAS launches brand safe, fraud-free programmatic tech solution for in-app ads
technology solution that helps programmatic advertisers target mobile in-app ads that are brand safe, free of fraud and have a...

Programmatic performance marketing (aka affiliate marketing) questions and answers
Within certain marketing circles, the term “performance marketing” is equated with affiliate marketing and therefore associated with lots...

Connatix launches Stories for Publishers to bring native Story units to mobile sites
Connatix, a video syndication and monetization platform used by publishers such as Variety, Tribune Media and Meredith, launched Stories...

Google News Initiative kicks off with Subscribe With Google, other efforts
Google News Initiative event held in New York City, March 20, 2018 Google’s plans to help support publishers’ subscription businesses...

Quora launches List Match Targeting for reaching audiences based on email lists
As with Customer Match in Google and Custom Audiences in Facebook, for example, advertisers can upload customer or prospect email lists...

Google says it removed more than 3.2 billion bad ads in 2017
Google says it removed more than 3.2 billion ads that violated its advertising policies during 2017, nearly doubling the 1.7 billion ads...

Reddit introduces native promoted post ads in its mobile apps
Reddit announced the launch of native promoted posts for its mobile apps on Wednesday. The company said in an email to advertisers that...

Bringing search intent to video: Google extends custom intent audiences to YouTube, launches TrueVie
Twin Design / Shutterstock.com Google unveiled two features designed to improve direct-response advertising performance on YouTube —...

Ad fraud allegations continue to besiege Newsweek Media Group
AppNexus and SpotX told The Wall Street Journal last week that they have ended their relationships to sell ads on NMG properties....

Google AMP team launches ‘Render on Idle’ to load ads faster when browsers sit idle
Google’s AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) team has launched a new feature called Render on Idle that is designed to increase ad impressions...
























