
Geeking Out On Digital Ads: A Definitive History Of IAB Standards
The Author Sadly Geeking Out on Ad Standards The astute reader may not be surprised to hear that I collected match book covers in my...

Pay Per What? Choosing Pricing Models In Digital Advertising
Cost per Click. Cost per Mille. Cost per Action. Cost per Lead. Cost per Engagement… Today’s digital advertising is filled with many...

“Yahoo Recommends” Brings Stream Ads To Third-Party Sites
Yahoo’s native “Stream ads” are now appearing on other publisher sites via a content recommendation engine that incorporates sponsored...

Moving To HTTPS Can Backfire: Google’s Own Products Aren’t Secure Web Friendly Yet
Earlier this month, Google announced that HTTPS sites — those with SSL certificates aimed at protecting users against data interception —...

Get With The Programmatic: A Primer On Programmatic Advertising
Chances are you’ve heard the buzz surrounding programmatic advertising and how it is projected to account for 50% of digital ad sales by...

How Hyperlocal Mobile Advertising Changes Everything
One of 2014’s biggest trends is the rise of hyperlocal advertising. Hyperlocal, as it’s called in ad tech circles, allows marketers to...

Google AdSense Launches Newly Designed Home Page
It appears publishers must now use the new dashboard Google AdSense began testing toward the end of last year, and not everybody is happy...

Predicting And Creating The Media RFP Of 2016
Without question, digital media planning is evolving continuously. In some ways, this evolution is happening too fast for the media...

Viewability Rising As Programmatic Dominates & Fraud Proliferates
The number of companies using programmatic ad buying is increasing by the day. A recent Advertiser Perceptions survey reports that 78% of...

Consumers Reject Lowest Common Denominator Native Ads — And So Should You
Not all native advertising is created equal. There is a wide and growing disparity between high-quality examples — those that are in the...

Yahoo Launches ComScore vCE Integration To Lure Brand Advertisers
Today, Yahoo announced the integration with comScore’s audience verification service, Validated Campaign Essentials (vCE), is now live on...

IAB Study Looks At Programmatic’s Global Expansion Opportunities
While the United States has seen programmatic audience development — the practice of automating digital advertising sales based on...

Marketing Soothsayers: It’s Time To Go ‘Native’ With Your Advertising
Recently, my company, The 614 Group, joined forces with content advertising leader OneSpot to conduct a study in which we surveyed almost...

The Retargeting Trap: How Targeting Conversions Hurts ROI
Data are wonderful things. Properly applied, data can provide insights into where to trim budget and where to increase it. Data will...

6 Common Mistakes Of Acquisition Marketers
New customers are the lifeblood of any business, and often the most expensive area of investment. Brands often build complex processes...

Rakuten’s Quarterly Report Shows Growth On All Fronts, With Mobile Commerce Up 87%
Based on its 2014 2Q results, Rakuten Marketing has experienced year-over-year growth on all fronts, including mobile, search and...

DoubleClick Gains Viewable Impression Reporting With Google’s Active View Solution
integrating viewabililty into its products for both publishers and advertisers. Last fall, Active View rolled out to the Google Display...

The Power Of Real-Time Display For Back-To-School
While many schools have recently let students out for summer break, back-to-school (BTS) shopping is already top of mind for marketers....

‘Sponsored’ Brings Suspicion: Report Shows Paid Posts Have A Reputation Problem
While native advertising has been the hot topic over the past year, it turns out that this ad type may be leaving users feeling burned....