Ad Tech
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AI
Optable Rethinks Data Collaboration With The Introduction Of Autonomous AI Agents
Optable introduced AI agents this week, allowing clients to improve their workflows with the help of AI and integrate with multiple tech platforms.
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AdExchanger Talks
Why Media Quality Should Be The Center Of Attention
Online advertising’s privacy problem isn’t just about bad actors; it’s about bad metrics, says Marc Guldimann, CEO and founder of attention startup Adelaide. “I think a lot of the invasive behaviors in the ad tech space can be traced back to a lack of a shared understanding of quality,” Guldimann says on this week’s episode […]
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Data-Driven Thinking
Search Without Clicks: Rethinking Brand SEO In An AI-Fragmented Journey
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you’re not getting your clicks back. Today, your customers can discover, decide and often convert without visiting your website. Google, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Amazon, Reddit and even voice assistants can frequently meet searchers’ needs, leaving all your hard work and effort for naught. But “zero-click” […]
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CTV Roundup
Here’s What You Missed At Programmatic IO New York’s CTV Panel
If you didn’t happen to watch the main stage of AdExchanger’s Programmatic IO New York this week, then you missed a great (albeit way too brief) conversation about CTV’s programmatic progress.
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Data-Driven Thinking
AI Disclosure Requirements: Navigating State Laws And Platform Rules
As AI quickly advances and legislators struggle to keep up, it can feel like the Wild West when choosing whether and how to disclose the use of AI in advertising and other communications. However, even though the number and scope of formal mandates under existing U.S. law that require advertisers to disclose the use of […]
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The Big Story
The Big Story LIVE: AI Unleashed
Live from New York at Programmatic IO, the AdExchanger editorial team debriefs what ad tech’s brightest minds are saying and doing around AI and measurement.
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Marketers
Advertisers Need Easy Access To DSPs – But AI Is Changing What That Access Looks Like
A lot has changed since the mid 2010s. Smartphones, social media and streaming come to mind. And over in the ad tech world, there have been huge shifts, too, notably with the rise of AI infiltrating everything from campaign optimization to creative. Mike Hauptman, co-founder of AdLib and former MediaMath exec, is confident that the […]
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AdExchanger Talks
The Economist’s POV On Remedies For Google’s Ad Tech Monopoly
In the Google search case, a forced spin-off of Chrome was never gonna happen, but a court-ordered divestiture of GAM isn’t beyond the pale in the ad tech case, says Geoffrey Manne, president and founder of the International Center for Law and Economics.
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Data-Driven Thinking
How To Keep Agencies Honest On Principal Media Deals And Avoid Unaccountable Arbitrage
If this industry has taught us anything, it’s that history repeats itself. We’re great at rebranding yesterday’s practices as tomorrow’s innovations. So when principal-based buying started being pitched as the next big thing, I couldn’t help but think: Haven’t we been here before? The old game in a new wrapper Principal-based buying is when agencies, […]
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Data-Driven Thinking
The High Cost Of Bad Measurement: Why Randomized Geo Experiments Are The Gold Standard
The number-one job of a marketer is to invest budget wisely to drive sales. That inherently requires accurately measuring the performance of that spending. Yet most advertisers still rely on flawed measurement methods that systematically overstate performance and misallocate resources. The measurement crisis Even the smallest Fortune 500 companies generate roughly $10 billion in revenue, […]