Ad Tech
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Marketers
It’s Time For Buyers To Ditch Vanity Metrics And Start Collaborating With The Sell Side
Andrea Kwiatek will be presenting at Programmatic I/O, taking place May 20-22 in Las Vegas. Get your tickets here. If marketers weren’t so obsessed with vanity metrics like viewability and click-through rate (CTR), the open internet would have less of a media quality problem. Buyers could solve many of the issues they have with the […]
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Data-Driven Thinking
A Pragmatic Approach To Banishing MFA From The Supply Chain
The open web stands as a testament to freedom of communication, innovation and the collective pursuit of knowledge. However, lurking within our dynamic ecosystem is a growing threat: the proliferation of made-for-advertising (MFA) publishers. These entities are simply not publishers. They’re better described as master traffic arbitragers that exploit the system for profit without contributing […]
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Online Advertising
Adalytics Claims Colossus SSP Is Misdeclaring IDs In Its Bid Requests
Call it another colossal error in the long history of ad tech spoofing. Colossus SSP, a DEI-focused supply-side platform owned by Direct Digital Holdings (DDH), is the subject of Adalytics’ latest report released Friday. Through matching data logs and the Chrome developer toolkit, it documented the SSP repeatedly misrepresenting IDs in openRTB fields. What’s more, […]
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CTV Roundup
Programmers And Platforms Make One Last Plea For Ad Dollars Ahead Of The Upfronts
Programmers are using their Q1 earnings reports as a dress rehearsal for their upfront pitches. Meanwhile, programmatic platforms, including Magnite and PubMatic, also had upfronts in mind during their Q1 earnings.
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The Big Story
Data Dazzles Ahead Of The TV Upfronts
Will data dazzle media buyers at this year’s TV upfronts? Plus: Why recent changes to Google search results have decimated traffic for some digital publishers – and rewarded others.
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Online Advertising
The Trade Desk Reframes Its Open Internet Vision As ‘The Premium Internet’
The Trade Desk delivered another smash earnings report. What’s new? The company’s total revenue in Q1 was $491 million, a 28% increase from last year, and net income (i.e., profit) jumped from $9 million in Q1 2023 to $32 million this quarter. Consistent revenue growth and profit has become the norm for TTD, which reported […]
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Marketers
Google Search’s Core Updates Are Crushing Sites And Reshaping The Web
Had enough of marketing changes and disruption this year? Too bad. Google Search, the web’s largest traffic and revenue generator for two decades, is in the midst of sweeping overhauls that have already altered how users are funneled around the internet. Last month, Google completed the rollout of its first “core update” of 2024, which […]
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CTV Roundup
How Streamers Respond To Mounting Pressure From Buyers And Investors
It’s been a busy week in CTV and streaming, with Google kicking off NewFronts, Paramount ousting its CEO and the IAB projecting social video will outpace CTV in 2024.
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The Big Story
Privacy Sandbox Yellow Flags
Debrief on the CMA’s biggest issues with the Privacy Sandbox highlighted in its latest report. Then, a vibe check on the Newfronts.
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Data-Driven Thinking
Why SSPs And DSPs Are Breaking The Barrier Between Supply And Demand
Most of the companies in the digital marketing ecosystem have traditionally serviced either the supply or the demand side. But in the last few years, this trend has started to change. Google and Meta have always served both sides of the advertising ecosystem, and other examples are emerging as well. In 2022, leading demand-side […]
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