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35. Michael Katz – double-clicking on InterCLICK and Yahoo

Paleo AdTech

” Margins were tight, which served them well during the recession of 2008-09 and set up an uplisting to Nasdaq in 2009. Growth was solid in the years 2009-2010. If you’re curious – and I know you are – the Top 5 ad networks at the start of 2010 were AOL Advertising (187M), Yahoo!

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Why is advertising so unpopular?

Advertising to Baby Boomers

: …Online advertising has contributed to this enormously, with the interruptions to people’s browsing experience by pop-ups, the creepiness of much retargeting and the sheer annoyance of autoplay videos often listed as the main offenders.

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35. Michael Katz – double-clicking on InterCLICK and Yahoo

Paleo AdTech

The startup’s clever innovation was to sell anti-popup ad software downloads via popup ads, which were then ubiquitous and often alarming, like this one on the Fastclick ad network that looked like a legitimate warning message but wasn’t: Pop-up ad on Dribbleglass.com via Fastclick ad network (circa 2002).

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28 or 52 or 103 Things Only Baby Boomers Remember

Advertising to Baby Boomers

What pops up in my mind is one of these: Here’s a better list: 37 Things Every Baby Boomer Will Remember 22. You didn’t know who was calling you until you actually picked up the phone. That’s not quite the way I remember it. Your doctor would lecture you about junk food while smoking a cigarette in your face.

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The Psychobabble Silly News: Bifurcated Boomers

Advertising to Baby Boomers

Every so often I do a Google News search for Baby Boomers and two contradictory articles pop up one after the other. Earlier Pairings: 21 May 2010 We’re all miserably happy, or … Baby Boomers: An unhappy generation? It happens once or twice a year. It’s like invoking Tweedledum and Tweedledee out of the ether.

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The Silver Economy: What We Know About the Senior Generations on Connected TV

MNTN

Older adults may not be up to date on the latest TikTok dances or consistently posting to Instagram, but the senior generations shouldn’t be ignored when it comes to advertising, particularly on CTV. In 2021, 61% of people 65+ reported owning a smartphone—up from 46% in 2018 and a particularly dramatic increase from 13% in 2012.

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The Silver Economy: What We Know About the Senior Generations on Connected TV

MNTN

Older adults may not be up to date on the latest TikTok dances or consistently posting to Instagram, but the senior generations shouldn’t be ignored when it comes to advertising, particularly on CTV. In 2021, 61% of people 65+ reported owning a smartphone—up from 46% in 2018 and a particularly dramatic increase from 13% in 2012.

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