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Understanding the Complicated World of Advertising Technology (AdTech) & Programmatic Advertising

Clearcode

For those of you who haven’t heard about Clearcode before, we’re a software development company that specializes in designing and building advertising and marketing technologies, such as ad servers , DSPs , SSPs , CDPs , etc. The first ever ad server was invented by a company called FocaLink Media Services in 1995.

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Digiday+ Research: A guide to the top 10 ID alternatives for publishers

Digiday

Verizon Communications acquired Yahoo in 2017, merged it with AOL and rebranded the combined entity as Oath. This generic ID resides in the ad server and is sent to the DSP — it has no PII attached to it. ID5 launched in 2017 as shared identity infrastructure for ad tech platforms and premium publishers.

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6 Alternatives to Third-Party Cookies and Mobile IDs in AdTech

Clearcode

Typically, an AdTech company, such as a supply-side platform (SSP) or demand-side platform (DSP) , will create a third-party cookie either by placing their code on a website or via a process called piggybacking. 2006: Popular ad-blocking software, Adblock Plus, launches.

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