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Weekly Roundup: Top SSPs in 2021, IAB’s State of Data 2022, Project Rearc, and More

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Google Ad Manager retained the top Supply Side Platform (SSP) spot in 2021, with Amazon and PubMatic in second and third place. Google, Meta (formerly known as Facebook), and Amazon accrued 47% of global ad spending in 2021. Top Supply Side Platforms in 2021. billion in Q4 of 2021. AdTech Trends. Meta made $33.7

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Why we care about adtech: The complete guide

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In fact, between the third quarter of 2020 and the third quarter of 2021, there was a 125% increase in M&A activity for adtech platforms, including several high-profile deals in 2021 like Mediaocean’s acquisition of Flashtalking for $500 million and AdTheorent’s $1 billion SPAC deal to go public. First-party cookies.

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31. Steve Latham – taking an Encore at Flashtalking

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Then last July 2021, Mediaocean acquired Flashtalking for a reported $500 million, and Steve decided to “pull the pin” on his army-of-one and leave ad tech after a 20-year tour of duty. Steve was the Global Head of Analytics at Flashtalking , which acquired his advanced ad measurement company Encore Media Metrics in 2016.

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The Demise of Third-Party Cookies in AdTech: Why Are They Being Phased Out?

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Key Points Web cookies are a storage mechanism in web browsers that are used to store data. There are generally two types of cookies: first-party and third-party cookies. First-party cookies are created by the domain (aka website) the user is currently visiting. ad.doubleclick.net).

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31. Steve Latham – taking an Encore at Flashtalking

Paleo AdTech

Then last July 2021, Mediaocean acquired Flashtalking for a reported $500 million, and Steve decided to “pull the pin” on his army-of-one and leave ad tech after a 20-year tour of duty. Steve was the Global Head of Analytics at Flashtalking , which acquired his advanced ad measurement company Encore Media Metrics in 2016.

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A guide to Google Analytics 4 for marketing agencies

Martech

If you’ve worked in marketing during the past few decades, you know the importance of cookies in helping you measure your goals and advertise your brand. So it might seem jarring to think GA4 is messing with cookies at all. The short version is that Google Analytics 4 relies on first-party cookies while restricting third-party cookies.

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Goodbye to cookies: Digital advertising’s leap in the dark

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With all its extensive reach and publisher properties, it hasn’t lost the ability to cookie people. You can still have first-party cookies, so a publisher can still target and build profiles against its own users.” Maybe Google, and in particular Chrome, are just too big to avoid scrutiny.

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