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30. Dave Zinman – on the first ad server, BlueLithium and beyond

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Dave co-founded a company while at Stanford Business School that built the first demand-side ad server, and he later went on to develop products at pioneering powerhouses such as BlueLithium, Yahoo, InfoLinks and Drawbridge.

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Video Ad Servers vs Display Ad Servers: Use Both or One?

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Some estimates claim that it will overtake all other digital ad formats in just a few years. There are many different ad servers available to the publisher, but they cannot all handle video ads effectively. Video ads require high-bandwidth, dedicated servers to handle high traffic levels and load times for these ads.

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What Is An Ad Server And Why You Should Use It?

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What is an Ad Server? An ad server is a technology which manages, serves, tracks and reports online display advertising campaigns. There are two types of ad servers in the advertising ecosystem: publisher (supply side) and advertiser (demand/buy side) ad server. How do ad servers work?

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30. Dave Zinman – on the first ad server, BlueLithium and beyond

Paleo AdTech

Dave co-founded a company while at Stanford Business School that built the first demand-side ad server, and he later went on to develop products at pioneering powerhouses such as BlueLithium, Yahoo, InfoLinks and Drawbridge. Mango, the tropically-named motherboard for FocaLink’s proto-ad server.

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Should I run AdX only, Header bidding only or both?

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Header Bidding enables publishers to expose and sell their inventory to more demand partners while getting the highest possible yield for each impression. With Header Bidding allowing multiple demand sources to bid in real-time for the same inventory, publishers can expect higher ad revenues and better monetization efficiency.

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How Can Publishers Boost Their Ad Revenue with Header Bidding?

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It is a real-time programmatic auction where multiple demand partners bid on a single impression. Header bidding allows publishers to offer their ad inventory to multiple SSPs (Supply-Side Platforms), ad networks, and ad exchanges to bid before sending the bid call to the ad server.

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Supply Side Platform (SSP): What Is It and How Does It Work?

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So again, an SSP facilitates digital advertising by automating the sale of ad inventory from publishers to advertisers. Connection to Demand Sources : The SSP connects to various demand sources, including Demand Side Platforms (DSPs), ad exchanges, and directly with advertisers, expanding the potential buyer pool for the ad inventory.