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DSP, SSP, and Ad Exchange: What’s the Difference?

MNTN

Understanding programmatic advertising is understanding the individual technologies that combine to create it: DSP, SSP, and ad exchanges being key components. Programmatic advertising has enabled a myriad of businesses to advertise across platforms without having to engage an expensive third party like an advertising agency.

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

MNTN

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.

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Why SSP consolidation driven by agencies is benefiting the larger SSPs

Digiday

It’s from a large media agency network that’s reviewing the marketplace solution it put in place several years ago, said one ad exec with knowledge of the brief. In its place, the agency wants to work with SSPs that can reduce redundant, suboptimal and low-quality supply paths.

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Ad Exchange: What Is It and How Does It Work?

MNTN

In other words, it acts as a marketplace that sits in between publishers looking to sell their inventory and advertisers looking to buy it. Ad networks traditionally played the role of a middleman by purchasing unsold inventory from publishers in bulk and packaging it for sale to advertisers, often adding a markup in the process.

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Demand Side Platform (DSP): What Is It and How Does It Work?

MNTN

Programmatic advertising and the tools that go along with it, like demand side platforms , have made it easier than ever for advertisers to access ad inventory across publishers and reach their target audience. This happens in milliseconds, ensuring that the ad is displayed to the user almost instantaneously.

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What’s the Difference Between SPO and DPO?

Clearcode

Demand-path optimization (DPO) and supply-path optimization (SPO) are processes designed to organize an efficient path to an ad inventory from both the publisher’s and the advertiser’s ends. Supply-path optimization (SPO) is when demand-side platforms (DSP) try to improve the path to ad inventory.

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How to Win a Board Game Full of Ad Ops Burning Challenges

Ad Monsters

The daily routine of an ad ops manager, whether they work for a marketing agency or represent a web content publisher, is pretty much like a board game. Not that ad ops managers should “beat the card” in the blink of an eye. When the tensions run high, the game ceases to be fun, turning into a relentless passion for victory.

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