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A Pubmatic Server Anomaly, $1 Billion CPMs, and a Complicated Programmatic Ecosystem

Ad Monsters

” The Butterfly Effect is strong even in ad tech. Hundreds of businesses were affected, including ad agencies, demand-side platforms, ad networks, SSPs, data providers, ad verification services, and more.

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What Is a Demand Side Platform (DSP)?

SODP

While publishers will rely on supply-side platforms (SSPs) to facilitate the sale of their advertising inventory, without demand-side platforms (DSPs) these transactions wouldn’t be possible. What Is a Demand-Side Platform (DSP)? How Does a DSP Work?

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Why SSP consolidation driven by agencies is benefiting the larger SSPs

Digiday

Supply-side platforms (what’s left of them anyway) have come a long way since the days of ad network optimization. What was once billed as software that helped publishers make money selling ads, is also now software that can help marketers make money buying ads.

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How to Build a Self-Serve Advertising Platform

Clearcode

Everyone in the digital advertising world is familiar with Facebook Ads and Google Ads. Advertisers, ad agencies and even publishers use these platforms to create, run and manage ad campaigns. But some people might not know that these platforms are examples of self-serve advertising platforms.

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Top DSP Features You Should Consider Before You Start Your Programmatic Campaigns

RevX

Finding the right Demand Side Platform (DSP) for your needs is not easy, but it's crucial to running successful digital marketing campaigns. To help you better analyze the capability of different Demand Side Platforms, we are dividing this article into two parts. What are you trying to accomplish?

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

MNTN

Ad Exchange vs. Ad Network An ad network aggregates ad inventory from multiple publishers and sells it to advertisers, often categorizing the inventory into specific segments based on content type, audience demographics, or other criteria. How Does an Ad Exchange Work?

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What’s the Difference Between SPO and DPO?

Clearcode

Key points Demand-path optimization (DPO) and supply-path optimization (SPO) are processes designed for organizing an efficient path to an ad inventory from both ends, publishers and advertisers. Supply-path optimization (SPO) is when demand-side platforms (DSP) try to improve the path to ad inventory.