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

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A spokesperson for the SSP said that the anomaly occurred at one of its US data centers, causing publisher ad servers to receive abnormally high CPMs on a limited number of impressions. ” The Butterfly Effect is strong even in ad tech. The error lasted for 40 seconds on March 15 and had by then been resolved.

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Introduction to Programmatic Advertising | What is Programmatic Advertising?

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Multiple platforms exist for programmatic, such as sell-side platforms (SSPs) and demand-side platforms (DSPs), allowing advertisers to buy ad inventory across an open network of platforms. This platform encompasses both DSPs and ad exchanges. Demand-side platform.

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Real Time Bidding (RTB) Auction Types

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The publishers have an option to set the floor price in the Supply Side Platform (SSP) which is minimum price for which the publisher wanted to sell their inventory. The Demand Side Platforms (DSP) are not aware of the floor price set by the publisher. The final price will be $3.01.

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What Is an Ad Exchange and How Does It Work

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Preferred Exchanges — Preferred ad exchanges or deals are more similar to the traditional approach of selling ad inventory. Publishers sell ad inventory at a negotiated fixed price to preferred advertisers. This type of ad exchange guarantees stable CPM to publishers. In addition to premium ad demand, Brid.TV

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What Is an Ad Exchange and How Does It Work

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Preferred Exchanges — Preferred ad exchanges or deals are more similar to the traditional approach of selling ad inventory. Publishers sell ad inventory at a negotiated fixed price to preferred advertisers. This type of ad exchange guarantees stable CPM to publishers.

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20 Best Video Ad Networks for Publishers

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This network lets publishers monetize videos with top-quality demand at premium rates. There is no other contender with higher CPM rates than Google. Google’s ad server works programmatically and through real-time bidding auctions, giving publishers plenty of flexibility.

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How to maximize revenue with Header Bidding? [10x more ad revenue]

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An example would be as follows: A visitor visits Forbes.com, and within a few milliseconds the header bidding code gets executed, makes a call to the demand partners the publisher is signed up with (AppNexus, etc.) The winning bid is decided between all the available demand-side platforms, and the highest bidding is selected.