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ANA study finds 25% of programmatic ad dollars are wasted

Martech

of every dollar that enters a demand-side platform (DSP) reaches a consumer. goes toward fees to ad-tech intermediaries. goes to low-quality media, including invalid traffic (IVT) and made-for-advertising (MFA), non-viewable and non-measurable inventory. Where does it go? Another $0.35

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Why Sell-Side Targeting Matters Now More Than Ever

PubMatic

Sell-side targeting has emerged as a privacy-safe tactic—and it will continue to help brands stay ahead of operational- and performance-related changes. There’s a lot at stake, and PubMatic’s sell-side targeting solutions bring advertisers closer to publisher content, and closer to the consumer.

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The ANA’s transparency crackdown has been mired by ad tech’s intricacies

Digiday

When the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) confirmed PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as the lead agency in its planned ad tech transparency study in December last year, those involved hoped to publish the results this week at the ANA’s flagship Masters of Marketing conference. And all of this is happening as U.S.

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Caught between resignation and resistance, ad industry grapples with the prevalence of ‘made-for-advertising’ sites

Digiday

Or to put it more bluntly, ad execs are adopting an if-you-can’t-beat them, join-them strategy. Ad tech vendors that once steered clear of selling MFA inventory are now folding them into their own marketplaces. They seem to be doing fine on their own, especially as they get better at running ad arbitrage businesses at scale.

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How are Advertisers Reacting to ATT?

InMobi

Further, many demand-side platforms (DSPs) and other ad tech platforms serving advertisers have updated their bidding algorithms to account for having less data than before. For these kinds of campaigns, success was measured using KPIs like viewability rate, video completion rate, etc.

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Omnichannel DSPs vs Specialized DSPs: How to Choose Between the Two

InMobi

When selecting a demand-side platform (DSP) for your programmatic campaigns, should you choose an omnichannel DSP or a more specialized DSP? Specialized vs. Omnichannel DSPs: Market Factors to Consider As we noted in our July 2019 webinar with Adweek, consolidation continues to happen among omnichannel DSPs in the ad tech space.

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The Crazy Advertising Technology Landscape

InMobi

Below you’ll find a plethora of information about the various players in the ad tech ecosystem. For example, some DCOs offer solutions to create dynamic ads with layered features like videos, maps and carousel galleries. Trading Desks These are specialized media buying groups that most commonly work for (or within) an ad agency.