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You Are Not Immune: Take Our Publishers’ State of Clickbait Survey

Ad Monsters

Clickbait ads and scams are a persistent scourge of the online publishing world, prompting the Department of Homeland Security to encourage people to install ad blocking software as a means of protection. No site, it seems, is immune, with clickbait ads appearing on even the most discerning properties. Take the Survey Now!

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How publishers are fighting clickbait ads and protecting audiences

Digiday

As a result, clickbait, offensive and misleading ads are on the rise, finding their way onto publishers’ sites, directly impacting the reader experience and ultimately hurting revenue. “Users no longer tolerate sketchy offers or scams pushed by clickbait ads,” he said.

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Blocking Domains Isn’t Enough To Stop MFA

AdExchanger

Recent reporting from Adalytics and the Wall Street Journal exposed that Forbes, a publisher with more than a century’s worth of brand equity, was running a parallel made-for-advertising site in the shadows. This […] The post Blocking Domains Isn’t Enough To Stop MFA appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Stop Wasting Your Ad Spend On Made-For-Advertising Publishers

AdExchanger

MFA: Made-for-advertising content. MFA is a combination of paid traffic, clickbait and other incentivized traffic, engineered to create ad impressions and generate revenue. The post Stop Wasting Your Ad Spend On Made-For-Advertising Publishers appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Trade Bodies Answer Call to Define ‘Made for Advertising’

VideoWeek

A consortium of trade groups has published a definition of ‘Made for Advertising’ (MFA) websites, bringing a standardised set of characteristics to a contentious topic in the industry. The consortium includes the ANA, the 4A’s, the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) and the Incorporated Society of British Advertisers (ISBA).

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Made-for-advertising sites lack a clear definition, causing confusion among the advertising industry

Digiday

Marketers say they’re concerned about made-for-advertising (MFA) sites, but the industry lacks a clear consensus on what an MFA actually is. Consider this response when Digiday asked one media buyer for their stance on including MFAs in clients’ programmatic campaigns: “My mind immediately goes to clickbait.

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How Malvertising Shapes Behavior and Threatens An Industry: A Q&A with Yuval Shiboli, GeoEdge

Ad Monsters

From 2022 to 2023, his company monitored and analyzed billions of live advertising impressions across premium websites, apps, and SSPs to assess the overall ad quality in today’s digital ecosystem. Additionally, now that some SSPs are loosening their tight grip on advertisers, it’s easier to enter the market with new scams and tactics.