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It’s time to re-think our rejection of third-party cookies

Martech

Ever since Google threatened to eliminate third-party cookies, there’s been a steady drumbeat that websites should switch to first-party data, which, many say, is better anyways. What are cookies, and why do we have them? A cookie is a small text file that a website can write to your computer.

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The Big Story: First-Party Cookie Camouflage

AdExchanger

And the latest tweak in Safari will cut down on vendors that camouflage themselves in first-party cookie The post The Big Story: First-Party Cookie Camouflage appeared first on AdExchanger. Ad tech vendors who scrape content to build contextual segments are irking publishers.

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A Brief Timeline of Signal Loss

VideoWeek

By 2024, everyone working in digital advertising was tired of hearing about cookie deprecation, writes Thomas Bernal, VP Go To Market at Ogury. What signal loss refers to is the erosion of data that was once used as a reliable proxy for consumer behaviours, or the consumer themselves, such as the famous or infamous third-party cookie.

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The post-cookie path to personalized advertising

Martech

In the not-too-distant future, most of the signals we get from third-party cookies and devices will be all but gone. While addressability is paramount, marketers are also looking for ways they can create personalized experiences without cookies. Second-party data. Read next: Why we care about data clean rooms.

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Though cookie alternatives are out there, agencies have their issues with them all

Digiday

As agencies get more serious about finding the right third-party cookie alternatives , they are running into challenges, both old and new. Some of these include changes in audience size or measurement and standardization obstacles — and potentially even its own set of privacy questions. Continue reading this article on digiday.com.

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Comic: The Cookie Pool

AdExchanger

This classic comic first ran in October 2011. The post Comic: The Cookie Pool appeared first on AdExchanger. Wishing you all a beautiful Memorial Day!

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Server-side measurement: What is it really good for?

Martech

With the end of third-party cookies looming over an ever-shifting horizon, marketers have been scrambling to figure out how to hold onto their precious data. Server-side tracking and the cookie apocalypse. They are the reason for the demise of cookies. What do cookies have to do with this?