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Understanding the Basics of Bid Shading

QuanticMind

In the formative years of programmatic advertising , second-price auctions were the industry standard—a crucial component in helping build the online ad marketplace as we know it today. Much like eBay , ad exchanges saw second-price auctions as a better, more accurate valuation of publishers’ inventory. Enter bid shading.

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Navigating CTV Advertising: Taking Control in a Fragmented Landscape

Choozle

According to a recent report from Nielsen , US marketers reallocated 45% of their ad budgets to CTV in 2023. Peter Crofut of the Media Exchange emphasizes that the CTV industry is still relatively young and lacks significant mergers and acquisitions, a trend expected in a rapidly expanding market.

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Everything You Need to Know About Programmatic Guaranteed

QuanticMind

Next, the assurance part (and this is where that glorious “guaranteed” word comes in): In programmatic guaranteed deals, advertisers are guaranteed a certain number of impressions and a fixed CPM up front. Work with the publisher to agree on the specific terms of the deal, such as ad inventory, CPM, campaign duration, etc.

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What is private marketplace advertising?

Choozle

Today, the most common form of digital advertising is a hybrid of open exchange and private marketplaces. As the demand for more control, better ad quality, and improved brand safety grows, marketers have been looking to private marketplaces (PMPs) to solve them. billion on open exchanges and $11.56 billion and $15.97

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What is Programmatic Advertising?

Outbrain

In order to understand programmatic advertising, it’s helpful to go back to the basics of ad buying. And what better place to start than the award-winning TV series Mad Men, centered around the fictional Madison Avenue ad agency, Sterling Cooper, when copywriter Paul explains the media buying department to new secretary Peggy.

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Why we care about adtech: The complete guide

Martech

Advertising technology describes the software and the tools used by advertisers to deliver targeted digital ads to consumers. Successful campaigns use it to glean actionable data and send audiences the most relevant ads. Programmatic ad-buying. As users see more relevant ads, click-through rates improve, leading to a better ROI.

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The Ultimate Programmatic Advertising Glossary

Outbrain

In every purchase of online ad space, there are two sides: the buyers (advertisers) and the sellers (publishers). Each side uses a computerized platform to facilitate the transaction on the ad exchange. Check out our ultimate programmatic advertising glossary: Ad Exchange. Ad Network. Ad Server.