It’s been a while since we served up linkage. So, here we go – ad exchange-related news. Financial Times writer, John Gapper, says that skepticism reigns regarding online ad exchanges – only for the uninformed, John. But, opposing viewpoints are always welcome here at AdExchanger.com. Apparently, big brands and newspaper sites may “shun” the advertising […]
Google is interested in your interests. The Google monolith announced today that its next option for advertisers will include behavioral targeting, and Miguel Helft of the NY Times wisely posits that the acquisition of DoubleClick and its technology is becoming more visible in Google strategy. From “Google’s Official Blog,” Susan Wojcicki, VP, Product Management, writes: […]
ContextWeb, makers of the ADSDAQ contextual advertising exchange, has published a video on its blog from an entertaining panel at the recent OMMA Ad Nets conference in New York City. Featuring participants in the ad exchange space from Yahoo!’s Right Media and APT, DoubleClick Advertising Exchange, ContextWeb/ADSDAQ and two agency reps, the panel helped outline […]
ClickZ media buying writer, Tessa Wegert, completes the second of her two-parter on ad exchanges this week. See #2 on ClickZ: “Getting to Know the Ad Exchanges.” Wegert highlights just four of the ad exchanges – only Google/DoubleClick, Yahoo!’s Right Media Exchange (RMX), ContextWeb’s ADSDAQ and Microsoft AdECN were worthy of mention to Wegert. (GlamX, […]
Joe Mullin, a reporter for IP Law & Business, has provided insight on his blog regarding a patent violation lawsuit that is making its way through the courts and affects many of the larger advertising technology companies including Yahoo (ad exchange Right Media’s owner), Google (DoubleClick’s Ad Exchange), ContextWeb (ADSDAQ), and Specific Media. The gyst […]
It appears the advertising world is starting to get physical about the pending integration of Google and Yahoo advertising – a deal brokered amidst Yahoo!’s flirtation with Microsoft regarding acquisition of the struggling Sunnyvale company. As Erica Morphy details in her E-Commerce Times article, traditional advertisers, agencies and its lobbying arm, the Association of National […]
Ad exchanges received a plug today in the New York Times when Stephanie Clifford wrote an article entitled “Leftover Ad Space? Exchanges Handle The Remnant” about companies looking to take advantage of the efficiencies of exchanges by building tools that enable online advertising traders much the same way traders stock exchanges depend on tools and […]
Feeling it couldn’t be left out of the advertising exchange party, Microsoft, acquired tiny AdECN for what some suggest is in the $50-75 million range. In the wake of previous advertising exchange platform purchases such as Google’s $3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick which included its exchange and Yahoo!’s $700 million purchase of RightMedia and RMX, […]
Google has bought DoubleClick for a breathtaking $3.1 billion in a transaction that is expected to find regulatory approval after a hard slog. With DoubleClick’s huge display ad serving business, it made sense for mighty Google to swing for the fences in that Google’s display business is almost non-existent. The DART ad serving system will […]