On one thing, however, Google is willing to bet: « The only way the problem [of insufficient revenue for news gathering] is going to be solved is by increasing monetization, and the only way I know of to increase monetization is through targeted ads. That’s our business. »
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IBM has gone to the market again and purchased marketing software maker Unica for $480 million cash. Once Unica shareholders and regulatory branches approve, the deal should close in the fourth quarter and Unica’s 500 employees will be integrated into IBM’s Business Analytics and Optimization Consulting division.
And so Placecast is especially interested in gauging consumer receptivity to proximity marketing in this survey. When they asked if people would be interested in receiving location-based (GPS-directed) text messages that included discounts, coupons and offers, only between 26% and 28% of men and women said outright that they didn’t like the idea. Between 36% and 38% felt that sort of service might be useful, although many felt that it all depended on the offer. And again, the parents of kids under six led the respondents, with 45% of this group saying they think it might be useful, compared to 37% of those with kids over six and 31% of those with no children in the house.
The transfer of data integration into ad exchanges and DSPs coupled with technology and real-time bidding (RTB) capabilities are increasing at a rapid rate, almost as rapidly as the industry is changing.
FTC chairman Jon Leibowitz offered up a new way for online companies to think about protecting privacy, right before suggesting that if the industry doesn’t make a lot of progress on this issue, it could face everything from congressional action to a national do-not-track list (not unlike the do-not-call list).
A full 16.9% of inventory served by ad exchanges was high risk for advertising, while 6.3% of inventory served via ad networks was high risk, and 3.8% directly via publishers was considered high-risk.
According to the announcement, anonymous profile information for over 200 million users, including the pages they have visited on AddThis publisher sites, is now available to other ad delivery companies in real time bidding.
DirecTV will benefit as Google will brings new advertisers onto the cable space: about a third of Google’s TV advertisers haven’t used the medium before. Google TV ads can be narrowly targeted to reach certain demographics, which should grow advertisers’ return on investment and convince them to spend more.
Personalized ads provide convenience, but it means companies know everything about consumers, from what search queries they make to the coffee they drink to the books downloaded from Amazon onto their Kindles. The information is indexed, downloaded and cross-referenced.
Each of the big three social networks has unique characteristics that open the door to extensive behavioral opportunities – from campaign extensions to standalone social campaigns.
ValueClick, Inc. (Nasdaq:VCLK) today announced the introduction of Platform Services, a new offering within its ValueClick Media division created to integrate the company’s data, audience targeting and technology assets into a single solution for more efficient delivery of large-scale digital marketing programs.
Behavioral targeting allows advertisers to know when a consumer is in market for the category of products they sell. In addition, advertisers are placing their product messages right inside eCommerce sites to get closer to consideration when consumers are in buying mode.
The research also found that attitudes and preferences significantly shift when consumers are educated about behavioral targeting or when they are offered ways to control their exposure to these ads.
The Wall Street Journal has obtained a “confidential,” seven-page Google “vision statement,” which agonized over the issue of online privacy, and what liberties it should take with the vast amount of personal and behavioral data it collects from consumers.
Magnetic will begin integrating its data with video ad networks like those operated by BrightRoll and others, the search retargeting firm announced today. The company hopes to kick-start search retargeting in the video space – which remains relatively nascent in comparison to the more developed display ad market
« We feel like location-based networks are going to be the next big thing, » said Noah Vadnai, VP of VH1 Mobile. The network is targeting consumers on a regional basis with the program, said Stephanie Werner, VP of VH1 promotions and partnerships. « This is a perfect fit [for us] because we’re going to get the word out there about great music and what’s happening at local venues, » she said.
Advertisers have had growing concerns when it comes to buying inventory through networks and exchanges. They often wonder: « How will my brand be protected? Where will my campaign really run? How do I make sense of the various targeting capabilities and data sources? » In light of these concerns, the IAB has released the “Networks & Exchanges Quality Assurance Guidelines
Peer 39’s Amiad Solomon and AudienceScience’s Denise Colella and recently taught a professional development class through the IAB and ScribeMedia.org makes a video teaser of the presentation available.
As content websites fragment audiences into more and more tightly defined demographics, your site’s target is by definition going to look less and less like a « representative sample » of anything. That’s not to say that a survey of U.S. consumers or U.S. internet users (still two different demos) isn’t useful any more.
In an interview with WSJ’s Alan Murray, WPP CEO Sir Martin Sorrell conceded that advertisers must do better to inform customers about the tracking and mapping of online behavior. On the U.S. economy, he characterized the last 6-7 months as « America Bites Back » but wonders how long the recovery will last.
To make it real, as a consumer, you are one of hundreds of millions of anonymous browsers to the behavioral ad industry. But even if you weren’t, do you really care that someone knows that you’re looking to buy a new Honda on the Web, work in the finance industry, or seem to like movies starring Ben Stiller? What’s the downside? My life just isn’t that interesting
As advertisers begin to run ads across an increasing number of social networks and sites, startup firm Adapt.ly has developed technology to help manage those campaigns from a single platform, and to help digest and evaluate the resulting performance data more easily.
I thought one of the more compelling parts of the presentation involved both the added value third-party data was bringing to ads, as well as some nice demos of the ways in which real-time data merged with dynamic ad creation.
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