Monthly Archives: February 2017

  • Keith Weed: We need comparable metrics in a digital world
Original Article: www.marketingweek.com They say one swallow does not make a summer, but on the topic of viewability and fraud in digital advertising there seems to have been an encouraging flurry of swallows recently, and I hope we are gaining...
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  • Will February 2017 go down as the month that destroyed adtech?
Original Article: www.thedrum.com February 2017 has been a bad month for adtech. This month’s news should shake the industry down to its very core – and rightfully so. Marc Pritchard rocks the ad world February began with the fallout from...
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Original Article: www.huffingtonpost.com HOLLYWOOD, Fl — It is now 12 months and one day since GroupM announced it would only buy online ads that it could be proved would be viewed by human consumers – a “100% viewability” demand that...
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  • Is the gold rush to digital marketing finally backfiring?
Original Article: www.cnbc.com Digital advertising technology has the potential to reach consumers based on their online behavior, show them relevant advertising, monitor click-through rates and even attribute those clicks to sales. And advertisers have shown no sign of reducing their...
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  • YouTube Promises New Auditing Measures Will Prove Ad Quality
Original Article: adage.com YouTube will give brands better understanding of how ads are viewed across multiple devices.  YouTube introduced new ad quality standards that even Procter & Gamble’s Marc Pritchard could praise. Google ‘s video service will now offer independent...
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  • 40% of Online Ads Are Found to Be Overweight and Slow Sites
Original Article: adage.com Ads need to go on a diet. More than 40% of online ads are larger than industry standards, which slows down websites and annoys users with crawling load times, according to a report from Ad Lightning ,...
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  • IAB aims for simplicity in digital advertising with new councils and approach
Original Article: www.cmo.com.au The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Australia is streamlining its advisory council structure and says it’s putting simplification, transparency and trust at the core of its activities in 2017. The digital association has established a new Executive Tech...
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  • Advertising is Effective When it is Trusted: Handling Privacy Concerns in a Digital World
Original Article: www.exchangewire.com The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is due to come into force in May 2018. Every organisation operating in the digital industry must make sure it is fully aware what this means and how to be prepared...
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Original Article: marketoonist.com This cartoon was inspired by the talk P&G CMO Marc Pritchard gave on the state of digital advertising at the IAB’s Annual Leadership Meeting a few weeks ago. His talk is worth reading or seeing in its...
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Original Article: www.mediapost.com After a stark warning from one of the world’s biggest advertisers that it will no longer accept the status quo in digital advertising, publishers are rushing to burnish their credentials and illustrate how premium sites can help...
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