July 13, 2023
Here's everything you need to know about the new IAB Tech Lab guidelines—and what publishers should expect. Last year, the IAB Tech Lab announced proposed changes to its Ad Formats Guidelines for Digital Video and CTV. The guidelines were officially published in September of 2022 which kicked off a workstream for OpenRTB (the communication protocol that enables real-time bidding) to support the new...
July 05, 2023
The Arena Group's COO Andrew Q. Kraft speaks on stage at the AdMonsters Ops Conference about how they approach video. Both the publishing and digital ad industries are in a period of massive flux, with paradigm-shifting changes occurring on what feels like a monthly basis. From the depreciation of third-party cookies to the IAB's new guidelines surrounding in-stream and out-stream video, ongoing debates about...
March 15, 2023
What do you think of Google's Core Web Vitals? Let's talk about everything you need to know as a publisher. Google's updated page performance standards called Core Web Vitals launched in the summer of 2021. Here's what publishers and businesses need to know about taking action to protect your page and search rankings. Google's standards are designed to measure how readers experience a webpage....
March 08, 2023
Learn everything there is to know about content recommendations and recommender systems. Back in 1971, Herbert Simon coined the term “Attention Economy.” His simple but brilliant insight was that an explosion of information will inevitably lead to a scarcity of what it consumes: our attention. Simon believed that this concept would eventually dominate our economy. The internet has...
January 18, 2023
If you are a digital publisher, you need to optimize your video ad inventory for media buyers... If you are a digital publisher who produces content, it’s important that you know how to create the best possible environment that will appeal to a maximum amount of media buyers. This includes fully optimizing your video ad inventory. There are two significant parts of this video inventory...
January 10, 2023
How does video complement display? Real success in digital advertising lies in ensuring that adverts don’t intrude on a user’s browsing experience... The internet is a noisy place, and there’s no denying it. Last year alone, $521 billion was spent on digital advertising worldwide, which equates to a whole lot of messages vying for attention in a very crowded marketplace. Most users understand that ads are a necessity for publishers or website...
September 06, 2022
How can publishers get started with segmenting audiences? Why is audience segmentation so important, and what are the benefits from doing it? EX.CO's GM, EMEA Marc Thomas explores all the answers and more. The battle for consumer attention is fiercer than ever.
August 24, 2022
A good recirculation strategy can be the best investment you make. Give your readers a reason to stick around, and you could earn their trust and loyalty. Losing readers after one page? It really hurts.
August 11, 2022
Learn about contextual advertising, how it differs from behavioral advertising, why contextual is beneficial, and more in this blog post. If you own a website or work in media, chances are you’ve heard the term “contextual advertising” but you may not understand exactly what it is, how it works, or why it should matter to your business.