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The Science (And Art) Of Scaling Native Ads

Whether it’s sponsored content, advertorials, content recommendation widgets, branded content or product placement, native advertising has been around for a long time. But for a supply-side platform to deliver native ads on the open web that load quickly and look right everywhere is another beast entirely. Which is one reason why native has long been […]

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HouseFresh Clears The Air On Google’s Changing Search Experience

Publishers can no longer rely on steady search traffic thanks to zero-click AI chatbots and near-constant discovery algorithm changes made by Big Tech gatekeepers. So what comes next? That’s the billion-dollar question facing premium and longtail publishers alike. But pubs are operating under a cloud of confusion caused by outdated SEO strategies and a lack […]

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AI In Ads – And Ads In AI

Paul Longo, GM of AI in ads at Microsoft Advertising, breaks down what it means to bring ads into conversational experiences and how AI-powered tools are changing the way advertisers work. Plus: Microsoft may be shutting down the Xandr DSP next year, but that doesn’t mean Microsoft is getting out of the ad tech game.

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Making Sense of DSP-SSP Convergence

DSPs are building tools to bypass SSPs, and SSPs are trying to cut out the buy side. But the real question in the noise is whether the technology improves effectiveness, says Kara Puccinelli, chief customer officer at Nexxen, which just so happens to describe itself as an end-to-end platform.

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When AI Meets Media Quality

From one perspective, publishers are up a creek thanks to the rise of generative AI search; the impact on discoverability and traffic is palpable. But that doesn’t mean publishers can’t adapt and find new ways to make money, says Mediavine CRO Amanda Martin.

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There’s No Such Thing As An Attribution Easy Button

There are a lot of misconceptions about ad measurement. Some marketers believe media mix modeling is superior to multi-touch attribution or that it’s possible to pinpoint the exact impact of each marketing touch point on sales. (Neither is true.) But the biggest thing most marketers are wrongheaded about is in thinking there’s a single solution […]

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Rockerbox’s Attribution Journey

Ron Jacobson took the classic programmatic startup route. Which is to say, he pivoted randomly from a software job at a bank (well, the New York Fed), landed at an ad tech company and later founded his own ad tech startup before getting acquired by yet another ad tech company.

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Introducing The Wedding Tech Stack

Today, David’s Bridal is as much an AI-powered tech company as it is a retailer of wedding apparel and accessories, according to Elina Vilk, president and chief business officer. The company recently unveiled a new digital transformation strategy centered on agentic AI and personalized experiences.

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Spilling The Rosé In Cannes, With TikTok’s Monetization Chief

Despite ongoing uncertainty over TikTok’s fate in the US – the potential ban just got extended for the third time – advertisers aren’t concerned, according to TikTok’s David Kaufman. On this episode, recorded live from Cannes, Kaufman, who oversees product development, marketing and operations for TikTok’s ad platform, says it’s pretty much been business as usual for buyers.

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The Indy Innovates With AI

The best thing publishers can do with generative AI is experiment with it. If journalists don’t decide the best use of AI in journalism, then AI firms will decide for them, says Christian Broughton, CEO of The Independent, on this week’s episode of AdExchanger Talks. “Do you want AI firms to just be dictating how […]

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