Digital Marketing
90% of Deal IDs Fail to Scale. Exemptions Fix That
Deal exemption removes a negotiated programmatic deal from rules built for the open auction. Here's how it works in DV360, Ad Manager and Prebid.
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Digital Marketing
Lazy Loading for Ads: The 2026 Marketer’s Playbook
Google will count banner impressions only when ads begin rendering in February 2027. Here's how to tune lazy loading without tanking LCP or revenue.
Digital Marketing
Publisher Ad Servers: The Final Decision in Ad Tech
How the ad server picks the winning ad, why Google controls over 90% of publisher serving, and what the 2026 remedies mean for measurement and costs.
Digital Marketing
DFP Explained: What Google Ad Manager’s Ad Server Does
DFP still shapes how publishers pick winning ads. Here’s how ad server priorities, dynamic allocation and 2026 court rules affect your stack.
Digital Marketing
Prebid Explained: The Open-Source Ad Auction Standard
Prebid is the free, open-source toolkit behind programmatic header bidding. With Google now ordered to open AdX and DFP to it, here's what changes.
Digital Marketing
Ezoic Cuts 25% of Ad Impressions to Hit 87% Viewability
Ezoic cut 25% of display impressions and says viewability hit 87%, Prebid win CPM rose 54%, and publisher revenue held. Here’s what to watch.
Digital Marketing
Google Keeps AdX: What the 6-Year Ad Tech Decree Means
A federal judge rejected an AdX divestiture and imposed six-year conduct rules: Prebid interoperability, data sharing and ad server fairness.
Digital Marketing
Programmatic Guaranteed Deals: How Fixed-Price Buying Works
Programmatic guaranteed fixes price and volume before a single impression runs. Here's how the deals work, why CTV revived them and where they break.
