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
Why the End Card Is Mobile UA’s Most Valuable Screen
The screen after a mobile video ad carries the install CTA - and a tap can shift attribution from 24 hours to 30 days. Here's what UA teams should audit.
Digital Marketing
OpenRTB Explained: The Protocol Behind Every Programmatic Bid
A field-by-field guide to OpenRTB, the IAB Tech Lab standard powering programmatic auctions, and why its compliance gaps matter for buyers.
Digital Marketing
Pixalate Beta Adds Show Titles to CTV Bid Requests
Pixalate's OpenEPG DB and Pre-Bid API put show titles, genres and confidence scores into CTV auctions. Here's what buyers need to watch.
Digital Marketing
Creative Is the Last Lever Marketers Still Control
A new PPC Land explainer maps the creative asset from file to impression — and shows why only 3.6% of marketers actively optimize the thing they say matters most.
Digital Marketing
IAB Tech Lab’s New Rules Target Duplicate Ad Auctions
IAB Tech Lab’s first Programmatic Best Practices set voluntary rules to curb duplicate bid requests. Here’s what buyers and sellers need to know.
Digital Marketing
Contextual Ads Are Back: What Marketers Must Know
From AdSense to ChatGPT ads: how contextual targeting works, why it matters in a privacy-first world, and where it still falls short.
Digital Marketing
Cookie Syncing: The Hidden Handshake Behind Programmatic IDs
Cookie syncing maps one vendor's browser ID to another's via pixels and redirects. Here's why it lifts CPMs, leaks signal, and how to audit it.
Digital Marketing
Identity Resolution: Why Match Rate Isn’t Accuracy
New tests show IP identity links are often wrong, and weak resolution can make a $1.50 ROAS measure $0.43. Here's what marketers should ask.
AI in Marketing
Adform CTO: AI Agent Protocols Still Hardly Used
Adform CTO Jochen Schlosser says AAMP and AdCP do largely the same job, very little money flows through either, and platforms will absorb the cost.
