The primary changes to the API were born from industry feedback that it needed to better support callers of the API who operate within an iframe on a web page. Version 1.1 of the API includes callback support for all commands. This allows vendors who work within an iframe to…
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The ad tech industry is growing on a massive scale, it is expected to grow 5.9% YoY (according to an IAB report). To keep up with such scale and the complex nature of the industry, folks should be prepared to also face the unique challenges that come with it. Transparency…
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In ad tech, artificial intelligence is used for predictive modeling and real-time campaign optimization. DSPs use the technology to determine winning bids, and the sell-side uses AI to organize and tag inventory. However, these days, there's a new kid on the block that has the streets watching. Generative AI took…
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Standard cohorts are interest-based publisher cohorts that can be generated automatically based on publishers’ first-party data. They are created using Natural Language Processing and the IAB 1.1 Audience Taxonomy, leveraging consistent and standardized behavior inputs.
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Programmatic podcast advertising is gaining market share, and more and more publishers are interested in integrating it within their monetization strategy, dramatically increasing revenue generation. Old-school hosting platforms cannot trade programmatically, but now these efficiency features are available on the platforms that seriously invested in ad tech from the early…
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We are seeing a trend of ad monetization driven by manual ad ops processes bleeding into various industries. Many ad ops processes utilized by new media players, including retail media networks, CTV, and streaming companies, are adaptations of legacy processes and workflows used by long-standing publishing and media brands.
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A recent study showed that header bidding led to a 23% increase in fill rate and a 20% increase in average CPM. With these benefits and more, it's no wonder why header bidding has become a popular and essential tool for publishers looking to maximize their monetization potential.
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The IAB Tech Lab has committed to publishing programmatic best practices alongside their quantified carbon impact from sustainability vendors like Scope3 and Cedara.IO, who are part of the working group. To educate the industry, we will publish benchmarks using existing data on supply paths. In the future, we will update…
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Identity resolution is recognizing a unique user — regardless of channel or device — to create a persistent and privacy compliant unified profile. Identity resolution often happens in real-time, when a person visits a website or app to enable targeting or personalization. However, identity resolution can also occur in an…
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Two seconds — this is the average attention span of visitors on a web page, and if the page doesn’t load within this time, readers start bouncing off. Increased page load time will turn into an increased bounce rate and decreased ad revenue, which is bad news for publishers. To tackle…
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