Data

The latest news about data. Data is used in advertising in a variety of ways, including Audience targeting, Ad personalization, Ad optimization, Ad placement, and Measurement. Advertisers use data in advertising to reduce wasted ad spend.

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Google launches .day top-level domain registration

Users and companies can now register .day domains for an additional onetime fee, in an Early Access Program.

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Google replaces FLoC with Topics, recognising growing criticism

To replace FLoC (Federated Learning of Cohorts), Google today announced Topics, a new Privacy Sandbox proposal.

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Advertising industry companies launch an European Addressable Media Initiative

The European Addressable Media Initiative will support the development of addressable media in Europe.

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Amazon DSP introduces Pixalate pre-bid invalid traffic filtering

Amazon DSP this month integrated Pixalate pre-bid invalid traffic filtering in Amazon DSP.

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Microsoft's Xandr acquisition is all about connecting data with ad inventory

After the acquisition of Xandr, the potential reach of Microsoft will increase significantly, as Xandr is connected with hundreds of publishers globally.

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Microsoft And Google release all IP Addresses from crawlers

Microsoft and Google this month released the IP Ranges used by bots that crawl the web.

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DoubleVerify to acquire Meetrics

DoubleVerify this week announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Meetrics GmbH, an European company doing ad verification, including viewability, audience verification, ad fraud detection, and brand safety monitoring.

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IAB Europe to audit vendors registered in the Transparency & Consent Framework

IAB Europe this week launched a TCF Vendor Compliance Programme. IAB Europe says the programme has the aim to identify and enforce against instances of non-compliant Vendor implementations.

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Adzooma launches a Business Score, rating businesses in digital marketing

Adzooma yesterday relaunched their platform, introducing a Business Score rating businesses in digital marketing, including PPC, SEO, and Web Metrics.

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UK’s Age-Appropriate Design Code to come into force on 2 September 2021

The Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) is coming into force on 2 September, in the UK.

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First European publisher hit with a GDPR fine over dropping cookies without consent

Last month, CNIL, the French data protection watchdog, fined Le Figaro, a French publisher, €50,000, for dropping cookies without user consent.

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Facebook investing in new ad measurement solutions

Facebook today announced it will launch a Private Lift Measurement broadly to advertisers next year. Facebook is also investing in on-device learning, a technology that processes data locally.

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Integral Ad Science buys Publica

Integral Ad Science yesterday announced the acquisition of Publica for $220 million, 75% in cash and 25% in stock. Publica is a connected TV (CTV) advertising platform.

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Comscore integrates YouTube and YouTube TV measurement

Comscore yesterday announced it is incorporating YouTube and YouTube TV measurement into its cross-platform measurement service, Comscore Campaign Ratings.

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Adsquare suggests Proximity Targeting as alternative to audience targeting

Adsquare last month proposed proximity targeting as an alternative to identity-based targeting.

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IAS partners with The Global Disinformation Index (GDI) to avoid sources of misinformation

IAS says it is the first ad verification company to help marketers avoid misinformation content based on GDI’s standards.

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IAB Tech Lab launches an Open Source Initiative on GitHub

IAB Tech Lab says the Open Source Initiative aims to increase transparency and collaboration across the advertising community.

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DoubleVerify registers a revenue increase of 44% in Q2 2021

DoubleVerify this week announced the financial results for the second quarter of 2021. DoubleVerify registered a revenue of $76.5 million, an increase of 44%.

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IAB Europe releases a Guide to Contextual Advertising

IAB Europe today released a Guide to Contextual Advertising, a document with 34 pages providing education on alternatives to third-party cookies.

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Consent Management Platform Didomi raises $40 million

The Paris-based startup this month raised $40 million in a Series B round, led by Elephant and Breega.

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HubSpot pledges a $5 donation for each certification in HubSpot Academy

Each certification completed between August 2 and August 6 - the World Certification Week -, including recertifications and multiple certifications achieved by the same learner, represents $5 toward supporting education around the world.

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Mediaocean to acquire Flashtalking

The combination of both companies will represent an advertising technology platform with over $200 billion in annualized media spend and over 1 trillion monthly ad impressions.

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Google integrates the Funding Choices consent manager in Ad Manager, AdMob, and AdSense

Publishers have now an easy consent manager that automatically is setup by Google.

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Semcasting integrates health insights into AudienceDesigner (ADS)

HealthWise says is capable of grouping every individual based on health needs and engagement in the health systems.

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New iOS15 to hide IP addresses in web and email

iOS will be released this year, in the fall.