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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What is Gnatcatcher?

Gnatcatcher is Privacy Sandbox technology that wants to protect the IP addresses, personal identifiers according to the European GDPR.

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Norway fines Grindr under GDPR

The world's largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people received a fine of almost 10 million euros in Norway.

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Targetspot to integrate Tru Optik identity resolution

Tru Optik’s Household GraphTM has more than 80 million U.S. homes.

Video

DoubleVerify receives Media Rating Council (MRC) accreditation for CTV Measurement

DoubleVerify says it is one of a select few companies in the industry accredited for both video and display impression measurement and SIVT in CTV.

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iSpot acquires Ace Metrix

The combination of iSpot and Ace Metrix will provide brands with a unified understanding of audience reach, consumer attention, brand impact, and return on TV and CTV advertising investments.

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Uganda's government orders internet providers to cut off the Internet

Uganda's shutdown of the Internet shows how a government can cut off the Internet in less than one day.

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What is Microsoft Clarity?

Microsoft Clarity is a free-to-use website analytics tool, similar to Google Analytics.

Social

Merkle identifies 5 marketing trends for the first quarter

Experiences, Social Commerce, Gaming & Sports, over-the-top (OTT)/connected television (CTV), and Cookieless Future are the trends for Q1 2021.

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DoubleVerify introduces Brand Suitability Tiers

DoubleVerify is aligning with standards from the 4A’s Advertising Protection Bureau (APB) and WFA’s Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM).

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RPM vs CPM

Know the difference between RPM and CPM.

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Nielsen renews multi-year agreement with TEGNA to provide TV ratings

TEGNA’s customers use Nielsen data to activate and measure local media buys.

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What is Customer Match?

Customer Match enables advertisers to use CRM data from customers, like email addresses and phone numbers, to identify online users browsing the web.

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Google introduces support for Google Analytics 4 in Data Studio

Google last month introduced support for Google Analytics 4 in Data Studio.

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Goldman Sachs, ClearSky, and NightDragon acquire White Ops

DSPs like MediaMath, Xandr, and The Trade Desk use White Ops services to block and detect fraudulent traffic.

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The data collection that helps Google to lock publishers and advertisers

The antitrust lawsuit, moved this month against Google, shows how Google uses data to gain market dominance and potentially create a new walled garden.

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FreeWheel to acquire Beeswax

Beeswax was founded in 2014. Beeswax's clients pay a flat fee based on tech usage instead of a spend fee.

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IAB Europe considers Traffic Acquisition Manipulation as Ad Fraud

IAB Europe says publishers are selling ad fraud impressions when they pay fraudulent traffic drivers.

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IAB Europe releases a Guide to Ad Fraud

The Guide to Ad Fraud has 20 pages and is available for every advertiser.

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Experian buys Tapad for $280 million in cash

Tapad's forecasted revenue was $50 million for 2020. Tapad has a graph that includes includes digital ad IDs, clustered at the individual and/or household level.

Video

LiveRamp partners with Kinetiq to connect TV ad exposures with purchases, store visits, and app downloads

LiveRamp's customers can now connect TV exposures to real outcomes like purchases, store visits, and app downloads.

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Google introduces a self-service account linking to Ads Data Hub for Google Ads, CM, and DV360

Google says over 200 brands, agencies, and measurement partners use Ads Data Hub to analyze campaign data.

Display

Google expands Nielsen mobile digital ad ratings (mDAR) measurement to more countries

Nielsen mobile digital ad ratings enables advertisers to measure ads served to tablets/smartphones via native app-store applications.

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Google still investing in Campaign Manager, the adserver for buyers

Google guarantees that it will continue to invest in Campaign Manager, as the digital ads ecosystem evolves with an increased focus on privacy, new regulations, and changes in technology platforms.

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Semcasting launches Activate, a new cookie-free audience and attribution platform

Semcasting developed a platform that does attribution, build audiences, is connected with DSPs, social platforms, and has CRM onboarding, all connected with an omnichannel identity graph.

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Google to remove the Insights Tab from Campaign Manager

Google says the Insights Tab from Campaign Manager had low usage.