Understand the marketing revelation that commercialized the Internet. Ad Serving provides a commercial infrastructure to the internet, spanning all sites, and touching all users, all the time. Ad Serving gives marketers the ability to deliver and measure their ads for exceptionally low cost, revealing the true value of the ad space they pay for. Utilizing cookie and page-level analysis, marketers can build vast pools of pseudonymous data about websites, ads and the users that encounter them. This data, and the trusted publisher-independent methodology for measurement, secures investment for Publishers. The counting, tracking and the delivery of ads to enable this data takes place at massive scale. The processes and systems behind data collection are complex, and marketers are expected to learn how to use them as the industry grows; applying this knowledge to their new roles in Digital Advertising. Many undertake this challenge, unaware of the complexity that lies ahead. The learning resources are few and far between. This book satisfies an intermediate-level of tuition to Ad Serving Technology, illustrating how and why Advertisers continue to grow their ad spend in the planet's favorite new media channel. Topics covered includes: Introduction to Digital Advertising, Introduction to Ad Serving technologies, Campaign Setup in the Ad Server by Channel - Standard Display, Rich Media, Instream Video, SEO, Paid Search, Affiliate, Email and Social. This book also covers Conversions, Attribution, Retargeting, Optimization Strategies, Adserver Reporting, Adserver Analytics, Privacy technology and an Introduction to Programmatic including DSPs, SSPs, DMPs, ATD's, ITD's and RTB.

Adland is a ground-breaking examination of modern advertising, from its early origins, to the evolution of the current advertising landscape. Bestselling author and journalist Mark Tungate examines key developments in advertising, from copy adverts, radio and television, to the opportunities afforded by the explosion of digital media - podcasting, text messaging and interactive campaigns. Adland focuses on key players in the industry and features exclusive interviews with leading names in advertising today, including Jean-Marie Dru, Sir Alan Parker, John Hegarty and Sir Martin Sorrell, as well as industry luminaries from the 20th Century such as Phil Dusenberry and George Lois. Exploring the roots of the advertising industry in New York and London, and going on to cover the emerging markets of Eastern Europe, Asia and Latin America, Adland offers a comprehensive examination of a global industry and suggests ways in which it is likely to develop in the future.

Part history, part guidebook, part prediction for the future,?this book?tells the story of the companies, individuals, and innovations driving the revolution of online ads. Far from the catchy television spots and sleek magazine spreads are the comparatively modest ads that pop up on websites and in Internet searches. But don't be fooled - online advertising is exploding. Growing at a compound annual rate near 20%, it is now the second-largest advertising channel in the United States. Targeted takes listeners behind the scenes - examining the growth of digital advertising, its enormous potential, and the technologies that are changing the game forever. You will also learn about several key aspects such as: keyword micro-markets, ad serving systems, aggregated virtual audiences, new business models, and much more! Leading the way is real-time bidding, which offers advertisers unprecedented precision in targeting ads and measuring their effectiveness.?This book is sweeping in scope and stripped of technical complexity. Targeted is an essential resource for anyone interested in finding and connecting with customers in the vast and shifting Internet universe.

Guide to Marketing Automation and Accelerated ROI on Advertising KEY FEATURES ● Demonstrates how a DSP works, its bidding strategies, impression tracking, and configurations. ● Exemplifies how AI/ML simplifies bidding strategies. ● Illustrates how SSP, exchange, ad-server, and header-bidding (client and server-side) work in detail. DESCRIPTION This book provides you with an in-depth understanding of programmatic advertising. This knowledge can be applied to the checklist for procuring the appropriate stack, optimizing existing platforms, and/or building the system from the ground up. With comprehensive treatment of programmatic issues, this book establishes a solid foundation with ID systems, data management systems, and data thinking, among other topics. It explores the different data sources, attributes, and the real-time bidding protocol in detail (RTB steam). It makes its way even further into the larger systems of DSP and SSP. This book will help assist you in all aspects of running an ad-tech system. By the end of this book, you will gain a vast amount of knowledge about programmatic systems. You will become an independent expert that will help you to evaluate the advertising techniques for your own business. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN ● Learn about the ID mechanics of cookies and GAID/IDFA. ● Gain an intuitive and in-depth understanding of the data's role in AI/ML. ● Learn about various data-centric strategies around buy and sell of media. ● Learn about DSP, bidder, bidding strategies, RTB, paid impression, and various syncs. ● Learn about SSP, Exchange, Ad-Server, header bidding systems, and AI-led floor price optimization. WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR The book is essential for the architects, senior developers, and ad-tech operations to learn about programmatic in-housing from a design, process, strategic thinking, and operational standpoint. It also attracts business professionals who want to learn the tricks of the trade for increasing revenues and learn the art of asking the right questions. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Cookies, and Sync Mechanics 2. Data and AI Strategies 3. Working of DMP and CDP 4. Exchanges, Ad-Servers, and Header Bidding 5. Bidders and Meta DSPs 6. Data Privacy by Design 7. In-Housing - The Way Forward

This book introduces computational advertising, and Internet monetization. It provides a macroscopic understanding of how consumer products in the Internet era push user experience and monetization to the limit. Part One of the book focuses on the basic problems and background knowledge of online advertising. Part Two targets the product, operations, and sales staff, as well as high-level decision makers of the Internet products. It explains the market structure, trading models, and the main products in computational advertising. Part Three targets systems, algorithms, and architects, and focuses on the key technical challenges of different advertising products. Features · Introduces computational advertising and Internet monetization · Covers data processing, utilization, and trading · Uses business logic as the driving force to explain online advertising products and technology advancement · Explores the products and the technologies of computational advertising, to provide insights on the realization of personalization systems, constrained optimization, data monetization and trading, and other practical industry problems · Includes case studies and code snippets

This book is your ultimate guide to advertising data landscape. It covers everything from basic concepts all the way to developing a successful data strategy. You will learn where advertising data comes from and how it flows around the ecosystem. It will help you understand what data is available for targeting from third-party vendors, as well as standalone advertising platforms, such as Facebook, Google, or Amazon. Data Management Platforms (DMPs) are explored in depth, with detailed profiles of the most popular providers. All of this is set into context of key privacy regulations, including General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The final chapter gives you a blueprint for designing your own successful data strategy.

Introduction to Programmatic Advertising (Second Edition) offers a clear and concise introduction to programmatic advertising, from basic concepts to current trends. You will learn: How the open advertising ecosystem works. What are DSPs, SSPs, CDPs, OpenRTB protocol, preferred deals or supply-path optimization? Why data is the lifeblood of programmatic. How is data collected and used by publishers and advertisers to deliver maximum advertising efficiency? What has changed over the recent years. From a switch to first-price auction, to the emergence of consent-management platforms or universal auction adoption by publishers. Why is the demise of third-party cookies such a big deal. How will the programmatic advertising ecosystem respond to unprecedented identity and privacy changes? Where to focus now and in the future. Why are the biggest industry players betting on emerging channels like connected TV or retail media? Just like the well-received first edition, this book was written primarily with people who are new to the world of programmatic advertising in mind. This includes people just entering the industry, students, academics, or anyone who would like to better understand how programmatic works. Some of the topics covered in this book, such as identity or privacy, could be also useful to seasoned professionals.