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  • Location is the Next Evolution of Performance Marketing in a Mobile-First World

    Performance marketing is given many definitions; and depending on where you sit within the digital ecosystem, can be viewed upon as a terrifyingly hardcore marketing medium, reserved only for finance advertisers working towards the strictest of CPA targets or, conversely, [...]

  • High-Value App Users Represent Smallest User Base, But Drive Most Revenue

    A recent report by RadiumOne has found that high-value users drive 85% of app revenue, yet represent just 17% of the user base. The 'State of Mobile Acquisition' report uncovered activities of high-value users within apps, which are users who have [...]

  • RTL Mediengruppe Buys SmartClip; USD$60m funding for The Trade Desk

    ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: RTL Mediengruppe buys SmartClip; Trade Desk takes USD$60m in funding; AppNexus partners with Le Figaro; Moat uses funding for developing new metrics; [...]

  • The Out-Dated Notion of Branding vs Performance

    Advertisers, and the marketing campaigns they execute, are often categorised as either branding or performance, with completely different strategies and objectives. Giles Goodwin (pictured below), CEO, Flite, speaks to ExchangeWire about how marketing shouldn't be viewed so parochially as branding [...]

  • Programmatic Display: A Viable Alternative to Google Search?

    A few weeks ago, Google removed ads from the right-hand side of the search results page, causing confusion and rumours to flourish about what this means for the future of search and advertisers’ search strategies. ExchangeWire gauged the industry reaction [...]

  • Focus on Click-Based Metrics Driving Ad Fraud in Asia

    Digital ad fraud continues to be a global problem, with brands increasingly concerned about bot clicks and the accuracy of traffic numbers. It does not help that Asia's ad tech industry still looks at clicks as the primary metrics, which [...]

  • Google's Search Listings Update Potential Blow for SEO & Smaller Advertisers

    Last Friday (19 February) Google appeared to surreptitiously remove all ads from the right hand side of the search engine results page (SERP). At the same time, they bumped up the number of ads that appear at the top of [...]

  • Is Network-Level Ad Blocking a Lose-Lose Situation?

    On Friday (19 February) the mobile network operator (MNO) Three delivered the news that, in partnership with Shine Technologies, it would introduce network-level ad blocking to all customers in the UK and Italy. Cue gasps and shaking of heads across Europe – [...]

  • Driving Creativity in the Age of the Math Men

    The discussion rages on about whether data and creativity can harmoniously co-exist in the new era of digital advertising. If data is what determines whether a person is a relevant target, then creativity is what determines whether that person will eventually become [...]

  • OpenX Panel: Mobile In-App Advertising Has Some Interesting Challenges

    Following OpenX’s successful launch of its School of Programmatic initiative last month (a series of workshops designed to fill the knowledge gaps and supply the skills and know-how to make the most of programmatic), Tuesday [16 February] saw the release [...]