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Google Display Now Powered by Teracent

Google has very recently acquired Display ad technology company Teracent, this acquisition comes after Google’s AdMob Acquisition. Teracent already powers Yahoo Smart Ads and similar to  Tribal Fusion Dynamic Ads and market rivals Adroit and Drapper.Teracent’s technology can pick and choose from literally thousands of creative elements of a display ad in real-time — tweaking images, products, ...

Google AdWords Position vs Conversion rate

Do you believe Conversion Rate doesn’t depend on Adwords position?Even I did not until I came across adwords blog where Google chief economist “Hal Varian” says Conversion rate is not influenced by ad words ranking…….  He says Conversion rate does not depend on Ad words position.A new research by him and his team has found that conversions does ...

Common cause for Discrepancy

I came across a good post on Adify related to impression and click discrepancy which says some of the common reason for discrepancy, so thought of sharing with you Understanding Common Causes of Discrepancies   The upstream advertiser’s ad server, which might be an agency-oriented solution like Atlas or a boutique Rich Media content server The network’s ad server-Ad server ...

Ad Network in India, a broader look

Ad network-In general defined as a group of websites.I’ve been watching the move of ad networks in india for sometime now.If I am correct the ad network market is aggressive in the last 6~8 months, as we see a lot happening in this sector. There are various type of ad network Blind Network Open Network Vertical Ad Network Affiliate Network The difference is, the ...

Internet Reach in India

Recently, I was in mumbai, where I came across an interesting road side juice shop.What’s interesting was their creativity, which was someway related to our field.Their shop name is “Gogola” logo exactly reflects Google. Also their Menu card was designed like a webpage which was very catchy, So I immediately  picked up my mobile took some photos, enjoy The ...

myspace myAds-a leap in Direct Marketing

Myspace has come up with its myAds beta version, an ad management tool.Once I heard this news, I was very curious to keep my hands over the tool and check out how it works.Though I did not have full access to come out with my full evaluation, but here’s my very basic analysis of the ...

Google Ad Planner

Google Ad Planner, a new tool from Google. I am in the Beta Test program.I have worked on the Tool for a couple of weeks now and here’s my thoughts about the tool.     The tool lets you search inventory across different countries.It allows you to searh page views, unique visitors, % reach You have the option ...

Ad Trafficking Utilities

I’ve been using some simple interesting applications during time when troubleshooting campaigns.Thought I’ll share that with you       Fiddler: Fiddler is an HTTP debugging proxy that logs all HTTP traffic between your computer and the Internet.A tiny application, by which you can see  various code transactions between web servers, 3rdparty ad servers,.etc while your web page loads.This ...

CPL System

Cost per lead (CPL) advertising — thought to be more cost-effective than online banner and search — is now within reach of cash-strapped small businesses and interactive agencies. CPL firm Pontiflex made enhancements to its campaign management platform, which allows marketers and agencies to set up, manage and optimize CPL campaigns via drop-down menus, much like ...

Want to select an Ad Server?

I thought, this would be an apt time to write about this topic.As the options for Ad server solutions is abundant now leaving online players confused and perhaps making difficult to select aswell.Below few points, that would help giving a better idea while selection   Feature:Jot down your ad serving needs, and get the feature list from vendor and compare if it meets all ...