A digital advertising battle royale is taking shape, as Facebook appears to be moving forward with plans to compete against Google for programmatic ad dollars that have historically been dominated by the search giant.Facebook has a simple strategy: bring advertiser demand from the Facebook Audience Network to the world's largest publishers by integrating itself within a header bidding wrapper, a fairly new technology that lets Google's competitors cut to the front of the line and bid on ad inventory.As it stands right now, Index Exchange and AppNexus are among the leaders in header bidding wrapper technology. AOL has a wrapper, too, but isn't as far along as the other two exchanges. They are all working with the world's biggest publishers. And when Facebook integrates its header bidder within their wrappers, those publishers will have access to its Audience Network. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'
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Early this week news broke that Google is acquiring the venerable guidebook publisher Frommers. That comes on the heels of the search giant's eye-opening deal to purchase Zagat last year. It can't be that Sergey and Larry just like to travel. Rather it seems clear that Google has a plan to... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2012-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Inc.'s effort to digitize the world's books inched forward Monday, as the search giant said it had struck deals with French authors and publishers that end six years of litigation and open the way to sell out-of-print French books online. Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2012-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Moving forward with an expanded focus on digital media, Time Out New York (TONY) has integrated e-commerce and daily deals into its website and newly-launched apps. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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