Google to Help Publishers Make Money by Blocking Ads

Google, the biggest seller of online ads, has created a way for publishers to make money without ads.Google on Thursday introduced an invitation-only crowdfunding program called Contributor that lets people pay $1 to $3 each month to visit sites devoid of ads. The Onion, Mashable, WikiHow, Urban Dictionary, ScienceDaily and photo-sharing site Imgur are among the first publishers that have signed on to not serve ads to Contributor subscribers.Google's Contributor is effectively an ad blocker, but one that benefits publishers as well as users. Like a traditional ad blocker, albeit one in which publishers give their cosent, Contributor blocks the ads on a participating publisher's page so that visitors can focus on the content they came for. The space the banners would otherwise occupy will still be there, but the actual ads will be replaced with a "Thank you" message. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

[ Advertising Age | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Confessions of an ad tech veteran: ‘Publishers need to audit their exchanges’

Header bidding as become a hot topic in publishing as a means of driving better programmatic ad yields, and even Facebook wants in on the action. But in our latest Confession, an ad tech veteran tells us how the race to adopt header bidding is a classic example of why ad tech tax isn't being... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Majority of Publishers Use Their Own Editorial Staffs to Produce Native Ads

Native advertising is only the latest new skill set taken on by editors in the digital age. The post Majority of Publishers Use Their Own Editorial Staffs to Produce Native Ads appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2016-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WeHo ad tech company begins $100-million buying spree to launch an online publishing arm

West Hollywood firm Engage:BDR Inc. uses its technology to place ads in front of half a billion people each month. But none of those ads appear on websites it owns. Though that's common for ad technology companies, Engage Chief Executive Ted Dhanik no longer sees that as a viable strategy. On... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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EU proposals could see news publishers paid by Google and Facebook

Measures are part of a series of planned European commission changes designed to strengthen rights of creators and publishersNews publishers would have stronger rights to demand payment from digital giants such as Google and Facebook in exchange for using their content, under proposed European... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Seizes Header Bidding to Challenge Google in Programmatic Ad Sales

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... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2016-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How The Sun’s fantasy football site plans to make money on platforms

The Sun’s fantasy football site, Dream Team, has been a publisher in its own right for nearly a year. Like other publishers, it’s working out the route to monetizing social video, which means branded content. It has changed several things in its editorial strategy to help build a smoother path... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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360i’s Bryan Wiener: Publishers should focus on doing what Google and Facebook don’t do

360i chairman Bryan Wiener believes publishers shouldn't try to compete head on with Google and Facebook. Instead, they should see what opportunities there are to seize in a large, growing market that Google and Facebook aren't focused on. One place to start is by cleaning up their sites from... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Adblock Plus Claims It Already Beat Facebook's Ad-Blocking Force Field

Adblock Plus said on Thursday that its community had already found a workaround to the anti-ad-blocking tech that Facebook announced just Tuesday, though Facebook countered that the fix erases more than just ads.This was just an early counter-strike in what is likely to be a drawn-out contest... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2016-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook’s now the leader in the fight against ad blocking

Let publishers take the polite or guilt-trip approach to ad blockers. Facebook is coming down hard, saying it's going to force ad blockers to see ad messages, like it or not. It could be a rallying cry for publishers but will also likely escalate the arms race with tech companies, observers... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK and US publishers agree: Video is where the money is

The majority of U.K. publishers receive a third of their traffic from third-party sites like Facebook and Google, according to an AOL report. This figure has surprised some publishers for being low. News UK's Hamish White believes publishers are either "underplaying their figures" because they... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc. Shifts to Selling Ads by Category Instead of by Its Brands. Will It Make A Difference?

As a "digital-first company," Time Inc. is now trying to keep pace with tech giants like Google, Facebook, and Comcast, in addition to fellow magazine publishers like Hearst and Cond Nast.That's one of the big reasons why Time Inc. is embracing a category-focused, more streamlined approach to... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2016-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ads on Premium Publishers' Sites Are 3 Times More Effective at Boosting Brand Favorability

Advertising on the websites of premium publishers, such as The New York Times and Hearst properties, is three times as effective as it is on those of nonpremium publishers at boosting brand favorability and making users more likely to recommend products or services, according to a study by... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2016-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘I Have To Make It Happen’: Uganda’s Newest Publishing House

Nayana Kakoma has a daughter and 'I cannot find her stuff to read that does not have ponies and long blonde hair.' So she's starting a publishing company in Uganda. The post ‘I Have To Make It Happen’: Uganda’s Newest Publishing House appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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German publishers are pooling data to compete with Google and Facebook

German media's relationship with Google and Facebook has been fraught with tension. In the last nine months, eight of the 10 biggest publishing groups in Germany, including Axel Springer, have been pooling reader data from nearly 1,000 websites to create highly targeted, quality data segments... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rubicon Project Is Helping Publishers Win the Second-Screen With Programmatic Olympic Ads

For the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, one programmatic advertising company wants to help brands that aren't paying the big bucks for an official sponsorship or major TV spot still have a "second chance for gold" by winning the race for the second-screen. Online advertising... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2016-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers give mixed reviews so far to Google AMP

It's been three months since Google launched Accelerated Mobile Pages, its fast-loading article pages initiative, and publishers are giving mixed it reviews. Pages are loading faster, but some are seeing little traffic benefit. “I would love to see more widespread adoption,” said Slate vice... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From paying the bills, to £2,000 a day: making a killing from self-publishing

Her Last Tomorrow, Adam Croft’s latest DIY thriller, lifted his bedroom business into the sales stratosphere. He talks about paying off his mortgage in weeks and why he’s fine with publishers being ‘sniffy’“Could you murder your wife to save your daughter?” That’s the hook for a novel that has... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital Content Next reports recommendations for reaching the ad-blocking audience

As the population of people using ad blocking software has grown, publishers are increasingly recognizing that they have to find a way to address those people a different way. Digital Content Next, a trade group for premium publishers, has shared recommendations, which came out of meetings with... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Is Expanding Its Video Ads With Publishers Like USA Today and Daily Mail

In a major expansion of the Facebook Audience Network, Facebook is now extending its capabilities by adding pre-roll, mid-roll and post-roll video ads for brands advertising on third-party publishers websites and apps. Third-party publishers such as USA Today Sports Media Group and Daily Mail... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2016-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Reactions make up 16 percent of total publisher likes

It’s been two months since Facebook rolled out its five new emoji reactions (love, sad, wow, etc.), to let people express more than just that they “liked” something. NewsWhip looked at their use across 20 publishers over the past two weeks and found that Fox News got the most reactions... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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