Mobile Ad Blockers Have Already Become the App Store's Top Downloads

COLOGNE, Germany—Apple's support of ad-blocking in its iOS9 software has caused plenty of hand-wringing for U.S. publishers and ad-tech companies, and it appears they had good reason to worry. As of today, three of the Apple App Store's top paid apps in the U.S. are ad blockers, including the No. 1 download, called Peace. At this week's Dmexco conference in Germany, global industry leaders said ad blocker adoption is even higher across Europe. During a publishing panel on Thursday afternoon, PubMatic CEO Rajeev Goel said that about 40 percent of Germans use ad blockers, a significant spike from the estimated 10 percent of Americans who block ads. As with the U.S., Germany also has three ad-block apps in its Top 5 paid downloads in the App Store. Recent data from PageFair similarly highlights how big a problem ad blocking is for advertisers in Europe compared to the rest of the world. That study found that 25.3 percent of German residents turn on ad blocking, which increased 17 percent in the past year. Even bigger, 36 percent of consumers in Greece use blockers. To compare, Oregon has the highest percentage of blockers in the U.S. at 16.4 percent. "Consumers are seeing that the mobile experience leaves something to be desired compared to the desktop experience," Goel told Adweek. "One of the ways to improve that experience is to cut out the ads." People who use ad blockers are thought to be some of the savviest Internet users since they take the extra step of... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'

[ AdWeek | 2015-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Android market shows the future is in device-agnostic app stores

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iPhone app store, Amazon Kindle: Why ebook sellers should stop playing by Apple's rules.

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Apple Moves to Tighten Control of App Store

Sony said Apple had rejected its ebook app because it did not route book sales through Apple’s system. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Google's Ad Boss on Ad Blocking, AMP Ad Viewability and Enhanced Campaigns

Digital media companies are dealing with a bunch of problems plaguing their advertising-based business models. A growing number of people are blocking the ads running on their sites, forcing publishers to find ways to get those people to unblock their ads or pay one of the ad blocking companies... Continue reading at Advertising Age

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Podcast ads universally boost brand metrics—and longer ads work better, Nielsen finds

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Digiday+ Research: Direct-sold ads lose favor with publishers, while programmatic ads make gains

In surveys spanning from Q1 to Q3, Digiday+ Research found a difference growing between how publishers make money from direct-sold ads and programmatic ads. Continue reading at Digiday

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Wordley nabs top spot from Leith in top 10 regional agencies ranking

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The Raven Book Store Owner Sells Large Stake in Store to Seven Employees

Danny Caine, the owner of the Raven Book Store in Lawrence, Kans., has sold a 49% stake in the 35-year-old bookstore to a group of seven employees. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Google will stop trying to make its iOS apps look like Android apps

Google says it will phase out its use of Material Design interface elements within its iOS apps in favor of Apple’s own UIKit. Jeff Verkoeyen, the company's iOS design chief, announced the change in a Twitter thread spotted by The Verge.This year my team shifted the open source Material... Continue reading at Engadget

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Nielsen Is Adding Addressable Ads to National TV Measurement in Major Shift

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Here are the top tech trends of 2020, according to top experts

From AI breakthroughs to 5G deployment, these hot topics are on the minds of venture capitalists, tech execs, and analysts. In 2020, technologies will move toward the mainstream and begin impacting daily life. The next generation of wireless network, 5G, will begin to take hold, for example, and... Continue reading at Fast Company

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Direct Line Group is shifting digital ad spending to targeted TV ads

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Ad Age Women to Watch, a new Gillette ad and a deal for Sports Illustrated: Tuesday Wake-Up Call

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News groups ask Facebook to stop treating media ads like political ads

News organizations want Facebook to stop treating them like political and issues-based advertisers, claiming that the social network's new rules could negatively impact how the public views journalism.On Monday, media advocacy groups addressed a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg requesting that... Continue reading at Advertising Age

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Wednesday Wake-Up Call: The Future of Ads on Amazon's Alexa. Plus, Diageo Suspends Snapchat Ads

Vice: Vice Media suspended President Andrew Creighton and Chief Digital Officer Mike Germano as it probes harassment complaints about them, Bloomberg News reports.Out: Patrick Scissons is out as KBS' global chief creative officer, after a year marked by high-profile departures from the agency,... Continue reading at Advertising Age

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Ad Age Wake-Up Call: Changes Ahead for Social Media Video Ads, and Other News to Know Today

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‘Tons of unnecessary ad calls going out’: Confessions of a beleaguered ad tech exec

A programmatic exec said publishers make too many ad calls and they don’t have a handle on their reputation with buyers or an understanding of which exchanges bring unique demand. The post ‘Tons of unnecessary ad calls going out’: Confessions of a beleaguered ad tech exec appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

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‘Apps are the new magazines’: Why Bloomberg’s doubling down on apps

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