Responsive Websites Are Great for Users, but How Are the Ad Dollars Being Affected?

Since so many consumers hop from smartphone to desktop to tablet and back again multiple times a day, Web publishers have rushed to embrace responsive design: a technology that automatically resizes content to fit any screen. The responsive movement has been a win for users, who increasingly want to consume content on multiple devices. It also has yielded a welcome by-product: better mobile advertising opportunities. Inherently, responsive sites place mobile ads front and center, rather than relegating them to the sidelines. With mobile traffic rapidly growing, monetizing that mobile audience is increasingly important. And publishers see this as a prime time to rethink their sites. That’s true for CNN, which is rolling out a responsive redesign in November. Marisa Gallagher, vp and executive creative director at CNN Digital, said that both advertising and enhancing the user experience were at play: “It’s part and parcel when you’re building any experience to ensure the ad or the revenue implications are considered.” Expect to see more publishers pushing responsive redesigns. A survey by the digital ad network Undertone found that 53 percent of publisher respondents (among a limited sample size of 34 publishers) are looking to go responsive in the next year. And 68 percent of publishers (among a larger sample of 69 respondents) believe responsive design will boost CPMs for mobile and tablet ads. “Responsive can unlock a ton of value for publishers, creating something... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'

[ AdWeek | 2013-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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