Data privacy is an ever-present concern in the digital age. This data can include varying levels of information about consumers that is then used for targeted marketing. With this growing sea of personal information, it’s important to be responsible with it, as well as abide by regulations governing data privacy. The internet has made it easier for targeted marketing campaigns, but the tides are changing in regards to how advertisers are affected by current and proposed data privacy regulations.

During Q1, publishers experience a decrease in ad revenue due to several factors, such as advertisers bidding less after focusing on Q4 advertising, a potential drop in website traffic causing lower impression rates, and lower fill rates. While every publisher does not experience a huge drop in revenue, Q1 is still a great time to […]

In the adtech world, publishers have a lot of choice when it comes to advertising unit options. While you can’t go wrong choosing one over the other, both video and display ad types have benefits that make them potentially lucrative to use together.

Come the fourth quarter (Oct. through Dec.) of each year, most publishers tend to see a seasonal boost in traffic and earnings. Holidays—both commercial and cultural—are the driving force of this boost.

Typically, ad revenue is based on the amount of viewable impressions that an ad generates. However, there are several things that publishers can do to increase earnings beyond just enhancing viewability.

The digital marketing world has many facets to optimizing revenue. Two very common acronyms, RPM and CPM, are metrics that give publishers a tool to better understand their earnings.

Ad viewability is a metric of determining how visible ads are to readers on your website. For an ad to be considered “viewed,” at least 50% of the ad must be displayed on the reader’s screen for at least one second (for display ads) or two seconds (for video ads).