IX recently hosted Lindsay Pullins, Director of Programmatic Media at Empower MediaMarketing, at our New York City office to engage in an open dialogue about the challenges facing the supply side of digital advertising and what’s next for the programmatic landscape. We were honored to be identified as a leader in the industry, along with ...continue reading
Drew Bradstock, SVP of product at Index Exchange, said this policy will cut down on advertisers’ costs. “For too long, I think people saw this [fee] as a cost of business and ad tech,” he said. “It’s kind of sad that a number of SSPs saw this [need to disclose] as a big switch.”
“Index Exchange has been a leader in transparency from day one,” said Andrew Casale, CEO of Index Exchange. “We applaud Adobe Advertising Cloud for spearheading this initiative and look forward to collaborating with them in the future to help both marketers and publishers better achieve their business objectives.”
Among the digital ad tech companies that have signed contracts with Adobe to disclose all fees includes Oath, Pubmatic, The Rubicon Project, Index Exchange, Triple Lift and SpotX.
Minds continue to meet and ideas continue to flow as tentpole adtech conference DMEXCO advances into its second day. Amidst the flurry of activity, we wanted to reflect with the Index Exchange partners and employees in attendance about their Day 2 experience. Here are their insights: Will Doherty, VP, Business Development, Index Exchange On the topics on ...continue reading
Introduction Late last year, the industry was captivated by Methbot, a sophisticated bot network responsible for $3-5 million of ad fraud losses on a daily basis.1 The news revived interest in fighting against invalid traffic, or SIVT, which some estimates say accounts for over 40% of all traffic on the web.2 Sophisticated Invalid Traffic is ...continue reading
“The Trade Desk and White Ops are two of Index’s important partners, and we believe this initiative will provide more transparency in programmatic buying,” Will Doherty, vice-president of business development at Index Exchange, said. “Not only will this partnership be beneficial for advertisers and diminish buyer concerns surrounding fraudulent impressions, but it will serve as ...continue reading
Will Doherty, Index Exchange, VP of business development, added: “The Trade Desk and White Ops are two of Index’s important partners, and we believe this initiative will provide more transparency in programmatic buying.”
“There’s a sense that, up until this partnership, that the ad industry has been measuring fraud, but not trying to get rid of it,” says Will Doherty, VP of business development at Index Exchange. “The fear of fraud is holding the industry back, and we have to ensure marketers that the supply chain is secure.”
He added that in Canada, it’s likely that widespread adoption will happen soon, because advertisers have started demanding more from publishers in terms of viewability and brand safety. Drew Bradstock, SVP of product at Index Exchange, agreed, saying he believes conversation exploded this year in the wake of the YouTube brand safety scandal.