Display Ad­vert­ising

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Ads.txt: what’s the function of the file?

Ads.txt is meant to help fight a scam in pro­gram­mat­ic buying: the scam of domain spoofing. The un­der­ly­ing concept is as simple as it is efficient: pub­lish­ers are given more control over who can trade their ad space, and control this via a simple text file. We explain what this…

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Pro­gram­mat­ic Ad­vert­ising: An Efficient Method for Placing Online Ads

It’s one of the biggest buzzwords in online marketing: pro­gram­mat­ic ad­vert­ising. Companies that seek a more efficient way to acquire new customers via online ad­vert­ising can achieve a sig­ni­fic­ant increase in ef­fi­ciency with this form of display ad­vert­ising. In the USA,…

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What is clickbait?

‘What you’re about to read in this article has never been discussed before!’ This may not be entirely true, because the topic of click­bait­ing is already com­mon­place in the world of social media. But by using sen­sa­tion­al titles and de­scrip­tions like we just did, marketers and…

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Per­form­ance marketing: measuring ad­vert­ising success

Ad­vert­ising is a science in itself: self-employed people, en­tre­pren­eurs, and ex­per­i­enced ad­vert­isers know this. How well it’s received by potential customers can’t always be measured ac­cur­ately. However, when it comes to online ad­vert­ising, this problem can be countered with…

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Mal­vertising: how to protect your computer

Mal­vertising is a growing problem for web­mas­ters, online marketers and, last but not least, the millions of people who are affected every year. Behind this term is a sneaky method in which ad­vert­ising banners are used to spread malicious software. No website is safe from this…

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Native Ad­vert­ising

Unlike classic online ads, native ads are designed to be both context-sensitive and target-group oriented. Native ad­vert­ising usually takes place in an editorial en­vir­on­ment. The ads should fit into the natural content as well as possible. The aim is to create attention through a…

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Banner design: how to design your own banners

Ad­vert­ising banners are an ele­ment­ary component of online marketing. Well-designed ad­vert­ise­ments invite the viewer to take advantage of your offer. Therefore, well-made graphics can generate attention, clicks, and ul­ti­mately sales. However, many things can go wrong when it comes…

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Affinity marketing: Ad­vert­ising through reference groups

What is affinity marketing? This form of online marketing is relevant to all of us, whether we want it to be or not. The tech­niques of affinity-based ad­vert­ising are par­tic­u­larly suc­cess­ful in e-commerce. This article defines the term affinity marketing, and provides in­form­a­tion…

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What effect does banner blindness have on online marketing?

Ad­vert­ising banners, pop-ups, and similar ad formats are not popular within the internet community. The user con­sciously as well as un­con­sciously ignores this kind of ad­vert­ise­ment while surfing the web with more and more internet-savviness, as well as being in­creas­ingly wary of…

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Display ad­vert­ising/display marketing vs. real-time ad­vert­ising (RTA)

Banner ads and other forms of display marketing have been proven to be effective marketing strategies for products and services online. The new practice in this field is real-time ad­vert­ising (RTA) and its real-time bidding (RTB) approach. This new strategy carries out an…

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