Google is reportedly developing technology that would create a market for data designed to help target display ads better, according to a report in Ad Age that cites "executives familiar with Google's plans." The story says the data exchange is known internally as "DDP," and, according to comments made by Google ad chief Neil Mohan, it sounds like this ability for publishers and advertisers to capitalize on user data will be baked into a variety of products, rather than existing as a standalone offering. Mohan was quoted as saying, "If our vision is a comprehensive one, it needs to con [...]

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DoubleClick today is unveiling DoubleClick for Search version 3, only the third major update in the campaign management tool's five year history. According to the product's manager, the move signals the Google division's renewed commitment to the tool, which ties search in with the core display DoubleClick for Advertisers product. "We talk to customers a lot, and, over time, it became clear that we have not invested enough in this project," acknowledged Ariel Bardin, lead product manager for DoubleClick for Search (DFS), adding that the company would now give "significant focus" to the prod [...]

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Google is already a major player in display advertising and is poised to become even more formidable in the next few years. Not so quietly the company has amassed or built a huge array of assets that could see it best many if not most other display competitors and networks, including market leader Yahoo. Google clearly also sees display and rich media (across PC, mobile and maybe TV) as helping to power its next phase of revenue growth. To that end AdAge reports that Google is prepared to integrate display advertising beyond YouTube across its various properties including, potentially, Goog [...]

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Adding to its display media assets, Google has reportedly acquired Invite Media for an undisclosed sum. The purchase price estimate is $70 million. Invite Media's platform "Bid Manager" enables agencies and media buyers to buy across ad exchanges more efficiently. First there were ad networks, then ad exchanges to make buying across networks more efficient. And now there are so-called "demand side platforms" such as Invite that help marketers and agencies buy across exchanges to target and consolidate audiences. According to AllThingD's report, Invite will operate at "arms length" from [...]

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Google announced that the almost two year old Google Ad Manager is ultimately going to be replaced by DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP). Google explained: DFP comes in two flavors, tailored for different publishers' needs: DoubleClick for Publishers, for the largest online publishers, and DFP Small Business, a simple, free version designed for growing online publishers. We'll be upgrading current DART for Publishers publishers to DoubleClick for Publishers over the next year as we continue to add features and modules, and we'll be moving Google Ad Manager customers to DFP Small Business i [...]

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