Socialbakers adds vital ads transparency and control tools to its platform

Socialbakers adds vital ads transparency and control tools to its platform

Socialbakers, the unified marketing platform for enterprise brands, announced it is enhancing its marketing solutions to include paid social media oversight and control across multiple ad accounts with the introduction of Socialbakers Paid Analytics.  As brands are shifting more budget to social media advertising, it becomes paramount that the budget owners gain a clear understanding […]

Facebook updates ad tools to give users more detail on how they are targeted by brands

Facebook updates ad tools to give users more detail on how they are targeted by brands

Facebook has implemented a series of updates to its suite of ad tools designed to improve the transparency behind targeted of content. The changes include providing people with the reasoning behind why they are being shown specific ads beyond a simple demographic match or internet history. Now more detailed targeting information will be supplied including the specific interests […]

TabMo becomes first mobile DSP to use Fenestra’s blockchain technology

TabMo becomes first mobile DSP to use Fenestra’s blockchain technology

TabMo has become the first mobile advertising demand side platform (DSP) to be a certified adopter of Fenestra’s blockchain technology in a move that verifies TabMo’s continued commitment to transparency. Inefficiencies, hidden costs and opaque trading agreements in the programmatic ecosystem drive overall lack of transparency, which in turn fuels the ongoing problem of ad fraud […]

Tech partnership set to bring greater transparency to UK eCommerce

Tech partnership set to bring greater transparency to UK eCommerce

A new tie-up between digital design agency, Sigma, and two leading eCommerce companies – Storm and InRiver – is aiming to deliver best-in-class eCommerce capability, while fostering a greater degree of responsibility, transparency and inclusivity in online customer experience. The initiative will establish digital and technical foundations for businesses to drive ethical customer experiences in their […]

Leading ad exchanges make programmatic transparency pledge

Leading ad exchanges make programmatic transparency pledge

Six of the top advertising exchanges have come to a mutual agreement, promising to clean up the programmatic buying experience by being more efficient, transparent, and fair. An open letter signed by Rubicon Project, OpenX, Pubmatic, Sovrn, SpotX and Telaria speaks of a commitment “to unleashing the full potential of programmatic advertising” by providing transparent marketplace principles for […]

Quantcast launches widely available implementation of IAB Europe’s GDPR Transparency & Consent Framework

Quantcast launches widely available implementation of IAB Europe’s GDPR Transparency & Consent Framework

Quantcast, which owns and operates the world’s largest AI-driven audience insights platform for the open internet, announced the launch of Quantcast Choice. Available from May 15 for free, Quantcast Choice is the first widely available implementation of the IAB Europe’s Transparency and Consent Framework. The product has been in beta since February and is already […]

Marketers pull back spend on Facebook and Google due to false metrics, according to CMO Council

Marketers pull back spend on Facebook and Google due to false metrics, according to CMO Council

According to 62% of marketers surveyed by the Chief Marketing Officer Council, reports about false and faulty metrics have caused them to pull back on spend. While 38% have started to question advertising rates, 24% have already reduced spend with Facebook and Google. In fact, negative headlines about Facebook and Google has had a knock-on […]

IBM partners with AdLedger and Salon Media on blockchain advertising project

IBM partners with AdLedger and Salon Media on blockchain advertising project

AdLedger, the non-profit research and development consortium, is joining forces with IBM and online news outlet Salon Media for a proof of concept blockchain project. The project leverages a shared ledger to deliver on blockchain’s promise to bring transparency to advertising. The ledger acts as a trailing audit, ensuring optimal yield management and ROI for […]