Author: jasmine
Announcing a new working group to tackle industry issues: IAB Tech Lab’s “Programmatic Practices Task Force”
By Jennifer Derke The digital advertising industry is grappling with important questions about the programmatic supply chain. In an open ecosystem with significant proprietary technology, supply and demand partners may not know how each other’s platforms make decisions. Highlighted in recent trade press, unexpected practices or algorithmic behavior can have […]
A simple tool to help you achieve brand safety: the ads.txt aggregator
By Jennifer Derke The IAB Tech Lab ads.txt aggregator tool crawls the web, providing regular updates on brand safe inventory, so you can be sure you’re investing your money in the right places. Specifically, the Aggregator: Eliminates ad fraud (specifically, misrepresented domains) by crawling the web – more than 2M domains […]
Cutting out misrepresented domains from your marketing campaign is a must. Here’s how.
By Jennifer Derke You wouldn’t buy a “Rolex” from a man on the street in a trench coat full of (likely counterfeit) watches, right? Then why buy ad inventory from unauthorized sellers? Ads.txt is a powerful resource to know which supply sources are trustworthy in selling publisher inventory. Sophisticated buyers […]
Buyers: This Simple Step Can Help Mitigate Ad Fraud
By Jennifer Derke First launched in September 2017, ads.txt has seen rapid adoption by the digital advertising industry. There are over 2 million domains with ads.txt files, and buyers are committing to buying ads.txt inventory. However, full adoption of ads.txt requires that buyers are specifically validating each of the sellers […]
ads.txt aggregated files – the easy way to fight ad fraud
By Jennifer Derke Buyers and buy-side ad tech partners must develop a strategy of buying publisher inventory that is sold only by authorized digital sellers, as declared in publisher ads.txt files. IAB Tech Lab’s ads.txt aggregator is a simple, easy-to-use tool that helps by providing efficient delivery of aggregated ads.txt structured […]
Bringing MRAID 3.0 Adoption Up to Speed
By Aron Schatz MRAID 3.0 was released about a year ago to be the gateway to enhancing rich media advertising in mobile applications. Since that time, the industry has been adopting and embracing the changes to the standard. The work has not stopped for the MRAID working group, though. Through […]
Transparency and Consent Framework Mobile App Spec Ready for Adoption
By Jennifer Derke Today, IAB Tech Lab and IAB Europe released the Transparency and Consent Framework’s Mobile In-app Specifications as a final version ready for widespread industry adoption. No significant changes were made to the specs in the process of finalization. Tech Lab’s GDPR Mobile Subgroup reviewed the specifications and […]
GDPR and IAB Tech Lab: Cooperation on Standards that Benefit the Industry
By Anissa Connor GDPR enforcement date has arrived, and along with it a plethora of compliance requirements for the global digital advertising ecosystem. The applicability of GDPR across our industry has presented an enormous opportunity for collaboration, and IAB Tech Lab has been engaging with industry stakeholders to develop important […]
A New Chapter for DigiTrust
By Jordan Mitchell We’re pleased to announce that IAB Tech Lab has acquired the DigiTrust solution, is hiring the team, and will support increasing global adoption of the DigiTrust neutral ID service. Additionally, IAB Tech Lab will work to integrate DigiTrust capabilities with existing and emerging technology standards for digital […]
Demystifying Identifiers and Understanding Their Critical Roles in Advertising
By Dennis Buchheim and Amit Shetty “Identity” is a term that gets used a lot in digital advertising, usually in the context of identifying and targeting consumers. At the IAB Tech Lab, we look at identity in a broader context, covering consumers, creative assets, and the businesses involved in the […]