Blog Posts
Evolution of Podcast Metrics
By Rockie Thomas Like many new digital media formats, Podcasting is the marriage of old and new. It combines the strengths of traditional radio’s episodic spoken word, great creative narrative and effective advertising formats, with the strengths of digital media’s diverse distribution and consumption choices that can literally […]
OpenDirect Delivers Simplicity Through Powerful Industry Standards
By Vasil Remeniuk The traditional Insertion Order (IO) process has been exceedingly tedious, resulting in inordinate amounts of wasted time, back and forth, as well as efficiency issues with dropped orders and a lack of transparency. This has given way to Automated Guaranteed, which seeks to apply automation […]
Taxonomy: The Most Important Industry Initiative You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
By Melissa Gallo Taxonomy is not a word that draws mass excitement. When I was first assigned the task of working to update the current IAB taxonomy, I was sent immediately back to high school chemistry class – not my strongest nor most enjoyed subject. So one might ask, […]
Taxonomy: The Most Important Industry Initiative You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
By Melissa Gallo Taxonomy is not a word that draws mass excitement. When I was first assigned the task of working to update the current IAB taxonomy, I was sent immediately back to high school chemistry class – not my strongest nor most enjoyed subject. So one might ask, if […]
How LEAN Can You Get? A Scale and a Score Will Tell You
By Brendan Riordan-Butterworth Framing Six months ago, the IAB Tech Lab released the LEAN Principles. These were a product of research and discussion with thought leaders who championed a clear path to better user experience in advertising-supported digital media – a must in a world where too many consumers were […]
Spring Forward to HTML5
By Shailley Singh Last year, I wrote about the Age of HTML5 Ads where I outlined IAB Tech Lab’s initiatives to support the industry transition to HTML5 creative. Since then more announcements from ad networks and ad tech companies have made it necessary for us to move even quicker to […]