Understanding Programmatic Native Advertising — and Why It’s Important For Brands

According to a recent survey, most people are not pleased with their ad experiences across social media (45%), retail websites (36%) and news aggregators (34%). In fact, more than 51% of them believe that the digital universe should be home to fewer ads, since most pop-ups heavily interfere with the content, interrupt shopping experiences, take up the entire screen and increase loading time. With the evolution of the advertising landscape, brands are becoming more focused on creating a user...

Surbhi Dhawan

Advertising Basics › 7 min read

What is a Supply-Side Platform and How to Choose One

A supply-side platform (SSP) is a software technology that allows publishers to sell ad space via an intermediary platform called ad exchange. It is a publisher’s equivalent to a demand-side platform (DSP). It is a basic building block of programmatic advertising along with DSPs and ad exchanges. What is Programmatic Advertising? Programmatic advertising is the most popular way to buy and sell ads these days. It uses machine learning and automation to make transactions smooth and fast. There are...

Arvind Kesh

Programmatic Advertising › 5 min read

What is a Demand-Side Platform and How to Choose One

A demand-side platform (DSP) is a software technology that allows advertisers to buy ad space from publishers via an intermediary platform called ad exchange. It can be used to buy search ads, display ads, TV ads, and much more. It is a basic building block of programmatic advertising. What is Programmatic Advertising? Programmatic advertising is an automated process of buying and selling ads with the help of data and software. There are two primary types of programmatic advertising: Programmatic...

Arvind Kesh

Advertising Basics › 6 min read

Programmatic Ads vs. Direct Buying: Which to choose?

Programmatic buying and direct buying are different methods used to buy display-advertisement inventory. When display advertisement became a thing in the 1990s, advertisers bought ad space in bulk by striking deals with publishing websites. This expensive method is called direct buying. Things have changed. These days, advertisers can use software to purchase ad space with the help of data as opposed to traditional manual methods like human negotiation, manual insertion orders, etc. This method is called programmatic advertising and...

Arvind Kesh

direct buying › 4 min read

Programmatic advertising vs Google Display Network: Which one should you choose?

In the advertising world, there is much confusion about the difference between programmatic advertising and the Google Display Network (GDN). After display advertising became a thing, it was ad networks like GDN that helped advertisers to connect with many publications. But for almost a decade, programmatic advertising has grown to become the number one way to buy display ad space. Now, programmatic advertising accounts for 82.5% of total digital as spend. [Source: eMarketer] For starters, the most important thing...

Arvind Kesh

Google Display Network › 5 min read

What is Programmatic Advertising: The Beginner’s Guide

Programmatic advertising has become the center of attraction in the advertising world. As you can see, it is growing an additional ten billion dollars every year: It accounts for 82.5% of total digital display ad spending right now and this number will only increase. So how did it all start? When digital advertising first came up in the early 1990s, everything was manual. It worked just like traditional media. Advertisers had to reach out to each publisher and negotiate....

Arvind Kesh

Advertising Basics › 8 min read

What is Display advertising: The Ultimate Guide

When the internet was born, display ads were the very first form of digital advertising. Back then, they were called banner ads. But they died a slow natural death, mainly because they were super intrusive and irrelevant to web users. To provide some perspective, the CTRs of the first banner ads back in 1994 were 78%. Now the average CTR in the U.S. is 0.8%, half of which are accidental clicks. However, with better technology, we are now seeing...

Arvind Kesh

The Beginner's Guide to Display Advertising › 10 min read

What is Native Advertising and why is it so effective?

According to an Adobe survey, 45% of respondents had no desire to view ads. The main reason? Most ads are intrusive. People get hit by an average of 5,000 ads per day! After a while, they just become blind to those ads. Native advertising solves this huge psychological challenge of intrusion. These are ads that are designed to blend into the natural content of a website. The automobile and travel industries are the top industries using native advertising. If...

Arvind Kesh

Advertising Basics › 5 min read

How Dating Apps Spend Millions on Native Ads to Get More Singles Aboard

According to Statista, 8% of 18– to 29-year-olds are in a committed relationship with a partner or spouse they met online. Using a dating app has become a meaningful and common method for people to find the love of their life. Of course, there are many more people out there using these various apps looking for casual dating, friendship, and other things. Within this pool of eager singles, you have a plethora of subcategories for different niches and preferences....

Arvind Kesh

Case Study › 7 min read

How the Biggest Antivirus Companies spend their Advertising Budgets

The internet has become an integral part of human civilization. Every day, thousands of new users are gaining access to it. It’s not just about social media, though: The internet is changing the way we conduct monetary transactions. Even governments are using the internet for important missions. With such huge implications, threats also have become more dangerous. Too much is at stake. This is why the global antivirus market is booming. According to SBWIRE, the global antivirus-software market is...

Arvind Kesh

Case Study › 8 min read