Ad exchange
Where an ad exchange fits in an online advertising system
Main article: Online advertising
An ad exchange is a technology platform that facilitates the buying and selling of media advertising inventory from multiple ad networks.[1] Prices for the inventory are determined through bidding. The approach is technology-driven as opposed to the historical approach of negotiating price on media inventory. This represents a field beyond ad networks as defined by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB),[2] and by advertising trade publications such as Advertising Age.[3]
The major ad exchanges include:
- AppNexus.[4]
- AdECN,[5] which is owned and was purchased by Microsoft in August, 2007 (Microsoft officially switched from AdECN to AppNexus for its real-time bidding needs — three years after it acquired it). This change finally retired the AdECN platform.
- AOL's Marketplace.[6]
- DoubleClick,[7] was acquired by Google in 2008. DoubleClick Ad Exchange connects ad networks, agencies and third-party demand-side platforms with a vast global inventory in real time.
- Microsoft Ad Exchange,[8]
- OpenX (company), a real time advertising technology company. The company has developed an integrated technology platform that combines ad server and a real-time bidding exchange with yield optimization for advertising and digital media companies.
- Rubicon Project Exchange.
See also
References
- ↑ "How an ad is served with real-time bidding". Internet Advertising Bureau.
- ↑ 1st Annual IAB Marketplace: Ad Networks & Xchanges, Event Recap, March 31, 2008
- ↑ Ad Exchanges See a Premium Level Future, AdvertisingAge, April 14, 2008
- ↑ AppNexus
- ↑ Microsoft purchased AdECN
- ↑ Marketplace - Display MP by AOL
- ↑
- ↑ Microsoft Ad Exchange - Microsoft Advertising
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