Marketing

CleanTap Says It Easily Fooled Programmatic Tech With Spoofed CTV Devices

Another industry research report is raising the alarm about invalid traffic (IVT), exposing glaring vulnerabilities in the programmatic CTV supply chain. A report released Wednesday by curation startup CleanTap claims to have proof that CTV and programmatic ad tech platforms served ads to spoofed devices pretending to be connected TV sets. CleanTap jury-rigged a Raspberry

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Search Without Clicks: Rethinking Brand SEO In An AI-Fragmented Journey

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you’re not getting your clicks back.  Today, your customers can discover, decide and often convert without visiting your website. Google, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Amazon, Reddit and even voice assistants can frequently meet searchers’ needs, leaving all your hard work and effort for naught.  But “zero-click”

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From walls to frameworks: Publishers and tech giants push weekly talks on AI content use

Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and Google all had seats at the table alongside 35 publishers at the IAB Tech Lab’s LLM working group in NYC last Thursday. The clearest action point: the initiative has shifted to weekly meetings as it races to find standards on how AI uses and pays for content.  More than 70 companies

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