Programmatic techniques – What is Header Bidding?

2016/10/26

Programmatic buying has become a significant part of the digital media buying. Programmatic selling may mean automation in theory, but it still requires plenty of behind-the-scenes work to connect the buyers to the sellers. Header bidding is one of the many ways that publishers can try to get more revenue for their ad inventory programmatically.

How it works?

Header bidding is a technique where the publisher offers the same ad impression, to multiple ad exchanges, simultaneously. Once the highest bid is selected, it is sent on the ad server and the chosen creative is displayed. The idea is that by letting multiple demand sources bid on the same inventory at the same time, publishers increase their yield and make more money.

In practice, the publisher places a javascript code in the website’s header. When the site is loaded, the code call the supported ad exchanges or supply side platforms for bids, just before publisher’s own ad server’s direct sales is called. Bidding is simultaneous instead of sequential, and may take in consideration all impressions, not just the available ones after direct sale.

Choose your partners carefully

Beyond being a complicated setup to implement and maintain, one of the issues with header bidding can be the effect of the website’s load time. Slower loading time may result in an increase of dissatisfied users and an increased use of ad blockers. So it is important to choose carefully header-bidding partners, because delays in the ad-serving process could influence the page load dramatically.

You will get more information of programmatic techniques by taking contact to Relevant.

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Where to pay attention to when you want to increase programmatic sales of advertising?

2019/01/24

Typically, programmatic sales means selling and buying online advertising, often using fully automated systems, thereby deviating from traditional sales processes that involve negotiating between people and handling orders. Programming advertising has been quickly adopted in different markets, making it easier, faster and more flexible to buy media inventory.

Relevant’s Customer Satisfaction

2019/01/22

At the end of 2018, we carried out our customer satisfaction survey among our Relevant customers. The survey was conducted for the third time. We would like to thank all participants for your feedback. It’s a great help for the development of our services and our future cooperation. Here is the summary of the overall result.

Where should you pay attention to when buying data?

2019/01/16

Armed with audience data, you can target ad viewers for example at a demographic, psychographic, and behavioral level, resulting in highly targeted ad campaigns that are also more relevant to the target audience. In today’s competitive business environment, marketers must have access to “the right data at the right time” in order to be effective. But the world is full of data so how would marketers know whether the data is of high quality and worth to invest in?

Where to pay attention to in digital business and marketing in 2019?

2018/12/19

At the turn of the year, there is always a habit to predict what the next year will bring in digital business and marketing, and what topics will become the hottest in 2019. Also at Relevant, we had a look at our own crystal ball and listed, in our opinion, at least the following themes will create discussion in the coming year.

Dutch publishers Sanoma Media, Telegraaf Media Groep, and de Persgroep will use Cxense DMP for their joint data alliance initiative NLProfiel

2018/12/11

Our longtime partner Cxense has announced that the leading Dutch publishers Sanoma Media, Telegraaf Media Groep, and de Persgroep will use Cxense DMP for their joint data alliance initiative NLProfiel. Together, the publishers reach over 60 percent of the Dutch population and run an average of 3.5 billion page views per month.