A Practical Guide to Display Advertising
Google's DoubleClick deal and automated ad exchanges are changing how display inventory gets bought, as a shaky economy forces advertisers to justify spend.
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Google's DoubleClick deal and automated ad exchanges are changing how display inventory gets bought, as a shaky economy forces advertisers to justify spend.
2008 closed the Google-DoubleClick deal, tested Facebook's Beacon into a lawsuit and shutdown, then hit a recession forcing advertisers to prove real return.
An illustrative 2007 scenario of a mid-size retailer moving from static banner buys to targeted, frequency-capped display advertising that moved the numbers.
2007's display advertising market was reshaped by acquisitions like Google-DoubleClick and Microsoft-aQuantive, plus the rise of rich media and pre-roll ads.