• Why CPM Should Die

    The cornerstone metric for how online ads are bought is leading the industry astray, argues Socialvibe’s Mike Barbeau. Instead, the industry needs to embrace true measures of engagement.


  • Translating RTB for China

    Digiday spoke with Yi Shi, CEO of the German firm Avazu that recently opened in Shanghai about the potential of China as an ad-tech player.


  • Facebook Fine-tunes Ad Algo

    Two new reports show surprising growth in the social media sites’ cost-per-click rates. Quarter by quarter fluctuations are signs that Facebook, like Google, is firmly in control of its ad system.


  • The Feed

    Research confirms the problem of annoying Facebookers, Skittles gets a spokescat, dogs get Foursquare, Jackie Chan is alive no matter what Twitter says, and fireside meat.


  • Sharethrough CEO Dan Greenberg on Socially Intelligent Video

    Social intelligence is more than contextual awareness. It includes an understanding of the impact of various media, by context and audience. Social intelligence has a direct relevance to your brand’s bottom line, as a recent study by Sharethrough and Vizu revealed. Consumers, shown branded videos that respected context and incorporated detailed metrics around audience affinity to certain types of content showed a 110% lift in purchase intent.