The events of 2020 have shown advertisers and brands undeniable proof that the way we’ve done advertising for years has limitations that impact the effectiveness of ad campaigns. The legacy brand safety practice of blocking is an all-or-nothing approach that reduces available impressions on high-quality content that actually is safe, as we found in the early days of the pandemic. Shifting focus from safety to suitability The industry has been working to address the problem of brand safety, which led to the formation of the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) and development of the GARM Brand Safety Floor and Suitability Framework. In response to the release of the GARM standards, Peer39 released new brand suitability controls so you can select the right risk levels for each ...

The internet has made it easy for anyone who wants to build a platform to share ideas and information as ad-supported content. While this is generally a positive development, it also presents brands with the challenge of ensuring they aren’t funding harmful content. So, while behavioral targeting and automation have expanded the opportunities available to brands, these advances came with a need to address brand safety. The use of blocking, either keywords or domains, assured advertisers that they’d managed their risk. But it comes at a cost. The detrimental impact of legacy tactics Nothing has illustrated the limitations of keyword blocking better than the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s a legacy practice that was employed in the beginning when almost every story had some ...

Advanced pre-bid semantic targeting controls and monthly insights are now available, in support of 4A’s and GARM suitability framework New York – December 17, 2020 – Peer39, the leading global provider of semantic intelligence, today launched its brand suitability controls, giving brands and agencies the ability to apply and modernize their own suitability targeting standards for programmatic ad buys. For the very first time, brands can leverage a contextual algorithm that combines both inclusion and exclusion decisioning to execute media buys that match each brand’s bespoke brand suitability guidelines. Early research has shown that the adjustable suitability settings have provided buyers with access to more than 20% additional inventory volume in some key contextual categories. The ...

Advertising in 2020 bears little resemblance to advertising just 10 years ago. The options and investment in digital continues to grow, and the rapid consumer adoption of connected TV (CTV) has been closely followed by increased investment from brands. Connected TV is an exciting and growing opportunity for advertisers—the case for venturing into CTV is pretty clear. However, in practice, it comes with a level of complexity that can be challenging to navigate. As people throughout the industry work to make sense of the CTV ecosystem, explanations and definitions of different aspects of CTV have flooded the internet. Of course, it’s a developing space, so there’s no single definitive guide to reference. Knowing what’s out there, we wanted to provide a valuable overview of CTV, the ...

Since the beginning of the new millennium, just 20 years in, we’ve watched massive changes in how we consume entertainment. Pay television (cable/satellite) are no longer the default, video stores are practically non-existent, and yet, the amount of content we have access to today far exceeds our wildest dreams back in the day. The shift to streaming services has run parallel to advances in the technology we use to watch television. And though that experience of watching TV has gone through radical changes, consumers aren’t giving up their TVs. It's vital for digital marketing to adapt to data-driven placements to optimize ad campaigns . The case for advertising on CTV According to a recent report from Conviva, viewing time for streaming in the past year is up 57% globally, though Europe ...

Contextual CTV offering adds new levels of accuracy, scale, and transparency, aligning expectations with modern digital marketing. New York – November 17, 2020 – Peer39, a global independent cookie-free data and intelligence company, today launched a cookie-free contextual planning and targeting tool set for connected TV (CTV) advertising. For the very first time, CTV buyers can now utilize Peer39’s contextual analysis to understand the programming surrounding CTV ad impressions, giving them deeper insights for contextually planning, targeting and activating CTV campaigns. This evolutionary step in CTV ad targeting gives buyers more data and intelligence on inventory, helping solve CTV’s primary issues of fragmentation, transparency, inefficient buying, and insufficient contextual ...

As a data company that sees over 450 million unique webpages each day, Peer39 has an ability to see what is trending across content. Sometimes that can be cause for celebration, however in times like these, it can mean cause for tremendous concern. In October alone, we’re seeing the following increases; Misinformation and Fake News + 23.98% Hyperpartisan News + 16.66% Health Misinformation + 41% We’re in the last big push for the U.S. election, with less than two weeks until election day. Spending during this election is expected to reach a record-shattering $11 billion, making it the most expensive campaign season in U.S. history. However, it’s not just politics and the U.S. election that advertisers are concerned about. We’re entering an age where hyperpartisan misinformation content, ...

Every day brings us closer to the time when cookies aren’t an option for advertisers anymore. The news of cookies going away isn’t all bad, though. After all, cookies have their fair share of problems in terms of relevance for consumers. Just about everyone has a story like one of these: You buy something and then see ads for the item you’ve purchased all over the sites you visit for days or weeks. You buy a gift for someone—let’s say it’s your 10-year-old niece—and you start seeing ads related to that gift you have no interest in anymore. You’re a parent working full time and do searches at home related to your child’s needs and the ads follow you around while you work at the office. Not ideal, is it? While research shows consumers want personalized ads, there’s a growing unwillingness ...

This year has been intense when it comes to news coverage, especially with so much reporting around the pandemic, politics, and protests. The sensitive nature of these news topics has made advertisers particularly reticent about placing ads on news content. We saw it in the early days of the pandemic when blocklists were used to protect brands from negative coronavirus stories. The challenge with this avoidance approach is that publishers rely on the ad revenue to support their ability to report on all those very topics. The use of inclusion/exclusion lists creates risk for credible information sources we need right now. More importantly, it locks you out of the highest quality content for ad placements, reducing your impression pool. So, what’s an advertiser to do? No news is bad news ...