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Solving the Dirty Data Problem in Location-Based Advertising
Our work with leading ad tech companies has shown that 80% of the location data appended to ad inventories is inaccurate. The inaccuracies come from antiquated IP positioning providers who trace ad requests through the Internet to find the hub access point and assign the hub’s latitude and longitude to the IP addresses…
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Street Fight Daily: Inside Apple Watch, Uber’s Growth Numbers
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology…Apple’s New Watch: Here’s What Matters for Local (Street Fight)… Uber Gives Sneak Peak Into Growth (USA Today)… Just 20 Percent Of Retail Consumers Want Location Divulged (Mobile Marketer)…
Street Fight Daily: MaxPoint’s Shaky IPO, Square Eyes Small Business
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology…Ad Tech’s Rough Ride on Wall Street Continues With Latest IPO (AdAge)… The Payment Start-Up Square Expands Its Reach Into Small Businesses (New York Times)… Eddy Cue: Here’s how Apple Pay works on an Apple Watch (CNet)…
Street Fight Daily: Investors Eye Craigslist Killers, Google’s New Insurance Site
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology…Investors Are Drooling Over Two New Craigslist Competitors. One Might Raise $100 Million (Recode)… Google Introduces Long-Anticipated Insurance Shopping Site (New York Times)… Researchers Can Work Out Your Location Based On Who You Talk To On Twitter (Business Insider)…
#LDS15 Why Payments Data Is the Next Goldmine for Retailers
What we buy often tells a lot about who we are. That’s why payments data – information about what consumers buy, when they buy it, where they are coming from and every other detail imaginable – has become a goldmine for some retailers. But many retailers either don’t collect it, or are not using it to its full potential…
Why TV Remains the Heartbeat of Local Connection