DoubleVerify Pushes Into Retail Media with Instacart Ads Partnership
DoubleVerify is pushing deeper into retail media, as the company looks to solidify its position as one of the most influential firms in the ad verification and digital measurement space. While the company already covers 90% of the top retail media inventory currently available, executives are looking for more. DoubleVerify recently announced a partnership with […]
Report: Cookie Depreciation Concern Remains High Among Advertisers
Sixty-percent of publishers say they are concerned about cookie depreciation, but just 24% currently have a solution in place for their cookieless future. Those are just a few of the worrying findings from a new DoubleVerify survey of more than 800 industry professionals from a wide variety of backgrounds, including media buyers and senior decision-makers. […]
Strategy for Bolstering Brand Safety Online Combines AI, Human Linguists
Despite promises that they would do better, platforms like YouTube, Facebook, and others are still struggling with the issue. Brands don’t want their ads appearing alongside extremist content and hate speech, but flagging every piece of content that could be considered inappropriate is not an easy task.
The challenge has opened the door for a new industry of “authenticators,” which use technology to help brands avoid inappropriate content online. Using artificial intelligence and machine learning, these technology providers are usually able to evaluate the quality of an ad impression in real-time and help their brand clients avoid anything that could be considered inappropriate. Or at least, that’s what the goal is.