Caroline Romano

While programmatic advertising has become incredibly advantageous in the digital advertising world, it still faces its own set of obstacles that can get in the way of real-time bidding.Arguably, the biggest obstacle standing in the way for both advertisers and publishers is ad fraud.Ad fraud is becoming increasingly problematic for all parties involved in digital [...]

By Brian Weiss, Solutions Architect at FreestarThe era of video growth is upon us and it's causing publishers to rethink their content and monetization strategies. Given the changes to smartphones, tablets and streaming services, many people are no longer limited to watching video on TV.According to Deloitte, the proportion of U.S consumers who pay for [...]

By Brian Weiss & Andy Forwark Freestar’s Page Speed Optimization Suite gives publishers an advantage in Google search results by delivering an optimal user experience as measured by Google and by site audiences.This product often comes with a tradeoff in revenue, especially in the short term, but there’s a caveat and that’s sustained and increasing [...]

By: Laura Gaffney, SVP of Business Development & Marketing Preparing You for MCM As a Freestar publisher leveraging Freestar’s AdX, you are active via a Google Scaled Partner Manager (SPM) account. Starting on Sept. 30, Google is phasing out SPM and replacing it with Multiple Customer Management (MCM). Since last year Google has been rolling [...]

Are you interested in learning more about Footer Bidding, or better yet, not really even sure how it’s different from Header Bidding? Look no further, this interview between our SVP, Business Development and Marketing, Laura Gaffney and our CTO, Premesh Purayil tells you everything you need to understand the difference, the benefits and the downsides [...]

By: Sharmin Rahman, Director, Yield Management What is Ad Refresh?  Ad Refresh allows a publisher to reload the ad(s) on a page after a certain period of time, or after some action has been taken. The best practice around time-based refreshed ads is to adhere to all requirements of your demand partners (typically ad networks [...]