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: Marty Krátký-Katz, Co-Founder and CEO of Blockthrough Last week, Blockthrough released the 2021 PageFair Adblock Report, the seventh edition in this series of reports, which have played a pivotal role in driving media dialogue on and publisher awareness about the consumer adoption of adblocking.For this year’s report, in addition to reporting on recurring themes [...]
By: Antonio Minuta, Director of Publisher Development What is Apple’s ATT? Last year during Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC), they announced a new change to the way the Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA) could be accessed and used for advertising tracking, ultimately throwing the entire mobile ecosystem into upheaval. Fast forward to this week’s Spring [...]
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 [...]
Every part of your website affects your ability to make money, which is why at Freestar we analyze, monitor and optimize every data point imaginable to see where there are opportunities for advertising. However, your website design is in your hands and its importance can’t be understated. It can dramatically affect your traffic, engagement, loyalty – [...]
In an average day, 80% of us will use a smartphone to perform a search, send a text, or check social media. According to a recent study by Google, in that same group of people, a whopping "40% of people search only on a smartphone in an average day as they look to meet immediate [...]
