The explosive way in which direct-sold inventory switched to programmatic left brands feeling unsure of which vendors were involved and where the ad inventory was sourced from. This uncertainty provided enough cover for shady counterfeit sellers to operate, and enormous losses due to ad fraud began eroding trust within the ecosystem. The IAB Tech Lab [...]
Last year Facebook announced it would stop running Atlas, purchased by the company just 3 years prior, as an ad server. This decision signaled a move away from trying to build a product to directly compete with Google DoubleClick. Instead, they'd hone in on the strongest piece of their Atlas offering: their audience data. Fast [...]
