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Programmatic Advertising Glossary & Brief History

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A brief history of programmatic digital advertising To understand programmatic advertising, we have to travel back to 1994 when the first banner ad was displayed. Hotwired.com made a deal with AT&T to display a banner ad on their site for three months. At this time, ads were first-come, first-served (literally).

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What is Programmatic Digital Advertising?

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To understand programmatic advertising, we have to travel back to 1994 when the first banner ad was displayed. Hotwired.com made a deal with AT&T to display a banner ad on their site for three months. At this time, ads were first-come, first-served (literally). And what did Google do to combat this?