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Programmatic Advertising Glossary & Brief History

Digilant

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?

Digilant

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?

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PPC Consulting: Why It’s Essential for Business Growth

Single Grain

When you search for a keyword related to a product or service, the first few results are mostly ads. This is because: The click-through rate (CTR) of the first position in Google is 39.6% – close to half of all the clicks on page one! You need to optimize your PPC campaign for the ad ranking algorithm to gain the top results.

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