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When Did Programmatic Advertising Start: A History Lesson

Rev

Remember those banner ads that you used to see when scrolling through MySpace or talking to your best friend via the antiquated AOL Instant Messenger? Little did we know that those tiny banners were just scratching the surface of the US digital ad-spend, and that the industry would soon be one of the top display-ad expenditures. .

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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. billion in 2007).

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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. billion in 2007). . A brief history of programmatic digital advertising.

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What Is an Ad Network? Definition, Types, and Examples

Martech Advisor

They are mostly placed right on the top of the page as banner ads, which means they necessarily look like a banner with the hyperlinked, image-based ad shaped as a rectangular strip. ” In affiliate marketing, you pay a publisher to showcase your display/banner/native ad content. The different formats available.