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Momentum for Testing Cookie Alternatives Stalls on the Buy Side

Adweek

While cookie deprecation threatens to upend the digital advertising economy next year, ad buyers are still taking a relaxed approach to test audience targeting alternatives. During 2023 and late 2022, ad buyers' efforts to test alternative IDs have lacked momentum, six ad-tech and publisher sources told Adweek.

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Context vs. Cookies With Dotdash Meredith’s D/Cipher Lead

AdExchanger

Contextual targeting – one of the oldest tricks in the advertising playbook – has been enjoying a comeback in recent years as an alternative to third-party-cookie-based audiences. Dotdash Meredith (DDM) reembraced contextual when it launched an in-house contextual targeting solution, D/Cipher, back in 2022.

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Google’s cookie pivot leaves 88% of industry in uncertainty: IAB

Martech

Google’s pivot on deprecating third-party cookies has caused uncertainty in the digital advertising industry. Originally set for 2022, the plan faced multiple delays since its announcement in January 2020, leading to doubts about Google’s commitment. We should focus on building a stronger foundation for the future.

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Fibr’s AI solution for scalable consumer experiences; tackling post-cookie challenges

Marketing Tech News

With the phasing out of third-party cookies and new data protection laws such as GDPR and the CCPA reshaping the digital and social media landscape, many modern marketers face mounting challenges. Since 2022, Consumer Acquisition Costs have doubled and are expected to do so again in 2024 due to Chrome’s revised versions.

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‘Considerably less ready’: Marketers’ post-cookie preparedness has dropped by 23% since 2022

Digiday

found that fewer marketers are feeling prepared for third-party cookie deprecation than in years prior, with nearly half (49%) of their marketing strategies still reliant on third-party cookies. This is despite the fact that up until April , it looked like Google was finally going to close the cookie jar this year once and for all.

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Mixed reactions from ad ecosystem to Google keeping cookies

Martech

After years of back and forth between Google and regulatory bodies, the news finally came that Google is scrapping plans to kill third-party cookies in Chrome. By delaying the depreciation of cookies, Google buys itself time to either refine the Privacy Sandbox or to make its implications less transparent.

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Google’s cookie delay: obstruction or opportunity?

Exchange Wire

Ad tech’s worst-kept secret was finally confirmed last week; Google’s deprecation of the third-party cookie has been postponed. Google was originally planning to get rid of third-party cookies in its Chrome browser by 2022, but after an initial delay to [.]. The post Google’s cookie delay: obstruction or opportunity?

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