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The Exchange brings together ad networks, agency trading desks and demand side platforms on one side, and major online publishers on the other, to buy and sell display ad space in real time, allowing advertisers to reach moncler quincy jacket black nylon the right ad to the right consumer at the right time and enabling publishers to connect with the advertisers most interested in what theyre offering. Our goal was to grow the overall display advertising pie, so that publishers could benefit from higher ad revenues that fund their investments in the online content and services that we all read and use every day.With a full year under our belt, were happy to see that the Ad Exchange has proven itself so useful for so many participants. As of today, there are hundreds of premium publishers making ad space available, in addition to the many niche publishers that participate in Ad Exchange through the AdSense program. The number of transactions that occur every day has tripled. And the Ad Exchange is now becoming available in new countries.To see how what kind of effect the growth of the Exchange was having on its participants, we undertook an analysis that quantified the Exchanges impact on participating publishers bottom lines. Today, were publishing a white paper that shows that when publishers make ad space available in the Ad Exchange, and the Exchange wins the auction, publishers generate, on average, 188% more revenue compared with indirect sales to ad networks and other third-party buyers. moncler badia jacket dark black Over millions of impressions, this can make a huge difference to publishers advertising revenues,.This 188% increase is a result of two key trends that were seeing:Demand for publishers inventory is increasing as more AdWords and Google Display Network advertisers start running display campaigns, get great results and invest further. For example, display advertising spend among Googles largest 1,000 advertisers increased 75% in the past year. Agency trading desks and new third-party technology providers are also running more display ads through the Ad Exchange. And real-time biddingwhich enables advertisers to tailor their bids and ads in real time to buy the ad space they value the mostcontinues to be a major draw, now accounting for 56% of buyers spend.Were seeing publishers increasingly leverage the Ad Exchanges dynamic allocation to sell their inventory. Via dynamic allocation, the Exchange comparesin real timethe value of the highest-paying ad in the Ad Exchange with any ads from other sources (such as ad network deals) and chooses the highest paying one. The Ad Exchange only serves ads when it can offer a higher price for ad space. Of course, publishers are in complete control of which networks they allow to bid, what ads can appear on their sites and which ad space they make available.Our goal is to make the Ad Exchange a complete solution for major publishers moncler mabel jacket red to maximize their ad revenue across thousands of buyers, networks and agencies. We also want to put publishers even more firmly in control of what types of ads appear on their site, enabling them to build and protect their brand, and find new advertising opportunities.2010 was a huge growth year for the Ad Exchange, and the increased volume has made it a more vibrant ecosystem for buyers and sellers. Well continue our work to ensure that the Ad Exchange delivers ever-improving returns and controls for publishers, so that more participants can benefit from the huge growth taking place in display advertising in 2011 and beyond.Posted by Neal Mohan, Vice President of Product Management