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Comment · 6 years ago
You should get Google Analytics installed, and AdSense ads... at the least.
Comment · 7 years ago
This practice is used in almost every industry with finite inventory by Revenue Management teams where there is opportunity to pre-empt a booking, slot, or (where I am most familiar) a tv spot.

I recall working for television systems management and having a revenue and yield optimization consultant from the airline industry present to our company with methods we could use to increased revenue by booking even more spots than we had and either pre-empting more low value TV spots with automatic optimization and moving of the spots, or simply taking more time away from marketing or promotional ads from the network.

Most of the practices recommended by this consultant we had already implemented, but there were some really neat recommendations specifically from the airline industry in order to maximize revenue, most of them revolved around overbooking. Eligible TV spots would be automatically moved forward (front-loaded) into weekly rotation selling options (groups of program sold under the same name and price).

I could go on forever, but I suppose as a general comment regarding revenue management and yield optimization there is nothing which surprises me about these practices.

Comment · 8 years ago
I read a great book which covers the Spanish Flu called The Great Influenza (https://www.amazon.ca/Great-Influenza-Revised-John-Barry/dp/...) by John M. Barry.

The book does a great job of expressing the history of medicine leading up to the 1918 Spanish Flu.

But above all the book goes into detailed recollection on the arrogance of leadership in the face of this deadly disease. From politicians listing it as merely a regular flu, to military generals choosing not to quarantine troops... leading to massive casualties and the spread of the disease. All leading up to a realization of severity, when proper measures are taken.

I believe a newer print also has a note about Swine Flu, my copy is fairly old and does not include this.

Comment · 9 years ago
Great resource, I've used this often from client computers to look at some basic data before offering support.

I use most of the advertising related APIs on a daily basis. I am very happy that I can take a look at a client's account, at the client's desk, before access is provided.

An API explorer for Doubleclick for Publishers seems to be missing from the list, I presume due to the increased complexity of DFP it was not included, are there any plans to include DFP in here?

Comment · 9 years ago
I don't need to fasten my seat belt, this makes perfect sense. The supply and demand of homes drives the prices, as well as some other factors, and this is simply what people who are paid a lot of money are willing to pay.
Comment · 9 years ago
Maybe a delay before you can start driving after each log in encouraging drivers to stay signed in.
Comment · 9 years ago
This is why code coverage is so important as part of the general development cycle.
Comment · 9 years ago
As a developer dealing with the encoding of user input made in UTF-8 into a legacy systems which only support ASCII... I prefer this.
Comment · 9 years ago
What's running the function? Something on page or some ad in an iframe?
Comment · 10 years ago
The article doesn't explain how they made money, you need a relationship with SSPs and Exchanges to make requests and monetize the impression, even if you're just sending firing tracking pixels for creative view or complete, etc.

So how did these people make money? Are they for hire? Did they offer services to spoof the publisher domain and make revenue out of thin air, taking a cut from the pub?

Comment · 10 years ago
Comment · 10 years ago
Thanks, I'll give this a try.
Comment · 10 years ago
Comment · 10 years ago
The final build should have proper shebangs and I also noticed the CSS is a little messy. I'll submit a pull request in a bit.

Otherwise I'll give it a shot.

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