{"id":642868,"date":"2023-04-29T10:06:17","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T15:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/29\/the-rundown-amazons-dsp-trumpets-its-cookies-less-targeting-capabilities\/"},"modified":"2023-04-29T10:06:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T15:06:17","slug":"the-rundown-amazons-dsp-trumpets-its-cookies-less-targeting-capabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/29\/the-rundown-amazons-dsp-trumpets-its-cookies-less-targeting-capabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rundown: Amazon\u2019s DSP trumpets its cookies-less targeting capabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<main id=\"main\" role=\"main\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span>April 27, 2023\u00a0\u00a0\u2022\u00a0\u00a03 min read<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0  By <a href=\"https:\/\/digiday.com\/author\/ronandigiday-com\/\">Ronan Shields<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"453\" alt=\"amazon rocket\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digiday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/amazon-rocket.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/digiday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/amazon-rocket.jpeg?resize=300,181 300w, https:\/\/digiday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/amazon-rocket.jpeg?resize=470,284 470w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" src=\"https:\/\/digiday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/amazon-rocket.jpeg?w=750&#038;h=453&#038;crop=1&#038;is-pending-load=1\" ><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tIvy Liu\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In case you haven\u2019t heard, third-party cookies will soon be no longer for the world wide web, a prospect that rattles the foundation of its core, ad-funded, business model.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s so fundamental that even the largest names of the sector are threatened \u2014\u00a0just look at Meta\u2019s difficulties in dealing with Apple\u2019s privacy clawbacks \u2014\u00a0as Google Chrome prepares to sunset third-party cookies next year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"piano-meter-offer\">\n<p>And it is within this context that Amazon Advertising, a burgeoning ad platform but one that equally has to contend with Apple and Google\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/digiday.com\/marketing\/the-long-goodbye\/\">erosion of traditional online advertising tools<\/a>, is now flexing its muscles.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-what-s-new\">What\u2019s new? <\/h2>\n<p>Amazon Ads has today unveiled machine learning updates to its demand-side platform, an ad-buying tool made available to third parties that is in contention with rivals such as Google\u2019s Display &#038; Video 360, and The Trade Desk.<\/p>\n<p>According to the DSP\u2019s representatives, Amazon has spent years developing such capabilities to help advertisers target desired audiences using the few remaining signals that will be left in the wake of third-party cookies.    <\/p>\n<p>Neal Richter, director, advertising science at Amazon DSP, told Digiday this is made possible by letting advertisers plug their first-party data into <a href=\"https:\/\/digiday.com\/media\/amazon-places-its-data-clean-room-at-the-center-of-its-adland-charm-offensive\/\">its data clean room Amazon Marketing Cloud<\/a> to identify their required audiences. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we have done with these upgrades is tied to our performances algorithms,\u201d he explained. \u201cWhat we announced before [at Amazon Unboxed in October 2022] was about addressability, and now we\u2019re turning that into improved performance based on these new predictive models.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-the-results\">The results <\/h2>\n<p>According to an Amazon press release, the machine learning updates to the DSP also help advertisers model their budget distribution, a service that helps them make their ad campaigns run on budget for an idealized period of time \u2014 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adexchanger.com\/online-advertising\/this-is-what-caused-metas-overspending-glitch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mishap that befell Meta\u2019s automated platform<\/a> recently.<\/p>\n<p>In a test involving 140,000 advertiser campaigns, advertisers using these updates experienced the below results, according to Amazon\u2019s internal tests conducted over the course of last year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>12.6% increase in click-through rate<\/li>\n<li>34.1% increase in return on ad spend<\/li>\n<li>24.7% decrease in cost per click<\/li>\n<li>20%-30% incremental addressability on inventory that was previously un-addressable<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cWe know that every percentage point of improvement counts to advertisers, and these new upgrades have helped increase engagement and return on ad spend,\u201d added Richter in a press release. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-why-now-and-what-s-the-reaction\">Why now and what\u2019s the reaction?<\/h2>\n<p>Amazon hopes its DSP\u2019s model-based audience methodologies should prove a point of difference as advertisers look to further downsize the number of ad tech companies they do business with as <a href=\"https:\/\/digiday.com\/marketing\/the-demand-for-cookieless-targeting-is-fueling-spo-2-0\/\">the need for cookie-less targeting<\/a> draws closer.<\/p>\n<p>The results also come as the e-commerce giant releases its latest quarterly earnings update, a period of time when it is expected to post (yet another) considerable increase in revenue derived by Amazon Advertising. Incidentally, the announcements also comes ahead of next week\u2019s Amazon NewFront, currently scheduled for May 1.<\/p>\n<p>Insider Intelligence\u2019s Andrew Lipsman told Digiday that demonstrating incrementality is crucial if Amazon\u2019s DSP is to seize further marketshare from incumbents such as Google\u2019s DV 360. \u201cThe market has gotten so crowded, this is what happens to major ad platforms over time, Amazon needs to produce more value and show that it\u2019s solving for problems.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Robert Webster, global svp at marketing consulting service CvE, told Digiday such updates are likely to distinguish the Amazon from its peer set, but that some questions need to be asked before plaudits can be rained upon the DSP. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Amazon hasn\u2019t been the most advanced DSP [in terms of user-interface], and if it hand\u2019t of been for the Amazon data it wouldn\u2019t be a leading DSP,\u201d he told Digiday. \u201cAlthough, it\u2019s really positive that they are using machine learning to enhance reach in cookie-constrained environments like Apple devices.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Webster added, \u201cAlthough there are questions like where is the additional reach coming from, and how do we validate the quality and measurement?\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>https:\/\/digiday.com\/?p=501368<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Digiday Top Stories<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digiday.com\/marketing\/why-five-prominent-gaming-influencers-are-teaming-up-to-build-the-top-fortnite-creative-experience\/\" title=\"Why five prominent gaming influencers are teaming up to build the top Fortnite Creative experience\">Why five prominent gaming influencers are teaming up to build the top Fortnite Creative experience<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today, a group of five leading gaming influencers \u2014 SypherPK, Ninja, Nickmercs, TimTheTatman and CouRageJD \u2014 has announced the development of \u201cProject V,\u201d a custom Fortnite Creative game featuring unique game mechanics and quests connected to each creator\u2019s brand and fandom. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/digiday.com\/marketing\/why-five-prominent-gaming-influencers-are-teaming-up-to-build-the-top-fortnite-creative-experience\/\" title=\"Why five prominent gaming influencers are teaming up to build the top Fortnite Creative experience\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digiday.com\/marketing\/how-cannabis-culture-is-becoming-a-bigger-part-of-jack-in-the-boxs-marketing-strategy\/\" title=\"How cannabis culture is becoming a bigger part of Jack in the Box\u2019s marketing strategy\">How cannabis culture is becoming a bigger part of Jack in the Box\u2019s marketing strategy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As cannabis and marijuana usage goes more mainstream, Jack in the Box is ramping up its 4\/20-friendly marketing stunts.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/digiday.com\/marketing\/how-cannabis-culture-is-becoming-a-bigger-part-of-jack-in-the-boxs-marketing-strategy\/\" title=\"How cannabis culture is becoming a bigger part of Jack in the Box\u2019s marketing strategy\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digiday.com\/marketing\/six-months-into-elon-musks-twitter-takeover-heres-what-we-know-so-far-about-his-plan\/\" title=\"Six months into Elon Musk\u2019s Twitter takeover \u2014 here\u2019s what we know so far about his plan\">Six months into Elon Musk\u2019s Twitter takeover \u2014 here\u2019s what we know so far about his plan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Musk has ambitions to turn Twitter into a super app, advertisers still don\u2019t feel any more valuable to the platform.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/digiday.com\/marketing\/six-months-into-elon-musks-twitter-takeover-heres-what-we-know-so-far-about-his-plan\/\" title=\"Six months into Elon Musk\u2019s Twitter takeover \u2014 here\u2019s what we know so far about his plan\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digiday.com\/marketing\/content-creators-of-color-question-whether-twitter-blue-is-worth-the-price-after-elon-musks-takeover\/\" title=\"Content creators of color question whether Twitter Blue is worth the price after Elon Musk\u2019s takeover\">Content creators of color question whether Twitter Blue is worth the price after Elon Musk\u2019s takeover<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitter has seen tremendous, and for some users, not so favorable changes as a result of Elon Musk&#8217;s takeover, including an overhaul of its verification process. For content creators of color, the verification has been a hard sell.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/digiday.com\/marketing\/content-creators-of-color-question-whether-twitter-blue-is-worth-the-price-after-elon-musks-takeover\/\" title=\"Content creators of color question whether Twitter Blue is worth the price after Elon Musk\u2019s takeover\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digiday.com\/marketing\/how-a-twitch-streamers-nfl-draft-event-shows-brands-interest-in-fans-at-the-crossroads-of-gaming-and-sports\/\" title=\"How a Twitch streamer\u2019s NFL Draft event shows brands\u2019 interest in fans at the crossroads of gaming and sports\">How a Twitch streamer\u2019s NFL Draft event shows brands\u2019 interest in fans at the crossroads of gaming and sports<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Esfand\u2019s NFL Draft show \u2014 and brands\u2019 interest in sponsoring it \u2014 provide the latest example of the mounting convergence between sports and gaming fandom. The NFL has certainly taken note of this shift, too. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/digiday.com\/marketing\/how-a-twitch-streamers-nfl-draft-event-shows-brands-interest-in-fans-at-the-crossroads-of-gaming-and-sports\/\" title=\"How a Twitch streamer\u2019s NFL Draft event shows brands\u2019 interest in fans at the crossroads of gaming and sports\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/main><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digiday.com\/marketing\/the-rundown-amazons-dsp-trumpets-cookies-less-its-targeting-capabilities\/?utm_source=digidaydis&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=general-rss\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Ronan Shields<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 27, 2023\u00a0\u00a0\u2022\u00a0\u00a03 min read \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 By Ronan Shields Ivy Liu In case you haven\u2019t heard, third-party cookies will soon be no longer for the world wide web, a prospect that rattles the foundation of its core, ad-funded, business model. It\u2019s so fundamental that even the largest names of the sector are threatened \u2014\u00a0just look<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":642869,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,29501,46],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-642868","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-amazons","8":"category-rundown","9":"category-technology"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}