The document traces the evolution of display advertising from early static banner ads to today's real-time bidding landscape, noting key developments like rich media, video ads, the rise of ad networks and exchanges, and the growing role of programmatic buying. It also discusses trends in the global and Indian markets, predicting further consolidation and increased adoption of RTB as digital marketing ecosystems mature.
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Evolution of Display Advertising – From GIF to RTB
1. Evolution of Display Advertising – From GIF to RTB
Chandrakanth B N
Co-founder & Managing Director
Theorem India
30-Nov-2012
2. Agenda
■ Relevance of Display in the era of search, social and
mobile?
■ Evolution of Display Advertising
■ Trends globally
3. Why is display advertising so effective?
People are naturally drawn to images
People respond positively to visual things
Generate actions that go beyond clicks
Mere exposure effect - subconscious multi-tasking
Repeated exposures = familiarity = one of the goals of advertising
Better value option than other media
4. Role of Display in Purchase funnel
Source: Eyeblaster: “Search & Display: Reach Beyond the Keyword”
6. Display advertising campaign life cycle
Media Media Creative Creative Traffic/ Retarget/
Report Analyze New
Planning Buying Strategy Build Deploy
Campaign
7. The Display Ad serving Value Chain
Pre - Order Order Management Billing & Finance
Buyer Side
Advertisers Ad Serving ASP Tool (DFA, ATLAS, MediaPlex etc.)
Media Creative
Planning & Generation Trafficking Ad Delivery Reporting Optimization Invoicing
Buying
Content Integrated Partnership
Curation Platform Review
Inventory
Proposal Trafficking Ad Delivery Reporting Optimization
Management Invoicing
Generation
Publishers Trafficking ASP Tool (DFP, OAS, ADTECH, Yahoo APT etc.)
Seller Side
8. 1994: Origin of banner ads
AT&T’s “You Will” campaign ran on HotWired in October 1994. It was among the first
web ads.
9. Standard Banners
Leaderboard
Full Banner
Wide Skyscraper
Skyscraper
Medium Rectangle
10. 1996: Beginnings of rich media
HP’s Shockwave “Pong” banner; first rich media ad (you could play Pong in the
banner). Created by San Francisco-based agency RedSky Interactive in 1996.
13. Future of Video
There is a steep rise in professional
video content coming online
High-definition, full-screen video is
becoming commonplace on the Web
Improved players—most notably
Flash and Microsoft’s Silverlight
At a 46.5% growth rate, digital video
ad spending will continue to post the
strongest gains
Increasing sales of more expensive and more effective preroll ads on YouTube
70% of people are now engaging with video content outside of the traditional TV set
19. The Evolution of Display Media Buying
Direct from Ad Ad
DSPs
Publishers Networks Exchanges
2009
1996 1998 2005
20. Real-time bidding (RTB)
Real-time bidding (RTB) is a relatively new advertising technology that
Today allows online advertising to be purchased and served on the fly.
Is it Display’s answer to search?
21. Real-Time Bidding: How it Works?
Sites place an exchange User types in a URL
1 tag on their pages with 2 and browser renders
available inventory webpage
Site 1 Site 2 Site 3
Winning bidder’s Exchange federates
6 creative is served to the 3 bid request to all
user. Bidder pays .01 bidders for an auction
more than 2nd place
Exchange
Exchange evaluates Bidders evaluate request (hold
5 all bid responses and 4 auction among their advertisers)
selects winning bid and send bid responses to the
exchange, including bid price and
creative
Bidder Bidder Bidder Bidder
Bidder Bidder Bidder
22. Why RTB?
• Winning formula of right user, right placement at the right time
• Greater actionable insights at impression level
• Extensive reach, performance and scale with full transparency
• High level of control to optimize campaign performance.
• Enhanced ROI for advertiser
• Relevant ad experience for the user
• Revenue Maximization for Publisher
23. Evolution of Media planning and buying
AD EXCHANGE
PUBLISHER
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AD NETWORK
25. Trends globally and in India
Strong growth for video and rich media is apparent
RTB to get more sophisticated and greater adoption
Currently this eco system is very fragmented
and too many players
More consolidation possible as the space is very cluttered
India in its early stage of adoption and as the digital
marketing eco system evolves we may see more players in the DSP and RTB
next year
Higher scale of transaction and better audience data will drive RTB adoption in
India