Now that it seems Google will really and sincerely deprecate third-party cookies in Chrome this year, advertisers are paying more attention to the search for alternatives. This Comscore Proximic study finds most of their money will go towards contextual data (28%) and first party data (27%). Despite the best efforts of adtech vendors and data compilers, alternative IDs rank last at 8%.
In the early days of cookieless Chrome, publishers earned 45% less revenue per session from users who disabled cookies, according to data analyzed by ad platform Assertive Yield. The loss was actually a bit worse when Google’s Topics API was enabled. By some crazy coincidence, Google’s own AdX and Open Bidding win rates actually improved, meaning Google bought more ads at a lower rate.
Customer communication platform Iterable is launching the Iterable Ingest Toolkit as part of its winter product release. It features Smart Ingest that connects with major cloud platforms and allows marketers to pull customer data into Iterable. Iterable is also bringing AI-driven customer insights to its users’ Snowflake data through its Snowflake Secure Data integration.
CDP and marketing cloud vendor Zeta Global announced an agreement to purchase LiveIntent, which helps companies do email-based advertising. The deal will let Zeta expand its identity graph, enter the publisher monetization business, and accelerate its mobile and retail media products. Zeta will pay $77.5 million in cash and $172.5 million in common stock, with potential for additional payments based on performance.