The approaches Apple and Google have taken to identity resolution are reshaping how advertisers handle targeting

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The triple whammy comprising Apple's decision to phase out its mobile Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA), Google's impending deprecation of third-party cookies in its market-leading Chrome browser, and the growing sensitivity to consumer privacy issues is forcing advertisers to rethink how they target and measure ads. This is a gradually unfolding process, with new approaches evolving as practitioners adapt to the changes.

Billions of dollars are at stake in the transition from widespread desktop and mobile identifiers to a more privacy-focused mindset. Meta, Snap, and Pinterest, among others, have attributed substantial business losses to their sudden inability to deploy pervasive identifiers to target and retarget their users, particularly on Apple mobile devices.

Other changes to ID resolution will roll out slowly, giving companies time to come up with alternatives. The number of marketers, publishers, and ad tech firms that consider themselves ready for the challenges ahead is...

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