AdBrite Network Adopts Auction Model

AdBrite Network Adopts Auction Model

AdBrite has grown to a network encompassing 28,000
publishers and brand marketers including ESPN, Estee Lauder, Skechers
and Sports Illustrated.

monthly audience for its ads has rocketed
from 7 million unique visitors to 62 million as of September, according
to comScore Media Metrix data.(By comparison, the ad network with the
largest reach, advertising.com, had 145 million visitors in September.)

しかし、今後スケーラブルに成長するためにということで：

In response to rapid growth, AdBrite is now adopting an auction-based
model for its automated ad network that allows advertisers to bid on a
per-impression basis for ads that can be targeted by criteria including
keywords, geography, demographics, content channel and site quality.
For now, the ad formats are limited to text, banners and interstitials,
but AdBrite plans to add video ads in the coming weeks and eventually
mobile ads.

One of AdBrite's underlying conceits is to allow brand advertisers to
tap into the "long tail" of smaller sites and blogs that they might
otherwise overlook. At the same time, publishers gain the ability to
better monetize their online real estate. "AdBrite 2.0 is all about
extracting a site's brand value," said Fanlo.

AdBrite isn't the only online exchange trying to bring greater
efficiency to Internet advertising. Right Media, which recently
received a $45 million venture investment led by Yahoo, operates an
online ad marketplace that allows publishers and ad networks to auction
unsold inventory to the highest bidder. It involves about 60 ad
networks representing 8,000 publishers and 3,000 advertisers.

But Fanlo said AdBrite--which he expects to have revenue of about $20
million this year--is more focused on working directly with publishers
and advertisers rather than ad networks.