6. Targeting is enabled by both knowing something about a user and by dropping a cookie 1. Choice Hotels sends page to user with code to request for image pixel 2. Request asks retargeting pixel server for “image” and sends data as part of every request. 3. Response includes 1X1 pixel and sets a cookie that contains unique ID. Choice Hotels Targeter ( [x+1] ) 4. Send list of cookies IDs and bid price to exchange Exchange Retargeting Example [x+1] Cookie: UserID : 1000121 For: ChoiceHotels Group1
7. Exchange buyers can bid on ad inventory that is being served to site visitors 1. A user with a Choice Hotels cookie visits a publisher site. Instead of serving an ad itself, site informs exchange of impression to be auctioned and includes cookie ID’s 2. Exchange offers the impression up for bidding. Offers cookie ID’s to all bidders. Exchange Retargeter 4. Retargeter serves Choice Hotels Ad Retargeting Example 3. Retargeter bids on impression containing its cookie, awards ad impression to retargeter (assuming winning bid)
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12. Data providers are identifying users who are in-market by capturing web site usage (BT) BlueKai User Cookie: UserID: 1000121 Depart:WAS Arrive: LGA DepartDate: 12/7 ReturnDate:12/9 AdvancePurchase:6 Days 1. User visits travel site 2. Part of the site captures user info in a cookie 5. [x+1] determines right price on that impression to that user Bids for User ID 1000121 : MB 1 – .002 ¢ MB 2 – .003 ¢ [x+1] – .004 ¢ BlueKai [x+1] 3. Data Provider and [x+1] cookies are synched up 4. [x+1] finds user on Ad Exchange or other media source 1000121 Bidding Open For: User ID 1000121 1000121 6. User sees highly relevant travel ad Best flights