The biggest trend in advertising for 2021 will certainly be an expansion of privacy and data transparency. In seeking to stay one step ahead of the market today we are announcing the release of the Advangelists ‘Why This Ad?’ feature.
‘Why This Ad?’ was created to provide more transparency to people receiving targeted advertising across all their devices. Each ad served by Advangelists will include a small icon that allows a person receiving the ad to click and learn more about why, and how the ad was directed at their web browser or app. Audience data that was used to target the ad will be visible to the end user including: age, location, demographics, and interest segmentation. Options for removing the ads and resetting the targeting protocols will also be available.
Should a large number of members of an audience opt-out of a given target segment, Advangelists will notify the Advertiser so they can better refine their audience segmentation and/or messaging accordingly.
“The current industry programs designed to provide more data transparency do not go far enough to inform the customer or the advertiser,” said Deep Katyal, CEO of Advangelists. “The unique ability to use the data to inform better advertising has been a missing feature of the AdChoices and Google products currently available. It seemed obvious that if a customer is telling you they either don’t fit your desired audience, or are not interested in your product, an advertiser should not only be required to comply, but learn from this valuable interaction.”
‘Why This Ad?’ will be a free feature added to all new Advangelists campaigns starting later this month. In an effort to promote better transparency, advertisers on the Advangelists platform will be required to opt-out of inclusion of this functionality. “CCPA, GDPR, and similar legislation in both domestic and international markets will certainly continue to expand,” concluded Mr. Katyal. “We want to encourage more transparency for consumers and brands alike, even if it means addressing the challenge one banner at a time.”
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