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What Is Programmatic Advertising?

Rohit Kumar

23 January 2025

Discover how programmatic advertising can help your brand reach the right customers, boost campaign efficiency, and maximise your return on ad spend.

Programmatic advertising is an automated media buying process that enables advertisers to identify and target the right audience at the right time. It works through an instantaneous auction (real-time bidding) environment powered by machine learning.

In simpler terms, programmatic advertising is an automated process of buying and selling digital ad spaces. It takes place between a buy side (DSP) and a sell side (SSP) and is facilitated via an ad exchange.

Examples of Programmatic ads

Video (YouTube) ads

These are the video ads that appear on YouTube and websites or apps running on Google Video Partners. There are lots of video ad format options available, like skippable, bumper, non-skippable, shorts, in-feed, masthead, etc., depending on your objectives and KPIs.

Native ads

These types of programmatic ads are clickable ads displayed alongside page content, providing superior engagement and interaction.

Display ads

These are visually appealing ads on websites or apps. Display ads can be static or dynamic, with ad messaging and a CTA encouraging users to click and navigate to the desired landing page.

Benefits of programmatic advertising

Programmatic advertising boasts a wide range of advantages, including:

  • Large reach
  • Transparency
  • Scalability
  • Efficiency
  • Targeting
  • Real-time data and reporting/measurement

In a nutshell, programmatic advertising ensures your brand can deliver the right message to the right audience, resulting in higher brand recall, sustainable growth, and higher conversions.

Programmatic advertising and the future of digital advertising

Studies predict that programmatic ads will dominate the digital ad market by 2028, accounting for a substantial 81% of revenue. However, while this may show us what the future of digital advertising may look like, creating an effective advertising ecosystem still remains in finding the right balance between human expertise and automation.

If you are looking to explore programmatic ads to amplify your marketing efforts, don’t hesitate to contact us. We’re more than happy to help you seamlessly navigate through your programmatic advertising journey!


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