Aptimus Steps Up Behavioral, Demographic Targeting

Posted by Marshall on March 27, 2006 | Link It

According to adotas a company alled Aptimus launched behavorial and geo-demographic tracking platform that does some things that MSN Ad Center and Google AdWords/AdSense don’t yet do.

….Although search giants Google and MSN have already rolled out site demographic targeting technology, Aptimus’ abilities differ in that they can effectively target different audience segments such as Hispanic woman, ages 18-24, who visit a social site, and surf the Web at midnight. Lance Nelson, Vice President of Technology at Aptimus, tells ADOTAS that Aptimus corners the demographic targeting market because they understand that “…the holly grail is to find out who that individual is” behind web surfing in order to provide more detailed information for advertisers.

Aptimus’ new technology also allows advertisers to test different creatives by running different versions of the ad each targeted at a different demographic audience. Rob Wrubel, President of Aptimus, explains to ADOTAS that the new technology is a “powerful optimization and merchandizing engine” and “enables an advertiser to test multiple formats.”

Nelson also believes that Aptimus’ new Call Confirm technology harnesses cell phone ad capabilities because Aptimus “can verify interest and that becomes a very strong lead.” For advertising campaigns that incorporate Call Confirm, Aptimus calls consumers at the moment that they select a promotional offer to confirm the validity of the phone number the consumer has submitted and to verify consumer interest.

Aptimus’s platform merits an indepth look which I’ll have in a future post (soon).



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