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Whitepapers

These whitepapers are designed to educate all users of ad servers, from startups to seasoned professionals.

  • White paper Data Equals Dollars
    Data Equals Dollars

    As advertisers become more sophisticated about using targeting to drive media buying decisions, the value of audience data has grown, creating an opportunity for publishers to develop their own consumer data and use it to increase ad revenue.  

    This whitepaper describes the steps publishers should take to develop targeted audience segments based on user data to drive up CPMs and sell-through rates. 

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  • White paper Total Cost of Ownership
    The Real Costs of Hosting your own Ad Server

    OpenX has calculated all the 'hidden' costs of hosting your own ad server. Understand the full range of costs such as technical infrastructure, soft-costs such as staff time, and risks associated with self-hosting...

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  • Demand Side Platforms: How Publishers Can Profit

    This white paper explains what DSPs are and how they work with online ad exchanges like OpenX Market. It reviews what opportunities they create for both advertisers and publishers and what publishers in particular can do to profit from them...

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  • Insights and Best Practices for Direct Ad Sales

    This whitepaper summarizes the results of over 450 responses to a survey asking OpenX publishers about their practices, results and challenges of direct ad selling. The results have been synthesized into some simple insights into what works, and what doesn't work when it comes to direct ad sales…

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