BEST PRACTICES: IN FOCUS
Published: May 29, 2006
Rich Media: Everything You Need to Know
 
Telling the technologies apart

Eyeblaster

  • Best known for floating ads
  • Most flexible and powerful technology
  • Compatible with Firefox
  • Improving customer service

EyeWonder

  • Started with interactive video ads
  • Instant play, user initiated
  • Introducing mobile video and SMS text messaging ads
  • Need to improve customer service and reporting

Motif

  • Partnered with DoubleClick in 2002 (largest third-party ad server)
  • Began with video, but has moved into all rich media formats, including expandables, video and floaters

PointRoll

  • Started with expandable page banners and roll-over-the-banner technology
  • Allows for multi-tab/page content delivery
  • Reporting is superior for user interaction/time spent
  • Customer and creative traffic service is superior

Klipmart

  • Started with interactive video ads
  • Starting to do expandables and floaters too
  • Lowest in marketshare
  • Great in customer service since they produce fewer ads than competition
  • Also provide traffic services

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