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Re: Kathryn wonders about impressions

bsaitz — Tue, 01 May 2012 10:01:11 -0000

interesting. we could use more industry leadership, but making standards seems hard and by the time they are agreed upon, they are useless.

Re: Kathryn wonders about impressions

Mehdi Daoudi — Tue, 01 May 2012 08:44:31 -0000

another waste of time... another audit, another counting methodology... next thing we are going to try to measure is if the user was loading the ad on the web while tweeting on his phone while in the bathroom. oh wait... i think we need to get the NSA to come and help us. they have the tools to make sure it WAS VIEWED or even better create the Ad Viewing Security Administration (AVSA). Forget 3M, 4A, MRC... this one is much cooler.

Would be better for the ad industry to set standards around ad delivery speed, enforce the amount of redirects, malware in ads (drive by download)... you know things that make people block ads...
just saying...
Former DART MD.

Re: Glad it was Google, for a number of reasons

bsaitz — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:29:10 -0000

flattering, but i tend to doubt it. maybe it wouldnt be AS bad..

Re: Glad it was Google, for a number of reasons

asmoler — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:11:17 -0000

20/20 hindsight. If DCLK ended up with MSFT or Yahoo, the clicker talent and product expertise acquired could have made a substantial difference in the outcome? Allowing MSFT/Yahoo to see greater success and win in their ad tech business? If Atlas ended up at Google......?

Re: News.. what there is

Mehdi Daoudi — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:00:52 -0000

a trillion request in 2011... dude that's what we did in 2004! 8 years later i can only speculate that the trillion is achieved in a matter of days now! :-) not even mentioning performance, availability and malware.... they have such a long way to go!

Re: AdMeld

bsaitz — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:53:18 -0000

if that were to happen, i'm pretty sure you'd be an amusing presenter

Re: AdMeld

aripap — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:18:35 -0000

This amuses me greatly. If I'm ever back in the same circumstances I'll have a lot of fun at the podium.

Re: Mobile DSPs POV by Senor brussell sprouts

Domain registration — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 02:34:45 -0000

Really nice video To all the user Keep sharing more video like this

Re: Diane Yu on Freewheel

Diane — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:48:20 -0000

Thank you! And it is absolutely tasty. :)

Re: The good & bad

bsaitz — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:57:01 -0000

haha.. classic.

Re: The good & bad

Craig Berlingo — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:55:23 -0000

We missed you at the reunion last night! A good percentage of us were actually former New Yorkers which made it even more fun for Jen and I.

Although I have to say, it was surreal to leave a conversation with Mehdi and KO to get home home for the babysitter. A decade ago we would have shut the place down... somehow still showing up for work early the next morning.

Re: Shipin’ over to Groupon

bsaitz — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:04:45 -0000

oh yea, good pt. i bet he knew ;-)

Re: Shipin’ over to Groupon

Mehdi — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:00:03 -0000

yeah perfect timing also considering cisco is about to fire 10,000 employees

Re: Deja Vu All Over Again..

Stuart Roseman — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 17:23:16 -0000

Probably one of my most vivid memories of my DCLK days is when, during a major fiber cut that took down our Internet access, KO came charging down the hall and into my cube-space screaming "The Internet is down! Fix the Internet!!" I explained what happened, and he calmed down, but for years afterward, when any major outage happened, we would always yell "Fix the Internet!!" at each other. Good Times....

Re: Ones I’ve missed

Michael Buechele — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 01:36:49 -0000

He also joins Mike Buechele, who started a week ago as the East Coast Sales Engineer :)

Re: Ones I’ve missed

bsaitz — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:41:43 -0000

i got an email as soon as i posted this.. tommy schroder said hi and works for liverail!

Tommy Schroder
Director, Technology Sales
LiveRail

Re: A great practical joke..

JWBraun — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:47:06 -0000

great reactions to Mehdi's voice coming out of the ether after several years! good fun for 4/1

Re: A great practical joke..

bsaitz — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:19:25 -0000

haha.. dave mitchell must have breathed a sigh of relief :-)

Re: A great practical joke..

Mehdi Daoudi — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:14:34 -0000

It was hilarious. Actually Ben, i was the one nervous... But only good news.
Dart serves ads in -35 ms, 4000000000000000000 impressions per day and No DI :-)
Great team of folks, great systems, and most importantly great camaraderie.
best

Re: More Clickers becoming Melders

bsaitz — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 09:53:39 -0000

wow, those *are* old

Re: More Clickers becoming Melders

Mehdi Daoudi — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 08:27:53 -0000

Joe, congratulations. If you need anything let me know. More than happy to share with you the secret Sauce of the QoS Team. Check out vintage logos of the QoS Watchdogs...

Re: Mobile DSPs POV by Senor brussell sprouts

aripap — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 18:13:44 -0000

The brussel sprout video.

Sent from my iPad

Re: Mobile DSPs POV by Senor brussell sprouts

Steven Golus — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:59:27 -0000

wow to my literary masterpiece or wow to the video?
please elaborate.

Re: Mobile DSPs POV by Senor brussell sprouts

aripap — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:03:52 -0000

Wow.

Re: Lawyer Cat is out of the bag

Mehdi Daoudi — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:46:22 -0000

Matt is one of the best lawyer at DoubleClick. Actually i have to say the entire Legal team was amazing. very professional and calm. i am sure they will do well. Good luck Matt! and if you need monitoring ... you know where to reach us :-)