A Behavioral Targeting Roundup

Behavioral targeting has been making headlines a lot recently. With all the news surrounding behavioral targeting, here’s a roundup of resources to provide The Lunch Pail readers with a deeper understanding of issues related to the topic. The Wall Street Journal is in the midst of a series studying behavioral targeting and digital privacy called […]

Targeting Without Complexity

Without examining the various complexities of behavioral targeting it is clear to all onlookers that it is valuable to marketers. For proof, look no further than the imbalanced attention the technologies get from various government bodies and institutions. Marketers know targeting technologies help them make money, and government regulators know that marketers may abuse the […]

Behavioral Targeting Update, Battlefield Media

Back in the middle of the summer I highlighted one of the rounds in the fight over behavioral targeting, specifically the well-organized effort by a consortium of companies to impose enough self-regulation on the more invasive form of network behavioral targeting. The seven best practices the group released were led off by The Education Principal, […]

Analyzing Behavioral Targeting Best Practices

On Monday I wrote about the need for the discourse around behavioral targeting technology, in Congress and elsewhere, to be careful not to use a broad brush when determining the best practices for the technology. Not all forms of behavioral targeting are the same (network versus onsite); therefore the same rules should not govern all […]

Happy Birthday, Lunch Pail!

Please join in wishing our humble blog, the Lunch Pail, a very happy first birthday. We could sing, but I'm sure no one wants to hear that. Instead, let's take a look at the best offerings on the Lunch Pail in the last year. Requiring our variety of distinguished digital marketing experts to publish a […]

How To Classify Types of Behavioral Targeting

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of attending a Behavioral Targeting Standards Consortium (BTSC for short) talk from Emily Riley, a senior analyst from Jupiter Research (which has now, as of January 1, been officially absorbed by Forrester Research). While Knotice isn't exclusively a targeting company (shameless self-promotion… find out about our software here), we have […]

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