AdBrite
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Online advertising |
| Services | Advertising network |
| Website | http://www.adbrite.com/ |
| Alexa rank | 1,757 (November 2011[update])[1] |
| Current status | Active |
AdBrite, Inc. is an online advertising network based in San Francisco, California. It was founded by Philip J. Kaplan and Gidon Wise.
AdBrite serves advertisements on 112,009 sites, according to their published statistics [2], and is the 10th largest advertising network on the Internet, according to comScore[3]. Attributor survey ranked AdBrite as the 6th largest ad server in 2008 with a 2% share of the market.[4]
AdBrite was originally founded as Marketbanker.com in 2002, and relaunched as AdBrite in 2004. AdBrite is backed by Sequoia Capital,[5] Mitsui, and DAG Ventures.
On February 12, 2008 the company launched Spottt.com, a link exchange program that enables sites to promote each other for free.[6]
In a piece on Russia Today's RTAmerica network entitled INTERNET HYPOCRICY, ad broker Sergey Barr stated that Adbrite blocked banners supporting Occupy Wall Street and its whole ad campaign from AdBrite's network, but then allowed ads opposing internet censorship to run. [7]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Adbrite.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/adbrite.com. Retrieved 2011-11-07.
- ^ AdBrite statistics
- ^ comScore Media Metrix Releases December Top 50 Web Rankings and Analysis
- ^ 6th largest ad server in the world
- ^ Companies - AdBrite
- ^ Spottt Reincarnates LinkExchange
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6wTa7cu_aY
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