Why Native SSP Architecture Beats Retrofitted Display Infrastructure for AI App Publishers
Conversational ads need intent signals, not page URLs and ad slots.
Senior Reporter
Kwame Asante-Boadi began his career covering search marketing for a trade newsletter in 2006 and has tracked the evolution from keyword auctions to conversational query interfaces ever since. He reports on how intent signals are changing inside AI search environments and what that means for attribution.
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