PubMatic Publisher Challenge Launches with Thousands of Dollars in Free Advertising for Publishers

PRLog (Press Release) - Oct 31, 2007 -
Menlo Park, CA – PubMatic (www.pubmatic.com) today announced the launch of the PubMatic Publisher Challenge, an innovative program that provides web publishers with thousands of dollars of free advertising on web 2.0 web sites.  Building on PubMatic’s success with optimizing publishers’ ad inventory across ad networks, the PubMatic Publisher Challenge selects winners every month and advertises their products and their success in using PubMatic.  

Publishers can signup for the PubMatic Publisher Challenge for free at www.pubmatic.com/challenge.  November winners include WinCustomize and BikerOrNot, online publishers who have seen over 100% increases in their ad revenue since using PubMatic.  PubMatic is the only publisher optimization service that is broadly available and has a proven track record of increasing publishers’ revenues.

The PubMatic Publisher Challenge is open to publishers of all sizes and geographies.  Publishers simply go to www.pubmatic.com to sign up for and start using PubMatic, they tell PubMatic how much the use of its free service has increased their revenues, and they can win thousands of dollars in free advertising.  The advertising will be displayed on leading web 2.0 web sites that reach hundreds of thousands of unique users per month.  The contest will be held on an ongoing basis.

“In just two months, over 1300 publishers are seeing the benefits of PubMatic, including increased ad revenues and less management hassle,” said Rajeev Goel, Co-Founder and General Manager of PubMatic.  “Our publishers’ success is our own success, so what better way to tell the PubMatic story than through the voice of our customers.”

PubMatic’s vision is to more seamlessly connect publishers with ad networks in a way that benefits publishers, ad networks, advertisers and web site visitors alike.  PubMatic automates and optimizes decision making for publishers by identifying and recommending appropriate ad networks for a publisher and improving the layout of text ads.  The result is that publishers enjoy increased revenue while at the same time freeing themselves up to focus on generating innovative content and reaching new readers.

November Winners Announced
November’s winners of the PubMatic Publisher Challenge include WinCustomize and BikerOrNot.   WinCustomize (www.wincustomize.com) is a leading provider of desktop utility and PC enhancement software that helps end-users customize their Microsoft Windows experience.  WinCustomize has seen a 106% increase in eCPMs since using PubMatic’s service to optimize across ad networks.  “We used to be content with using one or two ad networks on our web site.  We thought we had a pretty good handle on the range of eCPMs that ad networks provide,” said Michael Crassweller, Web Site Manager.  “Once we implemented PubMatic, we saw how PubMatic optimized our ad inventory throughout the day among multiple ad networks and led to a 106% improvement in earnings.”  

BikerOrNot (www.bikerornot.com) is a leading social network for motorcycle enthusiasts worldwide.  BikerOrNot is using PubMatic’s color optimization service to find the optimal color scheme for text ads that maximizes visitor conversion.  BikerOrNot has seen a 150% increase in revenues since implementing PubMatic.  “PubMatic took us less than 10 minutes to implement, and quickly found a better color scheme for our text ads,” said James Plouf, Founder of BikerOrNot.  “The result was a near-instantaneous increase in our revenues of 150%.”

Availability
The PubMatic public beta is open to all publishers, regardless of geography or company size.  Publishers interested in participating in the beta can sign up at www.pubmatic.com/signup.  PubMatic is free for publishers while in beta.

Contact Information
For customers interested in learning more about PubMatic, go to www.pubmatic.com.

For press inquiries, please contact PubMatic at +1-408-480-0998 (PDT) or press (at) PubMatic.com.