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Targeted advertising[2] is a marketing method that focuses on delivering promotional content to specific audiences. This strategy involves gathering and analyzing user data to tailor ads to individuals’ interests, behaviors, and demographics. There are several types of targeted advertising[4], which include internet[8] service providers tracking website[9] visits, search engine marketing[1], and using platforms like Google[10]’s Search and Display Network.

The technique also extends to social media[5], with platforms harnessing behavioral targeting and geotargeting[3]. For instance, Facebook[6] uses micro-targeting based on user data. Additionally, there are various targeted advertising techniques, such as content, contextual, technical, time, sociodemographic, and geographical targeting.

Moreover, targeted advertising is prevalent in mobile and television[7] sectors. Mobile ads utilize consumer[11] location and time, while television ads focus on demographics and interests. Cable boxes and over-the-top video platforms also facilitate targeted advertising. All these methods aim to increase advertising efficiency and relevance.

Terms definitions
1. search engine marketing. Search Engine Marketing (SEM) refers to the practice of marketing a business using paid advertisements that appear on search engine results pages. These advertisements are often driven by bids on keywords that users of services such as Google and Bing might enter when looking for certain products or services. SEM offers advertisers the opportunity to put their ads in front of motivated customers who are ready to make a purchase. The evolution of SEM has integrated a range of strategies, such as search engine optimization (SEO), paid listings management, and online marketing strategies like pay-per-click (PPC) programs. The technique is crucial in today's digital era, aiding various industries in attracting consumers and increasing opportunities. Despite challenges such as competition and evolving search algorithms, SEM continues to be a vital tool for online visibility and business growth.
2. Targeted advertising ( Targeted advertising )
1 "Targeted advertising" is a marketing strategy that involves gathering and analyzing user data to deliver personalized ads relevant to individual consumers. This strategy can be implemented across various channels such as search engines, social media, television, and mobile devices. Companies, internet service providers, and websites collect user data like preferences, behaviors, and demographics to make ads more relevant. Platforms like Google Ads allow advertisers to reach specific audiences, even retargeting specific website visitors. Social media platforms leverage user data for personalized advertising, allowing advertisers to target users based on interests, likes, demographics, and other factors. Television ads can target viewers based on age, gender, location, and interests, while mobile advertising uses location and time data to serve ads tailored to consumer schedules and environments.
2 Targeted advertising is a marketing method that focuses on delivering promotional content to specific audiences. This strategy involves gathering and analyzing user data to tailor ads to individuals' interests, behaviors, and demographics. There are several types of targeted advertising, which include internet service providers tracking website visits, search engine marketing, and using platforms like Google's Search and Display Network.The technique also extends to social media, with platforms harnessing behavioral targeting and geotargeting. For instance, Facebook uses micro-targeting based on user data. Additionally, there are various targeted advertising techniques, such as content, contextual, technical, time, sociodemographic, and geographical targeting.Moreover, targeted advertising is prevalent in mobile and television sectors. Mobile ads utilize consumer location and time, while television ads focus on demographics and interests. Cable boxes and over-the-top video platforms also facilitate targeted advertising. All these methods aim to increase advertising efficiency and relevance.

Targeted advertising is a form of advertising, including online advertising, that is directed towards an audience with certain traits, based on the product or person the advertiser is promoting.

Example of targeting in an online ad system

These traits can either be demographic with a focus on race, economic status, sex, age, generation, level of education, income level, and employment, or psychographic focused on the consumer values, personality, attitude, opinion, lifestyle, and interest. This focus can also entail behavioral variables, such as browser history, purchase history, and other recent online activities. The process of algorithm targeting eliminates waste.

Traditional forms of advertising, including billboards, newspapers, magazines, and radio channels, are progressively becoming replaced by online advertisements.

Through the emergence of new online channels, the usefulness of targeted advertising is increasing because companies aim to minimize wasted advertising. Most targeted new media advertising currently uses second-order proxies for targets, such as tracking online or mobile web activities of consumers, associating historical web page consumer demographics with new consumer web page access, using a search word as the basis of implied interest, or contextual advertising.

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