About

RTB stands for Real Time Bid (Bidding) is a protocol that uses auction house in their bidding process

This is done through a programmatic on-the-spot auction, which is similar to how financial markets operate. RTB allows for Addressable Advertising

The ability to serve ads to consumers based on their demographic, psychographic, or behavioral attributes.

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Basic

See https://developers.google.com/authorized-buyers/rtb/start#basics

Pro

• A real-time auction is an opportunity to optimize for every ad request.
• Provides visibility into the true value of your ad inventory.

Protocol

Open Real-Time Bidding (ORTB|OpenRTB) is a protocol to provide bids on individual impression opportunities.

• Ad - Request (to serve an ad) Request

See:

• Specification
• Reference implementation
• Examples
• https://github.com/InteractiveAdvertisingBureau/openrtb

Documentation

• https://developers.google.com/authorized-buyers/rtb/start
• https://www.iab.com/guidelines/real-time-bidding-rtb-project/
• https://developers.facebook.com/docs/audience-network/mapp-bidding-overview