DIGITAL MARKETING HUB v2.0 - AdExchanger
DIGITAL MARKETING HUB v2.0 - AdExchanger
DIGITAL MARKETING HUB v2.0 - AdExchanger
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Digital Marketing Hub <strong>v2.0</strong><br />
BMO Capital Markets<br />
What Are the Best Positioned Stocks for the IP Marketing World…<br />
Google<br />
Google offers YouTube’s video ad inventory – where branding dollars are increasingly<br />
headed -- and a dominant display technology stack. While Google is not the leader in the<br />
sale of display ads on proprietary media/products and DoubleClick and other “ad tech” services<br />
are not in and of themselves major revenue drivers, we believe their value to Google is<br />
underappreciated by investors. Estimates vary, but DoubleClick probably serves around half<br />
of the web’s non-Facebook display ads; and on June 5, the company unveiled a more unified<br />
technology suite called simply DoubleClick Digital Marketing. Having a dominant franchise<br />
in other areas of the media value chain has always mattered in advertising (see TV below) and<br />
in our opinion, they are only becoming more valuable because of the data they generate. DoubleClick’s<br />
unparalleled reach gives Google another dominant dataset to go alongside its flow<br />
of search keywords (from both PCs and mobile) and the still growing usership of YouTube.<br />
Moreover, Google has executed the strongest acquisition strategy of any major IP Marketing<br />
company and the latest one – sell-side platform AdMeld – comes as ad tech innovation<br />
swings to the publisher side, and away from the buy-side. From buying platforms like Invite<br />
Media and AdWords through marketplaces like DoubleClick Ad Exchange that blur into<br />
nominally sell-side products like AdMeld, AdMob, and AdSense, Google has defined the<br />
value chain with its end-to-end system. When fortified with products like Google Analytics<br />
(and the original acquisition, Urchin) and internally built Google TV Ads, we believe Google<br />
has unparalleled IP marketing assets.<br />
Exhibit 2. Google Display Products<br />
Advertiser Tools<br />
Marketplaces<br />
Publisher Tools<br />
Source: Company reports and BMO Capital Markets<br />
Through the lens of secular trends, we believe there is far too much attention on<br />
Google+ and not enough on YouTube as Google’s social strategies are examined. While<br />
we believe Google+ -- and the broader +1 efforts – are important “big bets,” the subsequent<br />
investor attention has lead to YouTube be overlooked as the original “social” product at<br />
Google. Not only has YouTube proven to be immune to fashion risk, but its content – online<br />
video – is where brand advertisers are looking more often for story-telling capabilities they<br />
have traditionally sought on television. In mobile, Android may have intellectual property<br />
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June 7, 2012