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Real-time ad auctions

Recorded year2009

Google's DoubleClick Ad Exchange auctions each ad slot in milliseconds as a page loads, with bidders pricing who the viewer is.

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.