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In-App Bidding

Also: Unified auction

The mobile equivalent of header bidding: all demand sources bid on an in-app impression simultaneously instead of in waterfall order. In-app bidding raised app publisher revenue and simplified operations, and is now the default in major mediation platforms.

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