Nikolai holds the distinction of being the creator of the world's first Webmercial in 1999 and the inventor of the Rich Media Optimization Technique. This hybrid of creative and technological tricks, developed in 1999, allowed for instant streaming of rich media with no download time, even over slow modems.
His groundbreaking developments have facilitated the adaptation of certain products for other mediums such as television and print, with the ability to be instantly updated online. Notably, the Integral Spot, introduced in 2001, enabled the updating of pricing in commercials using an online database, instantly updating creative for online ads, print, and TV broadcast quality.
Nikolai has received numerous international awards, recognizing him as one of the most creative web designers globally and acknowledging his contributions to technology and innovation. His accolades include the World Best Website award in 1999, the UTAH Innovation Award in 2011, and a nomination for the Edison Awards in 2012. He has also been elected as a member of the panel of judges for the International Web Page Award, New York Festival, and The Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) Awards by the Web Marketing Association (WMA).
Notably, Nikolai is the inventor of FSDC (2001), a client-side reporting technology that ignited the concept of viewability. In 2009, eight years later, he introduced the first Viewable Impression metric technology, achieving audit and accreditation by the Media Rating Council (MRC) and earning acclaim as the Father of Viewable Impression.
LIQWID® Adaptive advertising format and Viewable Advertising Library for a complete automation of advertising inventory technology were developed by LeftsnRights to bring Internet advertising back to its basic principle. By blending the best of traditional advertising methods with new Internet technologies, we provide products and services that redefine the interactive digital advertising experience. In line with this vision, we introduced a series of products built based on our proprietary LIQWID Ad Technology® between 2010 and 2018.
Today, LIQWID provides an array of patented, technological solutions enabling digital publishers for incremental high-value revenue, without the use of traditional [Google's DFP] ad slots, by monetizing space that is below the fold, otherwise empty or outside the content easily and effectively without no technical expertise required.
The LIQWID Automated Advertising Inventory patented technology enables market to sell, buy, and run [managed] only viewable ads. LIQWID's all-in-one tag advertising engine inserts display, skins, video, and adaptive ads into the viewport of the viewers' browser on the fly programmatically, creating new, premium inventory for guaranteed and non-guaranteed programmatic and direct [manual] buys.
LIQWID's Demand Manager Solution provides unique and practical tools for analysis and implementation of effective pricing strategy and multiple revenue source optimization, designed to maximize the revenue potential for publishers while providing more reliable and scalable [fold-less] capabilities.