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Few Things Brands Should Consider Before Going ProgrammaticCombating ad fraud, viewability and other issues so your ads have the best chance to make an impact
Jacques Tchenio, VP France
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Holistic measurement on all platforms
Audience Planning & Analytics
Activation Solutions
Advertising Solutions
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Loss of clarity of advertising environment over time
HIGH WASTAGE LOW WASTAGE
DIRECT CONTROL OVER AD PLACEMENTS
LESS CONTROL OVER AD PLACEMENTS
NOW
THEN
EFFICIENCY REDUCES CLARITY
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Verification helps you know where every ad impression is actually delivered
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At its heart is the ‘Verified Impression’
Why comScore Advertising is Unique?
REDUCE WASTAGE PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY OF DELIVERY TELL YOU WHAT WORKED
Viewability Brand safety Audience reach Conversion
£Fraud detection
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Could it have been seen by human eyes
in a brand-safe environment?
So what is a Verified Impression?
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Detecting Invalid Traffic
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IAB cites that
of online traffic is invalid
36%
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Basic Bots Explained
WHAT A USER SEES
WHAT FRAUDSTERS ARE DOING
USER CLICKS A LINK / DOWNLOADS SOMETHING
COMPUTER IS INFECTED
BOT VISITS SITES TO BUILD ATTRACTIVE AND CONVINCING
’USER’ PROFILE
BOT ORDERED TO PERFORM ACTIVITIES (PAGE VISITS, CLICKS) THAT
DELIVER ADVERTISING REVENUE TO FRAUDSTER
USER SEES NOTHING / CONTINUES NORMAL USAGE
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Catching sophisticated fraud requires multi-faceted tech
ClickFarms
Bots DataCenterTraffic
IVT
Content scrapers
Spiders
Adstacking
Domain Laundering
BrowserHijacks
Cloud services
Adware traffic
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Discrepancies between vendors
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Viewability Discrepancies: What causes them?
Vendors methodology?
What is actually being measured?• Sophisticated IVT detection and removal
before calculating?• Multiple windows open?• Out of viewport?
• Impression stacking, etc.
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Why IVT Matters in Viewability Measurement
If an ad is served to a bot, should it be counted as viewable?
Vendors should extrapolate sophisticated IVT before they calculate viewability rates. Failure to do so will result in active optimisation to IVT.
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COMPARE reported viewability:
How IVT contaminates your viewability
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The 74% viewability seems appealing, right? But it is an illusion.
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The Importance of Viewability
Sales Lift Increases with Improved Viewability – and the Effects Do Not Appear to be Linear.
At least 50% At least 55% At least 65% At least 70%
100118
141168
IMPACT OF VIEWABILITY ON INDEX OF CAMPAIGN SALES LIFT
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A note on brand safety
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Brand safety: what is harmful varies from client to client
BOTS, ILLEGAL CONTENT,
IP FRAUD ETC.
RACE HATE PORNOGRAPHY NUDITY POLITICS SOCIAL MEDIA NEWS EVENTS
18+
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Brand safety: what is harmful varies from client to client
BOTS, ILLEGAL CONTENT,
IP FRAUD ETC.
RACE HATE PORNOGRAPHY NUDITY POLITICS SOCIAL MEDIA NEWS EVENTS
18+
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Paving the path to achieve ‘Verified Inventory’ The role of pre and post bid verification explained
DELIVERED IMPRESSIONS
GENUINELY VERIFIED
INVENTORY
PRE BID FILTERS• Known Fraud prevention • Average viewability rates • Page context• Key word capabilities • Brand Safety• Page Quality
DELIVERY VERIFICATION• Advanced Invalid Traffic Detection• Real time blocking • Actual view rates by impression• Audience reached
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Key Takeaways
The Verified Impression – the inventory that is doing the work
No point in paying lip service – it can compound the problem
Know your vendors’ capabilities
Fully understand your inventory to maximise rates
Creating a ‘level playing field’ of data is key
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Thank youJacques Tchenio, VP France
For info about the proprietary technology used in comScore products, refer to http://comscore.com/About_comScore/Patents