Leading Agencies, Publishers and Networks Converge to Discuss Operational and Sales Implications of Latest Advertising Tools

NEW YORK – Seeking to lend order and clarity to an increasingly important yet confusing component of the interactive advertising ecosystem, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) convened the interactive industry’s first interdisciplinary forum on ad verification companies and technologies. “Ad Verification Day: An Introduction and Discussion of Methodologies” is being held in New York City, with an invited roster of interactive industry executives representing marketers, agencies, publishers, ad networks, and technology companies.
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“Networks & Exchanges Quality Assurance Guidelines” Provide Marketers and Agencies with Greater Brand Safety and Trust

CARLSBAD, Calif. – In a move that standardizes the information networks and exchanges provide to advertisers, enhances buyer control over placement and context, and builds brand safety, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) released “Networks & Exchanges Quality Assurance Guidelines” for public comment.
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NEW YORK – ADTECH, a leading provider of ad serving technology and part of AOL Advertising, has issued that it has passed the Media Rating Council’s (MRC) auditing process and has been granted accreditation. In doing so, ADTECH brings greater transparency and accountability to its clientele.
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Addresses Auto-Play Ad Impressions to Improve Clarity of Digital Video Measurement

NEW YORK – The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) announced an update to the “Digital Video Ad Impression Measurement Guidelines” that addresses an increasingly common occurrence–digital video content and ads that play automatically when a webpage loads. The first part of a broader auto-play initiative by the IAB’s Digital Video Committee and the Media Rating Council (MRC), these revised guidelines address both measurement and disclosure and establish the latest parameters for the accurate counting of digital video ad impressions.
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Brings Clarity to Emerging Interactive Advertising Platform

SAN FRANCISCO – As consumers spend more time playing in immersive gaming environments, marketers and game publishers have been struggling to compare campaign results because different measurement methodologies are used by different platforms. To establish a common methodology for counting impressions and to simplify the process of buying and selling in-game advertising, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) announced the release of In-Game Advertising Measurement Guidelines, the first of their kind.
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Publishers and Advertisers Reach Consensus on Critical Online Measurement

NEW YORK – To an Internet user, a click is a simple action. Accurately counting those clicks, however, is a complex operational task. The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) announced the release of its Click Measurement Guidelines, which establish parameters for the accurate buying and selling of cost-per-click advertising. The guidelines, agreed upon by key industry stakeholders, provide a strong framework for identifying and discarding invalid or fraudulent clicks, helping ensure that only legitimate clicks are counted.

The Click Measurement Guidelines:
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Consensus-Based Initiative Enhances Accuracy for Interactive Advertising

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) announced the release of the final version of its Audience Reach Measurement Guidelines at its Annual Leadership Meeting, Ecosystem 2.0: Brands Battle Back, in Orlando, Florida. These guidelines provide clear, consistent definitions of key metrics and create a single standard for measuring Web audience sizes. The guidelines are the result of a major industry-wide initiative led by the IAB and included the participation of publishers, agencies and auditing organizations.

These new guidelines:
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Defines Parameters for Click Measurement, Provides a Unified Industry Response to the Problem of Fraudulent Clicks

NEW YORK – The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) announced the release of Click Measurement Guidelines, a document that will establish parameters for the accurate buying and selling of cost-per-click advertising, an important and growing category of interactive advertising. Marketers will now have a standard for consistently and reliably measuring their performance-based marketing efforts. The guidelines also provide a strong framework for filtering fraudulent clicks, giving buyers and sellers confidence that only legitimate clicks are being counted.

The Click Measurement Guidelines will:
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