Insights Archives - Integral Ad Science https://integralads.com/uk/insider/category/insights-uk-2/ The Hidden Cost of MFA Webinar Wed, 17 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +0000 en-gb hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://integralads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IAS-Favicon-2023-Square.png Insights Archives - Integral Ad Science https://integralads.com/uk/insider/category/insights-uk-2/ 32 32 End-to-End Ad Measurement is Super Valuable — Here’s Why https://integralads.com/uk/insider/end-to-end-ad-measurement-is-super-valuable-heres-why/ Wed, 17 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://integralads.com/insider/end-to-end-ad-measurement-is-super-valuable-heres-why/ It’s no secret that measurement is a crucial component of successful advertising campaigns. Advertisers and publishers alike have been measuring digital impressions for decades. But ad measurement has evolved significantly since its inception, and impressions aren’t the only metric that...

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It’s no secret that measurement is a crucial component of successful advertising campaigns. Advertisers and publishers alike have been measuring digital impressions for decades. But ad measurement has evolved significantly since its inception, and impressions aren’t the only metric that matter anymore.

So how comprehensive and actionable is the measurement you’re relying on today?

The right measurement tactics enable you to ensure greater brand protection and impact on valuable media inventory — especially in environments like the open web, where your display and video campaigns are highly visible. In this blog post, we’ll explore why end-to-end ad measurement is invaluable and how it can transform your advertising strategy.

The key ingredients of end-to-end ad measurement

Despite its simplicity in nature, end-to-end ad measurement on the open web can get complicated fast. The advertising ecosystem is complex and busy, with consumers tuning in every day to different formats via multiple streaming platforms, and often in very different contexts. To navigate this complexity, end-to-end measurement must cover several key areas.

Viewability

For advertising to make an impact, it has to be viewed —not just served. Ensuring that your digital ads have the opportunity to be seen by consumers, wherever they are, is critical. All digital ads — desktop, mobile, in-app, browser, display, video — have unique requirements that need to be met when measuring for viewability.

As advertising becomes more sophisticated, brands want to not only prove ROI but also transact on viewability, and that’s why it’s more important than ever to have full-flight data on whether or not an ad was seen. IAS provides coverage for display and video placements across desktop, mobile web, and mobile app, and provides actionable data that reports viewability, fraud, and overall user experience.

Measuring viewability is paramount, so IAS ensures it doesn’t come at the cost of efficiency. We deliver the same set of data to both buyers and sellers so that no time is wasted on reconciliation. Additionally, our predictive data makes it possible for brands to target the most viewable ads available, all before ever placing a bid. Our pre-bid video and display viewability segments are easily accessible within the world’s largest demand-side platforms.

Ad Fraud

There are more than 5.35 billion internet users worldwide using the internet everyday. But unfortunately, sometimes digital ads are delivered to anything but a real person. 

Advertising fraud is a persistent threat in the digital space, draining resources and diminishing campaign effectiveness. According to our 19th Edition Media Quality Report, campaigns that are not optimized for fraud tended to encounter levels of fraud up to 14 times higher than those optimized against ad fraud. In fact, 8.4% of non-optimized ad campaign impressions were served to anything but a real human in the second half of 2023. 

End-to-end ad fraud measurement can significantly increase transparency to help identify fraudulent inventory. By leveraging ad fraud metrics, marketers can measure the amount of activity their ads are generating from fraudsters, and subsequently use this data to optimize ad spend toward real users via IAS pre-bid solutions. Access to actionable invalid traffic data throughout the entire campaign is key to effectively allocating ad spend and confidently ensuring your ads have an opportunity to reach real users and make an impact.

Brand Safety and Suitability

Brand safety must go beyond the binary. Black and white brand safety and suitability measurement can unnecessarily limit scale and doesn’t give the context marketers need to understand the effectiveness of their ads. 

That’s why it’s critical for marketers to build on the power of brand safety with the innovation of suitability. IAS contextual targeting technology reviews all elements on a given page and takes additional steps beyond URL analysis to understand the meaning of the content. Before a bid is even placed, IAS’s predictive science pre-screens pages to filter out content that isn’t suitable for a given brand. Only IAS gets to the true meaning of the content, so marketers can ensure they’re aligning campaigns with consumers who will connect the most with their brand. 

End-to-end brand safety and suitability measurement and protection gives marketers the most accurate picture of the content near their ads, and provides brands with the opportunity to safeguard without limiting scale.

4 steps to improve your brand’s performance on the open web

  1. Leverage measurement partners who follow industry standards for viewability 
  2. Keep up with benchmarks for viewability, invalid traffic, and brand safety and suitability
  3. Employ AI-powered prevention solutions for invalid traffic and brand safety and suitability to ensure your ads are seen by real people in the right context
  4. Reallocate ad spend based on viewability, invalid traffic, and brand safety and suitability data

Drive superior results today with IAS

By incorporating end-to-end measurement into your digital advertising strategy, you can protect your brand, optimize your ad spend, and achieve superior results. Reach out to an IAS representative today to learn how we can help you harness the full potential of your advertising campaigns.

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Effectively Validate Media Quality Across the Microsoft Advertising Network https://integralads.com/uk/insider/media-quality-microsoft-advertising-network/ Tue, 25 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://integralads.com/media-quality-microsoft-advertising-network/ Delivering your ads to the right places and driving impact to the right audience has never been easy — until now. Starting today, IAS and Microsoft are joining forces to provide new levels of transparency into ad performance across the Microsoft Advertising Network including Audience ads and Microsoft Invest.

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Safeguard and scale with Viewabilty, Invalid Traffic, and Brand Safety & Suitability Measurement across Microsoft

Delivering your ads to the right places and driving impact to the right audience has never been easy — until now. Starting today, IAS and Microsoft are joining forces to provide new levels of transparency into ad performance across the Microsoft Advertising Network including Audience Ads and Microsoft Invest.*

Through this expanded collaboration, you can access Viewability, Invalid Traffic, and Brand Safety & Suitability measurement to ensure that your Microsoft ads are running adjacent to brand safe and suitable content and engaging users.

With IAS's Microsoft Advertising Network Measurement, you can:

  • Validate your campaigns with measurement using trusted third-party reporting and analysis for Audience Ads
  • Access actionable insights such as viewability, time in view, % completed, invalid traffic rate, and brand safety pass and fail rate
  • See a holistic view of performance across desktop, mobile web, and in-app for display, video, native, and CTV campaigns

Effectively validate your media quality and maximize engagement with real users across the Microsoft Advertising Network. To get started, download the one sheet and reach out to an IAS representative.

*Powered by Xandr

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Safeguard & Scale Your Business Across Snap https://integralads.com/uk/insider/safeguard-scale-business-snap/ Mon, 17 Jun 2024 13:05:52 +0000 https://integralads.com/safeguard-scale-business-snap/ IAS has partnered with Snap for first-to-market, Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM)-aligned Brand Safety & Suitability measurement, as part of Total Media Quality for Snap.

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AI-driven Brand Safety & Suitability measurement is now available on Snap

IAS has partnered with Snap for first-to-market, Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM)-aligned Brand Safety & Suitability measurement, as part of Total Media Quality for Snap. With Total Media Quality for Snap, you get Viewability, Invalid Traffic, and Brand Safety and Suitability measurement to ensure your media is appearing next to content that truly aligns with your brand’s goals and objectives. 

In addition, we’re also expanding coverage of Viewability and Invalid Traffic measurement to AR Lenses and Filter, as well as Discover Feed Story Ads Tiles on Snap.

With Total Media Quality for Snap, you get:

  • Transparency to validate content adjacency with trusted third-party analysis, aligned to the GARM Framework and inclusive of Misinformation
  • Best-in-class Multimedia technology that utilizes AI for frame-by-frame analysis, combining image, audio, and text signals to accurately classify content on Snap at scale
  • Holistic global coverage with 90+ languages supported across video and display campaigns

Protect your brand to safeguard and scale on Snap. Access the one sheet and reach out to an IAS representative to get started.

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IAS Brand Safety and Suitability Measurement Now Available for Performance Max and Demand Gen Campaigns https://integralads.com/uk/insider/brand-safety-suitability-performance-max-demand-gen/ Mon, 17 Jun 2024 04:00:00 +0000 https://integralads.com/brand-safety-suitability-performance-max-demand-gen/ IAS is expanding our partnership with YouTube to bring Brand Safety and Suitability measurement to Performance Max and Demand Gen campaigns on Google Ads, as part of Total Media Quality for YouTube.

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IAS Expands Brand Safety and Suitability Measurement for YouTube

Performance Max is Google’s latest campaign type that allows advertisers to access all of their Google Ads inventory from a single campaign. Advertisers who adopt into Performance Max see an average increase of 27% more conversions or value at a similar CPA/ROAS, even when they’re already using broad match and Smart Bidding in their Search campaigns. (Source: Google Data, Global, Ads, October – November 2023.)

Demand Gen is a new Google ad solution that helps advertisers find and convert consumers with immersive, relevant, and visual creatives that grab attention and spur action in the right moment. Demand Gen reaches up to three billion users monthly, combining the best of Google and YouTube’s visual surfaces, powered by Google AI.  (Source: Google Data, July 2023.)

Starting today, IAS is expanding our partnership with YouTube to bring Brand Safety and Suitability measurement to Performance Max and Demand Gen campaigns on Google Ads, as part of Total Media Quality for YouTube. 

With this industry-leading product, IAS provides you with:

  • Valuable third-party verification that your ads running on Performance Max and Demand Gen appear alongside brand-safe and suitable content, aligned to the GARM framework*
  • Ability to accurately analyze brand suitability trends to make data-driven decisions
  • Comprehensive verification of YouTube content in over 30 languages

Performance Max helps you find more converting customers with a single, consolidated campaign. Through Performance Max, you don’t have to manage multiple campaigns to reach your goals — instead, you can promote across the Google Network in a single campaign.

Get the most actionable data to maximize your brand safety and suitability reporting for Performance Max and Demand Gen campaigns with Total Media Quality for YouTube.

To get started, simply follow your standard IAS campaign set up. Download the one sheet to learn more.

*Note: IAS Brand Safety & Suitability verification is inclusive of YouTube in-stream, YouTube Shorts, and Google Video Partners for Performance Max, and YouTube in-stream & Shorts inventory for Demand Gen.

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Transition with Ease to IAS: A Message for Oracle Customers, Partners, and Employees https://integralads.com/uk/insider/transition-with-ease/ Thu, 13 Jun 2024 20:04:30 +0000 https://integralads.com/transition-with-ease/ For Oracle Advertising customers and partners, IAS is here to facilitate your smooth transition to our Measurement and Optimization solutions.

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Oracle’s recent announcement to shut down its advertising business comes at a time of rapid transformation for the industry. We understand that this is an unsettling time for Oracle Advertising’s customers, partners, and employees. Our teams are committed to providing support and enabling a smooth transition during this period of change.

For Oracle Advertising customers and partners, IAS is here to facilitate your smooth transition to our Measurement and Optimization solutions. Our teams are ready to help you maximize ROI while serving as a reliable and innovative partner throughout this moment. We offer a comprehensive suite of solutions designed to deliver superior results and accelerate your progress.

Discover more about our offerings below:

Additionally, we have a wide range of roles available at IAS and are eager to support Oracle Advertising employees affected by this change. If you find a role that aligns with your expertise, we encourage you to apply directly. Please highlight your skills and that you were impacted by this change.

Our mission at IAS is to be the global benchmark for trust and transparency in digital media quality. We are here to support you and ensure a smooth transition to IAS during this turbulent time.

Contact us here to learn how we can help.

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MEDIA QUALITY REPORT: 19TH EDITION https://integralads.com/uk/insider/media-quality-report-19th-edition/ Wed, 22 May 2024 12:51:59 +0000 https://integralads.com/?p=332071 The digital landscape continues to evolve at a rapid rate, offering marketers endless opportunities for innovation. But in an era where change is the only constant, it’s critical for marketers to know if their campaigns are keeping up with the...

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The digital landscape continues to evolve at a rapid rate, offering marketers endless opportunities for innovation. But in an era where change is the only constant, it’s critical for marketers to know if their campaigns are keeping up with the pace of digital media. 

The 19th edition of the Media Quality Report (MQR) is here to serve as a trustworthy tool for marketers worldwide to benchmark campaign success. This year’s report offers marketers an in-depth look into global media quality data, key trends shaping the digital landscape in 2024, and country-level metrics for a more enriched way to make data-driven decisions.

  • Fraud rates for unprotected campaigns were 14x higher than campaigns protected against fraud
  • Time-in-view hit a new low in H2 2023
  • Brand risk rose in the Americas as election cycles began

As the gold standard in digital media quality, the MQR arms marketers with actionable insights that are key to forging an innovative, impactful, and safer digital future.

Download the report today to access IAS’s industry-leading global benchmarks and drive superior results.

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A Marketer’s Game Plan for Winning Gold https://integralads.com/uk/insider/sports-guide/ Thu, 25 Apr 2024 10:48:00 +0000 https://integralads.com/?p=331174 Sporting events are some of the most highly anticipated times of the year, with 91% of UK consumers planning to follow at least one sports event in 2024. As sports fans across the globe gear up for events like the...

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Sporting events are some of the most highly anticipated times of the year, with 91% of UK consumers planning to follow at least one sports event in 2024. As sports fans across the globe gear up for events like the Olympics, marketers prepare to engage with some of the largest live audiences of 2024. However, challenges like brand risk, insufficient targeting, and fraud may be amplified — and marketers need the right tools to score big.

So how can you safeguard and scale your brand during major sporting events?

IAS’s new guide, A Marketer’s Game Plan for Winning Gold, is now available to help you protect your brand and drive superior results during the Olympics and other major sporting events. This comprehensive guide includes tools and techniques you can leverage to capture consumer attention and boost brand protection in any major sporting event. 

In this guide, you’ll learn:

  • How to review your brand safety settings and scale your ad investments confidently 
  • Why you should be measuring attention across the open web
  • How you can quantify the impact of your media inventory 
  • The best ways to detect and avoid MFA sites
  • The key to superior CTV campaigns 

Leverage IAS to drive superior results during major sports events like the 2024 Olympics. Access the guide by clicking the download button on the right to get started.

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IAS Brand Safety & Suitability Measurement is Now Available Across Meta Platforms https://integralads.com/uk/insider/ias-brand-safety-suitability-measurement-meta/ Mon, 05 Feb 2024 12:05:00 +0000 https://integralads.com/insider/ias-brand-safety-suitability-measurement-meta/ IAS launches its new Brand Safety and Suitability Measurement with Meta to provide advertisers with campaign insights across Facebook and Instagram Feed and Reels, as part of Total Media Quality for Meta.

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Safeguard and scale your media on Facebook and Instagram

IAS launched its new Brand Safety and Suitability Measurement with Meta to provide advertisers with campaign insights across Facebook and Instagram Feed and Reels, as part of Total Media Quality for Meta. With Brand Safety and Suitability Measurement for Meta now available across Meta platforms, you can have confidence that your media is appearing next to content aligned to your brand values and goals.

With Brand Safety and Suitability Measurement for Meta, you get:
  • AI-driven classification: IAS measures adjacent posts to your campaign using our Multimedia Technology to provide unique insight into video content. It does this through frame-by-frame analysis of images, audio, and text to provide the most accurate measurement at scale.
  • Trust and transparency: Our analysis is aligned to the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) framework, giving you third-party validation with trusted and transparent industry metrics.  
  • Third-party validation: With IAS’s third-party validation, you can better understand how your Meta Inventory Filters are performing for your campaign goals and optimize as needed.

Access the one sheet now or contact an IAS representative to get started.

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IAS brings Brand Safety and Suitability measurement to YouTube Shorts https://integralads.com/uk/insider/brand-safety-suitability-measurement-youtube-shorts/ Tue, 12 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://integralads.com/?p=328054 Starting today, IAS is expanding our partnership with YouTube to bring Brand Safety and Suitability measurement to YouTube Shorts inventory across Video View Campaigns, Video Reach Campaigns, and YouTube Select Shorts campaigns, as part of Total Media Quality for YouTube.

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Run with confidence on YouTube Shorts

Short-form video has swiftly become a key component of digital advertising campaigns. Reaching more than two billion users worldwide, YouTube Shorts is one of the most popular short-form video platforms in the world, making it an essential tool for marketers to reach a vast and engaged short-form video audience.

Starting today, IAS is expanding our partnership with YouTube to bring Brand Safety and Suitability measurement to YouTube Shorts inventory across Video View Campaigns, Video Reach Campaigns, and YouTube Select Shorts campaigns, as part of Total Media Quality for YouTube. 

With Brand Safety and Suitability measurement on YouTube Shorts, marketers get:

  • Valuable third-party assurance that ads running on YouTube Shorts are appearing in brand safe and suitable environments at the video-level and aligned with the GARM framework
  • Comprehensive coverage with Brand Safety and Suitability reporting across 30+ languages, alongside Viewability and Invalid Traffic measurement with Total Media Quality for YouTube

Access the most actionable data to maximize returns on your investment on YouTube Shorts inventory. Download the one sheet now to get started.

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IAS Releases First-Ever Responsibility Report https://integralads.com/uk/insider/ias-responsibility-report/ Tue, 05 Dec 2023 12:45:00 +0000 https://integralads.com/insider/ias-responsibility-report/ We’re excited to share the Integral Ad Science Responsibility Report — our first-ever comprehensive report on our Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives. At IAS, aligning our business practices with our ESG objectives is a fundamental principle. As we continue our journey to make a lasting and positive difference in the world, this report serves as a testament to our commitment to transparency and responsible business practices.

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IAS reports on driving superior results while fostering a safer and more sustainable world

We’re excited to share the Integral Ad Science Responsibility Report — our first-ever comprehensive report on our Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives. At IAS, aligning our business practices with our ESG objectives is a fundamental principle. As we continue our journey to make a lasting and positive difference in the world, this report serves as a testament to our commitment to transparency and responsible business practices.

Download the report now and read more below to learn the key ways IAS is empowering marketers with actionable data that drives superior results while progressing toward a more sustainable and inclusive future.

ENVIRONMENTAL

Our environmental strategy is focused on improving the quality of the natural environment while also giving back to the communities in which we serve. In 2022, we moved our London team to an office building with 100% renewable energy, marking a major milestone in reducing our Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions. Plus, we donated more than 300 pieces of hardware last year, which equaled an estimated 606 pounds of e-waste recycled. This donated hardware was repurposed for communities in need across the globe, and prevented 237 pounds of material from ending up in landfills.

Another environmental win for IAS was implementing a vetted ESG reporting system to calculate carbon emissions. This enhanced reporting software will future-proof our business practices and enable us to better measure, understand, and communicate our global environmental performance and impact.

SOCIAL

Our employees are at the core of our business and are fundamental in driving our mission and values forward. To support employee health and wellness, we launched a holistic wellness program, Well on Our Way, in 2022. This program consolidates IAS’s health and wellness offerings into one place, helping employees stay acutely aware of the full range of their benefits.

We also invested in an adaptive performance enablement system with more than 10,000 on-demand, IAS-specific and partner courses for our employees. Our learning partnerships further enable employees to take certificate programs across a variety of subjects like business, management, marketing, human resources, and more. Our learning partnerships include:

  • eCornell
  • ExecOnline
  • Level Up

We’re also focused on providing our employees with regional volunteer opportunities in all operating areas. In addition to 32 hours of volunteer time given to employees each year, IAS employees had the opportunity in 2023 to be part of our $10,000+ donation to City Harvest NYC to help feed local children in need, as well as a hands-on opportunity with Urban Growth to enrich an essential urban orchard in London.

GOVERNANCE

Doing good in our regional communities is core to IAS values, and we strive to do the same within the digital advertising and regulatory space. In 2022 and 2023, we earned multiple accreditations from the Media Rating Council, Trustworthy Accountability Group, and TrustArc. Our growing list of accreditations has a massive impact on establishing fairness and reliability with our stakeholders and ensuring marketers that IAS products are unbiased, consistent, and meet established industry standards.

We are also proud to have a board of directors that is majority women and represented by diverse perspectives and backgrounds, reflecting our commitment to diversity and inclusion in the tech sector. Additionally, our board is independent, helping guide IAS toward impartial, equitable decisions for the benefit of our customers and shareholders.

ACCESS THE FULL REPORT FOR MORE

These highlights are just a few of the initiatives IAS is spearheading to make a positive difference in the world. We hope the results of this report will demonstrate our persistence in driving superior results while also fostering a safer and more sustainable global community.

Download the full report now and visit our ESG at IAS page to learn more.

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