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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Latest Media Ratings Council Ad Impression News

By Ismail Abraham


Businesses that are constantly advertising on the web using banner images, or those that are moving into video advertising, maybe looking at significant changes in regard to the duration that ads must be viewed by the general public in order to be counted as impressions. For the people surfing on the web, this may not dramatically affect their ability to find the information or products they are looking for. It simply means that ads must be delivered for a consistent 1 to 2 second period of time to be properly counted, which is more impactful on businesses that it is someone surfing the web.



Essentially, MRC has decided that ad metrics, specifically the impression metric, needs to change. Innovations Task Force in collaboration with MRC is looking at cross industry input as a result of substantial research in this field. They are changing the guidelines that have been in place for many years in regard to what an impression actually means.

For a year, the MRC has been reviewing something in digital media that needs to be changed in their opinion. Measuring impressions for ads that are displayed, either graphics or videos, needs to be modified to some degree. IAB's task force along with Media Rating Council believes that it is better to have impressions served in a different way.

For instance, one second of continuous display is the proposed change for all ads that are graphical. Video ads should be displayed for 2 seconds in order to be appropriately counted. This shift will augment the way that we see ads that are displayed, and how long they must be viewed in order to be actually considered an impression.

The proposed change as presented by the Emerging Innovations Task Force in combination with the efforts of MRC is to change the guidelines for what are called viewable impressions when people see ads on the web. Essentially, half of the pixels for both video and regular ads must be seen for two and one seconds, respectively.

Across the world, advertisements are being shown on websites, created by companies trying to attract visitors and potential clients. The use of graphical images has been in place for many years, and the advent of using videos for advertising has been gaining in popularity. Many Internet marketers understand how easy it is to increase traffic to your website when using videos for advertising, yet there is some confusion as to what actually counts as an impression when people view these ads. This article will address something that the Media Ratings Council has proposed in regard to what counts for a viewable ad impression.




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