{"id":300772,"date":"2017-08-01T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/integralads.com\/insider\/make-count-qa-viewability\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T06:45:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T06:45:30","slug":"make-count-qa-viewability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/integralads.com\/uk\/insider\/make-count-qa-viewability\/","title":{"rendered":"Make it count: a Q&A on viewability"},"content":{"rendered":"

In our recent webinar, \u201cMake it count: practical tips to improve your viewability\u201d we received a lot of great questions about the different aspects of media quality. (If you missed it, you can access the recording\u00a0here.) In this blog post, we\u2019re answering your viewability questions.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

How have viewability metrics changed since the deprecation of Flash. What measurement challenges does IAS encounter with not using Flash?<\/b><\/p>\n

The technology behind the scenes has changed, but it doesn\u2019t impact measurement and measured rates – especially since the change had been a long time coming. In fact, we saw that measurement using Flash was not consistent on mobile, so it\u2019s conceivable that measured rates may be higher now. <\/span><\/p>\n

If viewability is essentially a measure of user behaviour, how can you guarantee 100% viewability?<\/b><\/p>\n

Viewability is not a measure of user behaviour – it is a measure of whether an ad had the opportunity to be seen by a real person. When someone (a buyer) asks for 100% viewability, what they\u2019re saying is that they want to only pay for viewable impressions. There are several tactics to help drive up viewability rates and you can find out more in <\/span>our viewability byline<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Do you predict that ads will start to be put up for auction as they come into view, rather than when the page loads?<\/b><\/p>\n

Some ad networks do this today to varying levels of success — just because an ad was in view for one second doesn’t mean it’ll be in view for two seconds. The bigger move we’re seeing is that buyers are now using viewability optimisation technologies in programmatic. These technologies allow publishers to <\/span>maximise the yield on their inventory, reduce impression waste, and streamline workflow. <\/span><\/p>\n

Improvement in viewability in programmatic could be driven by publishers buying in less external inventory. What are other reasons?<\/b><\/p>\n

Publishers are overall, working to improve their viewability across their properties, which in turn has an impact on all buying channels, including programmatic. Publishers are leveraging viewability data to change page layouts and ad placements. Additionally, greater insights into user engagement has enabled more informed reconfiguration of pages and placements. Furthermore, new publisher optimisation tools are helping publishers to automate ad delivery and more easily achieve advertiser KPIs even when custom standards are applied. <\/span><\/p>\n

Does your publisher optimisation tool allow a publisher to optimise to 100% in-view inventory?<\/b><\/p>\n

Yes, it allows publishers to transact campaigns with viewability goals, whilst bringing over-buffering and wasted impressions to a minimum. <\/span>You can learn more about our solution here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Are there sophisticated bots that are able to fake viewability data on fraudulent traffic?<\/b><\/p>\n

Yes, in fact we see that bots generally have higher viewability rates than campaigns that were only exposed to humans. That’s why you need to make sure your viewability vendor has good fraud detection. Viewability measurement should automatically exclude fraudulent impressions to ensure that you get a real picture of whether your target audiences were actually exposed to your ads. After all, non-human impressions shouldn\u2019t count.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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