This document discusses trends in digital display advertising. It notes that the number of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets is growing rapidly, with people spending more time with digital media. New display technologies allow for more engaging ads across different screens. Data collection and optimization techniques are improving to ensure ads are seen and campaigns become smarter over time. Compelling content and knowing an ad was seen are emphasized over assumptions about ad performance.
Why Display is Getting Better: A Mix of Science and Art Trends
1. Why display is getting better:
A mix of science and art
James Beser, Sr. Product Manager
2. Growing the digital audience
Global Android Devices
activated 2013
900M
May
750M
Sept
1B
Sept
3. U.S. consumers spend 12 hours with media each day
Shifting consumer behavior
53% of all mobile phones used in the U.S. are
smart phones; 40% are using tablets
Source: eMarketer Global Intelligence Report, Sept. 2013
8. Engagement optimization efficiency
3.65%
average engagement rate
1%
2%
3%
4%
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“Our campaign gets smarter
as it goes along.”
— Kim Kyaw,
Digital marketing and social
media manager,
Jaguar Land Rover
If your ads aren’t viewed, you’re not really making an impression.
Here’s a perfect example of what you don’t want to happen with your ads. You don’t want wasted impressions, but, Bonita, for your publishers, we’re actually finding many impressions that are considered “below the fold” which actually end up being viewable -- a great opportunity for publishers.
The viewable impression problem - Being able to reach all the users you want is great, but how many of them really see the ads they’re served? According to Comscore, 3/10 of ads are never seen : http://www.comscore.com/Insights/Press_Releases/2012/3/comScore_Releases_Full_Results_of_vCE_Charter_Study
This could be because the ad is far down the page, or it’s not viewable on the user’s screen resolution. This means half of brand budgets buying impressions on a CPM basis is wasted. What’s more, the industry has had this problem for over a decade, due to technology constraints that really couldn’t be fixed.
You and your team spend a ton of time making sure you’re reaching the perfect audience, with the perfect creative. But was your ad really seen?
Active View methodology demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptWbL5nVmSo
Let me show you Google’s viewability solution, called Active View, in action.
This video [PLAY VIDEO] shows the interaction of a user with content, and monitors which ads meet the IAB’s viewability standard in real-time. What you’re seeing is ads come into view and change from red to green as they meet the 3MS (Making Measurement Make Sense) definition of this means that at least 50% of your ad was visible to the user for a duration of at least 1 second.
Active View is a common currency that advertisers and publishers can use to measure, report, forecast, and buy on viewable advertising, coming soon to DoubleClick ad platforms and exchanges, and available on the Google Display Network. And already, our findings are showing powerful results.
In order to have an impact, your ads have to be seen. And we’re seeing advertisers get better ROI from viewable impressions. We’ve found CTRs are 125% higher than average on impressions viewed for 20 seconds or more.
In the future, our goal is that all ads will be bought on a viewable standard, guaranteeing no more wasted impressions for advertisers. <Brad Click>