Report: 31% of Display Ads Go Unseen
ComScore study gives more favorable outlook for geo-targeting.
ComScore study gives more favorable outlook for geo-targeting.
Thirty-one percent of ad impressions are never seen by consumers, according to comScore research based on campaigns by a dozen major brands. They included Allstate, Chrysler, Discover, E*TRADE Financial, Ford, General Mills, Kellogg’s, Kimberly Clark, Kraft, and Sprint.
“The display advertising market today is characterized by an overabundance of inventory, often residing on parts of a web page that are never viewed by the user,” said Magid Abraham, comScore CEO, in a prepared statement. “This dilutes the impact of campaigns for advertisers and represents a drag on prices to publishers. Conversely, some ads below the fold are quite visible and deserve more credit.”
Here are the other key findings from the research, which was collected during Q4:
Reston, VA-based comScore looked at 3,000 ad placements by the brands, as well as 381,000 site domains and 1.7 billion ad impressions. The researcher used its Validated Campaigns Essentials platform to produce the data.
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