Google Viewability Metrics Prove Viewable Ads Are 21 More Times Likely To Be Clicked

With today’s announcement of their viewability measurement tool, Active View, receiving accreditation from the Media Rating Council, Google released new data highlighting CTRs of display ads based on viewability metrics. According to their findings, users are up to 21 times more likely to click on a viewable ad. The viewability metric measures the percentage of […]

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Google AdWords Display Network AdvertisingWith today’s announcement of their viewability measurement tool, Active View, receiving accreditation from the Media Rating Council, Google released new data highlighting CTRs of display ads based on viewability metrics. According to their findings, users are up to 21 times more likely to click on a viewable ad.

The viewability metric measures the percentage of an ad that is viewable on screen and the length of time the ad is displayed. To meet the IAB‘s standard for viewable impressions, at least, 50 percent of the ad must be viewable on screen for one second or longer.

After comparing ads by the number of seconds they were displayed on screen, Google not only determined that users are more likely to click on viewable ads, but that viewability metrics can identify below-the-fold areas that result in higher CTRs, providing publishers with more substantial below-the-fold advertising opportunities. Google viewability chartGoogle also found a correlation between CTRs and the length of time an ad is displayed, with a 125 percent increase in CTRs when an ad was viewed for more than 20 seconds.Lenght of time ad is displayed

While the general assumption has always been that viewable ads result in more successful campaigns, Google’s data provides quantitative evidence to support such assumptions. According to today’s announcement, Google believes viewable impressions will eventually become the standard measure for online advertising in place of the “served impression” metric currently being used.


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Amy Gesenhues was a senior editor for Third Door Media, covering the latest news and updates for Marketing Land, Search Engine Land and MarTech Today. From 2009 to 2012, she was an award-winning syndicated columnist for a number of daily newspapers from New York to Texas. With more than ten years of marketing management experience, she has contributed to a variety of traditional and online publications, including MarketingProfs, SoftwareCEO, and Sales and Marketing Management Magazine. Read more of Amy's articles.

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