IAB Digital Ad Engagement Whitepaper: An Industry Overview and Reconceptualization

The IAB, in collaboration with Radar Research, released the “Digital Ad Engagement: An Industry Overview and Reconceptualization,” a report that addresses a longstanding challenge faced by advertisers, publishers, agencies, marketers and a variety of other interactive industry participants for whom ad “engagement” is an essential device in digital advertising—yet one which lacks a precise and universal definition. The focus of this whitepaper is the importance of establishing a much-needed framework for defining and rethinking ad engagement vernacular and metrics.

“Digital Ad Engagement: An Industry Overview and Reconceptualization” outlines how the term “engagement” is currently used by the interactive industry. The conclusion is that today, the term engagement actually . . .