PubMatic report provides tangible insights about inventory quality

PubMatic, the publisher-focused sell-side platform (SSP) for an open digital media future, released a new educational white paper that sheds light on the the various elements that affect inventory quality, “Understanding Inventory Quality: Thinking Beyond Bots.”

This report provides in-depth insights from the evolving definition of inventory quality and what buyers and publishers should be aware of to thrive within the ever-changing programmatic space.

The ANA and WhiteOps found that economic losses from digital ad fraud reached $6.5 billion in 2017, and while the industry often equates ‘inventory quality’ with (bot) fraud, it is important for buyers and publishers to take a broader, more holistic view of quality in order to capitalise on the potential of programmatic brand ad spend.

According to eMarketer, digital is expected to account for approximately half of all global media ad spend by 2020, with programmatic being the increasingly favoured channel of choice.

PubMatic continues to be a leader and champion of increased transparency and quality in the programmatic landscape. Driven by the company’s Director of Inventory Quality, Eric Bozinny, this report defines and examines the different categories of inventory quality. PubMatic explains how each concept works, sharing case studies of fraud and quality concerns that have been identified and eradicated from the PubMatic platform, plus actionable fraud-prevention steps for buyers and sellers.

This white paper examines the concepts of:

• Non-Human Traffic (i.e. bots, adware and malware, etc.)
• Low-Value Human Traffic (i.e. click bait, acquired traffic, etc.)
• Practices that Deceive and Obfuscate (i.e. domain spoofing, ad injection, etc.)
• Mobile In-App Inventory Quality
• The Future State of Quality

“Quality starts with content and continues with monitoring. The current focus on cleaning up ad fraud, though critical to ensuring the long-term health of the digital advertising ecosystem, serves as a distraction to the greater issues important to the industry,” says Bozinny. “Understanding how sites are created, designed and operated opens the door to making smart inventory quality policy.”

PubMatic’s white paper provides greater visibility into and education about the evolving definition of inventory quality and offers guidance for how buyers and sellers can stay ahead of bad actors in the supply chain. Now, more than ever, there is a need to move the entire industry forward toward a cleaner, more transparent programmatic ecosystem.

Source: PubMatic

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