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A metric is a measure for quantitatively assessing, controlling or selecting a person, process, event, or institution, along with the procedures to carry out measurements and the procedures for the interpretation of the assessment in the light of previous or comparable assessments.
Metrics are usually specialized by the subject area, in which case they are valid only within a certain domain and cannot be directly benchmarked or interpreted outside it. This factor severely limits the app...

Choice is Basis for New Social Video Ad Seeding Network: Viewable Media

I am a proponent of choice. Give me a choice of something or another and I'm a happy camper. Give me a choice in which ad to watch and when? Well, I might actually tolerate sitting through the ads and not get up and run ...

Nielsen and comScore Row Over Patents

Nielsen, who was previously sued by and then paid $15 million to Jupiter Media Metrix for patents regarding  the collection, analysis and reporting of information concerning computer activity is now suing comScore for pretty much the same thing. Uh oh, someone is angry over someone ...

Affected By Google's Recent Algorithm Change? Tell Them!

Google made waves last week with a pretty major update to their algorithm. Perhaps you read about it? At least 12% of all search queries had their results affected by this update. The goal? To remove some of the so-called "content farms" from the top ...

Web Video + Social Media Together Drive The Most Brand Engagement

We've been talking about the expansive eMarketer report, "7 Trends For Online Video Advertising Engagement," for most of this week, breaking down the first four trends they've outlined over two articles (part 1 & part 2). This is our third and final look, focusing on ...

How Targeted Online Video Advertising Impacts Audience Engagement

We're back with Part 2 of our look at eMarketer's exhaustive study, "7 Trends For Video Advertising Engagement." In Part 1, we looked at the recent changes in how advertisers measure engagement as well as some of the reasons for those shifts, such as an ...

Video Ad Engagement Metrics Are Changing & Consumer Choice Is A Factor

There's a new report out from eMarketer called "7 Trends for Video Advertising Engagement." It's a 23-page affair examining the ins and outs of video marketing engagement---how to engage viewers, how to measure engagement levels, and much more. It's exhaustive on the topic of online ...

Auto-Optimizing Video Ad Campaigns Gets a Hero in SpotXChange's Otto

Like Otto von Bismarck, SpotXchange's Otto wants to rule the world. Well at least the world of online video ad campaigns and I don't know that Bismarck was bent ruling anything more than the German Empire. But hey, two dudes named Otto. Sure I could ...

Brightroll Earmarks $1 Million for Online Video Research

Tod Sacerdoti just recently announced that Brightroll would bankroll $1 million for industry research. Oddly and independently, Mark and I were just talking about getting into the industry research business. I smell a plan percolating in my head. Until that becomes a fresh-brewed cup of ...

What Video Production Pros Need To Know About Marketing

In my previous article, I covered why video production pros today are becoming online marketers. This time I cover the key elements of online video marketing that all video production pros should know about, and how they can use that to their advantage to stay ...

Get Your Online Marketing Degree Next Week At 2011 OMS

It's that time once again to head into San Diego and check out what's new and exciting in the world of online marketing with the 2011 Online Marketing Summit. The speaker list reads like a who's who in online marketing. Heck, even I recognize some ...

In-depth Review of ButoTV Video Platform: Interactivity Meets Simplicity

Online video platforms (OVPs) are springing up all over the place. It's like the Dawn of Web 2.0 all over again and Buto.tv (prounounced boo-toe I think) is getting in on it as well (and have been for some time). However, they might be taking ...

Brightcove 5 Enhancements Create More Robust and Efficient Platform

Brightcove put out the newest major release of their online video platform. As I've been immersed in several different OVPs of late I was looking forward to all of the new features that they've got going here and I'm going to try and get in, ...

TubeMogul Finds That Most Viewers Never See Pre-Roll Video Ads

TubeMogul does some fairly interesting research from time to time. This time they embarked on a journey of discovery in regards to how many unique visitors to a media company homepage will watch a pre-roll video ad. As we don't always go to broadcaster sites ...

Kantar Videolytics - Track, Syndicate, Optimize - An In-depth Review

Kantar Videolytics recently trotted out a long list of premier partners which included some of the major players in online video (Brightcove, Brightroll, Adap.tv, LiveRail, Tremor, ScanScout, you get the picture) for their new Videolytics (video analytics) offering. So what better reason to get on ...

Post-Roll Video Ads More Engaging Than Pre-Roll Says HealthiNation

The digital health network HealthiNation has learned that viewers are actually more likely to finish watching an ad all the way if the ad is placed after the content. Completion rates for HealthiNation ads that run after a video have averaged 60%, twice as high as ...