Basswood Standards Proposals
Basswood Standards ProposalsA standard, practical methodology for counting Internet banner ad impressions and clicks is presented. The methodology is designed such that two compliant implementations will generate basic impression and basic click counts that differ by less than 5%. The methodology is implementable by content sites, content networks, ad networks, advertisers, agencies, and audit firms in order to achieve comparable counts.
A standard format for presenting internet ad performance information is presented. The format is extensible, portable, and easy to parse into a variety of data stores. The proposal is motivated by the need to capture and compare ad performance information independent of the software used to perform the ad delivery.