See And Be Seen
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According to a new study from comScore and Pretarget, ad viewability and hover time are more strongly correlated with conversions (defined as purchases and requests for information) than clicks or total impressions. Pretarget Founder Keith Pieper opines “Your ad being seen matters more than your ad being clicked… what good is an ad that can’t be seen… It’s intuitive that… someone hovering and engaging with an ad might convert, even absent a click… “ The study analyzed 263 million impressions over nine months across 18 advertisers in numerous verticals. The study used used: