Measurement and analytics
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Tools
- AdjustLinks
Mobile measurement partner (MMP) and end-to-end app marketing analytics suite spanning six named products: Measure (mobile, web, CTV, PC and console attribution), Analyze (Datascape, AI-powered analytics and reporting), Engage (deep linking via TrueLink), Recommend (AI-driven, next-generation measurement), Automate (marketing operations automation), and Protect (mobile ad fraud prevention). Positioned by AppLovin at acquisition as continuing to operate as an independent, distinctly branded subsidiary, though it now sits inside AppLovin's corporate structure alongside AppLovin's own advertising and game-publishing businesses.
- AppsFlyerLinks
Independent mobile measurement partner (MMP) and marketing analytics cloud spanning four suites: Measurement (mobile, web, CTV and PC/console attribution, incrementality, fraud protection, creative and product analytics), Deep Linking (web-to-app, QR-to-app, email/text/referral/social-to-app, deferred deep linking), Data Collaboration (data management, audience activation, retail media measurement, data clean room), and Agentic AI (Agent Hub, MCP, AI Assistant).
- KochavaLinks
Omnichannel measurement and attribution platform combining mobile measurement partner (MMP) services with marketing mix modeling, deep linking, fraud prevention, and a Supply Performance System for publishers (Atlas Performance). Vendor-stated: processes 10+ billion events daily across mobile, web, CTV, out-of-home and offline channels within a single attribution engine, and offers Free App Analytics for early-stage apps alongside its full paid platform.
- Nielsen ONELinks
Cross-media audience measurement platform unifying TV, streaming, digital and audio audience data into one currency-grade view. Sits alongside Nielsen's broader solution set: Media planning (audience segmentation, market intelligence, scenario planning), Marketing optimization (marketing outcomes, sports and games measurement), and Gracenote content metadata (audio, sports and video metadata, contextual video data).
Ideas
- AttributionLinks
The process of assigning credit for a conversion or business outcome to one or more marketing interactions.
- Attribution ModelLinks
The rules used to determine how conversion credit is distributed across marketing interactions.
- Conversion PathLinks
The sequence of marketing interactions that occurred before a conversion.
- Geo ExperimentLinks
An experiment that compares advertising exposure and outcomes across defined geographic areas, typically holding some regions out as a control.
- IncrementalityLinks
A measurement approach that isolates the additional (incremental) outcome caused specifically by an ad campaign, versus what would have happened anyway without it.
- Incrementality TestLinks
A controlled experiment designed to determine whether advertising generated outcomes that would not otherwise have occurred.
- Last-Click AttributionLinks
An attribution model that assigns conversion credit to the final recorded click before conversion.
- Multi-Touch AttributionLinks
An approach that distributes conversion credit across multiple marketing interactions.
- Selection BiasLinks
Distortion caused when the people exposed to advertising differ systematically from those who are not exposed.
Stories
- ChatGPT Ads Has Measurement. What It Doesn't Have Is a Referee.Links
ChatGPT Ads went live across Southeast Asia and Taiwan this week with all five holding companies signed on and a $1 billion run rate behind it. The popular read is that measurement isn't ready. The more useful read is that measurement exists, and every number in it comes from OpenAI or its commercial partners.
- Fame Doesn't Transfer. That's Why the Ads Never Stop.Links
Apple just launched its first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, with the same saturating, unskippable marketing push it's used for four decades, nine days into a new CEO's tenure, with no change of approach at all. That's not a famous brand being oddly insecure. It's a precise distinction most casual observers miss between two entirely different kinds of memory.
guide
- DV360 guide 04: DV360 Attribution & Incrementality GuideLinks
Enterprise framework for governing attribution, journey analysis, conversion credit, incrementality, counterfactual design, causal interpretation, quality assurance, decision ownership, and investment action across Display & Video 360.
- DV360 guide 07: DV360 Reporting & Insights GuideLinks
Enterprise framework for extracting, validating, interpreting, communicating, governing, and improving reporting from Display & Video 360.
- DV360 guide 09: DV360 Measurement FrameworkLinks
Enterprise operating framework for measurement design, Floodlight governance, attribution, reconciliation, reporting, experiments, incrementality, privacy, and measurement QA in Display & Video 360.
- Meta guide 02: Meta Measurement Framework v1.0Links
Enterprise framework for designing, implementing, validating, governing, interpreting, and improving measurement across Meta advertising activity.
- Meta guide 03: Meta Attribution & Incrementality Framework v1.0Links
Govern how Meta conversion credit, customer journeys, causal impact, and commercial value are defined, reconciled, tested, reported, and used for investment decisions.
- Meta guide 05: Meta Signal Quality & Identity Framework v2.0Links
Govern how Meta signal sources, event quality, customer identifiers, matching, deduplication, consent, identity coverage, data access, diagnostics, and downstream business outcomes are designed, validated, monitored, improved, and audited.
- Meta guide 07: Meta Reporting & Insights Framework v2.0Links
Govern how Meta campaign data is validated, interpreted, converted into business insights, communicated to stakeholders, and translated into accountable action.