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CEO at Econsultancy
15 October 2009 16:55pm
For years now the "unified media planning/buying currency" for online (the "BARB for the Internet") has been debated, discussed, and has failed to emerge, with various bodies disintegrating in the attempt.
The IAB and AOP jointly took up the cause and created UKOM to finally pull it off. They appointed Nielsen to create a panel-based measurement to be ready for January 2010 - called the audience planning system (APS).
Last night it unveiled the details as reported by NMA here - http://www.nma.co.uk/ukom-reveals-details-of-online-planning-system/3005573.article
Am I the only one to be disappointed?
Am I the only one who thinks these panel sizes are so small as to be near meaningless?
4,000 people at work?! How many people go online at work every day in the UK? At least 20 million?
Even this (B2B) site gets almost as many uniques per day as the entire consumer panel.
Is this any better than using Google Ad Planner?
We're keen to support this initiative but I'd hoped it would come out of the blocks a little stronger than this?