August 1998

FAST (Future of Advertising Stakeholders) meets. Measurement was a core topic.

May 2010

First IAB briefing on Making Measurement Make Sense

June 2011

Leading marketers, agencies and publishers agree on ground-breaking Guiding Principles of Digital Measurement. Click here for more.

May 2012

Results of Publisher Pilot Program guides 3MS to viewable impressions with 50% of ad seen for one second

September 2012

Results of Agency Pilot Program expected

January 2013

Industry continues aggressive testing of viewable impressions

May 2013

Soft rollout of Banner Classification System

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March 2009

McKinsey helps IAB and 4A’s assess the measurement problem and potential solutions

February 2011

ANA, 4A’s & IAB join forces to "Make Measurement Make Sense" - supported by Bain and MediaLink. Click here for more.

September 2011

3MS Initiative releases Five-Part Digital Marketing Measurement Solution. Click here for more.

August 2012

MRC takes over implementation of viewable ad impression testing and standard development from Bain

November 2012

Evolution to digital GRPs begins

April 2013

Industry broadly adopts digital GRPs

Beyond May 2013

View-throughs, attitudinal measures, social activity metrics