Almost half of your clicks are bots
We once ran an experiment to see whether the numbers of clicks reported by the different social media networks matched with that of our own Veracity platform’s records.
To no-one’s surprise, they didn’t.
Tag Archives: analytics
How to stop bot traffic damage in your online marketing
Bot traffic is a key component of digital ad fraud, the cost of which is projected to climb from $35 billion in 2018 to $100 billion in 2023.
E-commerce applications and login portals are the most common targets of advanced persistent bot traffic.
Data breaches cost brands business and reputation
Consumers would stop doing business with a company known to have experienced data breaches.
According to an IBM report, nearly half of consumers surveyed said they had taken this action. This is alarming news when coupled with the global average cost of a data breach reaching an all-time high of $4.35 million for studied organisations.
Monitor your brand website for malicious bots
We’ve talked a lot about bots here at Veracity but all business owners need to be aware of the very real danger they pose for your brand website.
Bots aren’t always a bad thing, they help us order food, they’re used in apps to support customer service and many of them exist to help the world wide web function and allow the internet to work as it should do.
Concerns as Martech deployment reduces despite progress
Martech deployment has seen a reduction in spite of significant changes in how marketing teams manage their technology.
The news comes from Gartner’s 2022 Disruptions Derail Progress in Martech Utilization Survey, which found that just 42% of marketers are deploying the breadth of capabilities available in their Martech stack overall, down from 58% in 2020.
Save money on your projects without sacrificing creativity
When it comes to the ad budget how much could be spent on creativity if you’d eliminated wasted spend?
You can save money on your projects without sacrificing creativity if you follow a few vital steps – including making sure you’re receiving accurate data in your marketing analytics and using a complete ad fraud protection option like Veracity.
How will Google’s Performance Max affect advertising campaigns?
Google’s new Performance Max is designed to buy ads across the company’s full range of advertising channels and inventory.
However, since the extension to Smart Shopping was rolled out, there’s been concerns about how it actually “performs” and specific worries about ad placement and difficulties in accessing data from your campaigns.
Data-driven attribution in Google analytics simplified
Attribution is a hot topic, there’s no denying that. Brands are always looking to maximise their online advertising and the fact that businesses now invest so heavily into digital marketing platforms makes understanding their performance even more important.
Why B2B marketers should use LinkedIn advertising
Whether you’re a freelancer looking to find new clients and opportunities, or an experienced manager in the market for a new job, LinkedIn offers the tools you need to connect with other people and businesses.
Veracity crowned Best Martech Innovation at Prolific North Tech Awards
Click fraud protection specialists Veracity have been crowned the winners of a top industry prize at this year’s Prolific North Tech Awards.
The firm, which has offices on Dock Street in Leeds, scooped the ‘Best Martech Innovation Award’ for its optimisation and analytics platform, which is designed to provide marketers with better quality and more accurate data from their online advertising campaigns.
Driving Facebook performance in 2022
If we first off jump back to the start of 2020, Facebook rates were reasonable and, as an advertising platform, the social media giant was stable and performed well.
There was always the question of over reporting and the odd court case over inflated stats, but it was easy for advertisers to drive cost effective conversions using Facebook’s in-platform data.
Best practices to get the most from your Black Friday marketing
We’ve been looking at some best practices to get the most from your Black Friday marketing for this year’s event on Friday, November 26 and Cyber Monday on November 29th.
Award-winning malicious bot protection.
Cyber Award Winner 2021
AI-Enabled Data Solution of the Year – DataIQ Awards 2023 Finalist
Tech Innovation of the Year Winner – Leeds Digital Festival Awards
Cyber Security Company of the Year – UK Business Tech Awards 2023 Finalist
Tech Leader of the Year – Tech Awards 2023 Finalist
Best Use of AI – Tech Awards 2023 Highly Commended
