Google Working With comScore to Measure Brand Safety

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

comScore said it has been selected by Google to measure and report on the brand safety of ad campaigns running on YouTube.

Several major advertisers have pulled their advertising on YouTube after finding out that their ads were running in objectionable content.

comScore said it will use a proprietary brand safety engine that is part of its validated Campaign Essentials (vCE) digital measurement product.

The technology monitors patterns within text content to determine the safety of ad content, both in general and for specific campaigns, on mobile and desktop platforms.

"Monitoring online content for brand safety is a complex challenge, particularly in an environment that has the vast scale and growth of YouTube," said Dan Hess, executive VP of products at comScore. "We're delighted to see Google taking further action to monitor and increase brand safety, and appreciate its vote of confidence in selecting comScore to be part of this initiative."

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.