comScore has changed the face of digital marketing and media measurement by solving the challenge of accurately measuring worldwide consumer behavior through its proprietary panel design, patented data capture technology, online data retrieval network and Unified Digital Measurement™ methodology.
Central to most comScore services is the comScore panel, the largest continuously measured consumer panel of its kind. With approximately 2 million worldwide consumers under continuous measurement, the comScore panel utilizes a sophisticated methodology that is designed to accurately measure people and their behavior in the digital environment. This massive information network delivers one of the highest quality, most comprehensive views of Internet browsing, buying and other activity, in both digital and offline environments.
Complementing the panel is a unique census-level data collection method, which allows for the integration of consumers’ Internet behavior with powerful audience-measurement insights gained through the comScore panel. Several products within the comScore MMX 360 product suite and beyond are powered by this Unified Digital Measurement (UDM) methodology.
comScore’s UDM is unique to the industry and provides a superior solution by overcoming common methodological shortcomings, such as the inability to measure the actual person not just machine, over- or under-counting usage based on cookie deletion habits and misrepresentation based on a multiple usage devices or the same person using multiple browsers. In the increasingly fragmented digital environment, this type of precise, accurate and reliable measurement is critical.
Precision
The Unified Digital Measurement methodology employs a multitude of techniques to ensure that comScore’s audience estimates achieve a high degree of precision.
Validation
The precision and representation of the comScore panel and census data collection methods have been validated by several leading industry bodies and the use of independent third-party data sources.
Recruitment
comScore recruits panelists through a variety of online methods designed to ensure a demographically-balanced and representative sample.
Direct Measurement
comScore Direct, a self-service tagging tool, allows publishers to instrument census data collection on their websites to ensure the highest degree of precision and classification of their content within the MMX 360 product suite.
Unified Digital Measurement
Unified Digital Measurement is a methodology that comScore utilizes to thread census level collected data with the comScore panel. Our ability to tie web visits and clickstream data to individuals on our panel enables you to plan, execute, measure and optimize across your target audience seamlessly.
Privacy
comScore adheres to the strictest guidelines for safeguarding the privacy of panelists’ personal information.
Advantages
The sophistication of comScore’s Unified Digital Measurement methodology offers unparalleled advantages over other digital measurement sources. Multiple data collection methods tied together to give you one Unified view of your target audience.