Ads Perform Better on Branded Content Sites

At a time of growing concern that the rise of ad networks is commoditizing branded content, the Online Publishers Association has released a report showing that ads perform better when they’re placed on branded content sites. The OPA report, titled “Improving Ad Performance Online: The Impact of Advertising on Branded Content Sites,” uses Dynamic Logic’s MarketNorms, a database of scores that measures ad performance across a wide range of sites and is meant to represent the Internet as a whole. Among other findings in the report, when it comes to brand favorability, branded content sites performed 29 percent better than average online performance. For purchase intent, branded sites did 20 percent better, and when it comes to impacting purchase intent among those with household incomes of $75,000 and up, branded sites did 24 percent better. Branded sites also did better when it came to video and sponsorships, according to the report.
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