Friday, October 26, 2012

Google inches toward planning & analytics supremacy


We hear a lot about Google’s rivalry with Bing, its antagonism of Apple etc… but Google is also gaining ground in another digital niche, marketing metrics, by taking on the likes of analytics leaders such as comScore, Nielsen, and Quantcast .  The search giant recently released a book that shows users step-by-step how to bundle Google’s suite of digital ad planning and analysis tools into one fully integrated digital marketing platform fittingly named Google Analytics Integrations.  
From here Google’s evolution into the big-time analytics market should be basically seamless - after all it already boasts the best technology infrastructure to map the web and probably has more raw Internet data than anyone else out there.  From there, it’s essentially a matter of organizing the metrics in a way that makes sense to digital media analysts and planners.  While it’s likely that the early adopters of Google Analytics Integrations will be DIY professionals and small businesses it’s only a matter of time before the major media firms cancel their costly comScore and Nielsen accounts and turn to Google.

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