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IMRB launches WAM

Now the Internet can be measured. Not just on how many people access the net but also their profile by age, sex and demographics, which regions, and whether they do this on weekdays or weekends, at office, home or elsewhere. All this has been made possible by a new service launched by IMRB International, the pioneers in market research in India. Like its predecessors – TAM for TV and RAM for Radio – WAM for the Internet is based on a panel of people who have a unique metering device that is custom built for India.

Over the last decade, the Internet has seen exponential growth, from 25,000 users in 1998 when IMRB International released the first-ever data on Internet access, to 50 million active Internet users in 2009-10, as per the recent IMRB Survey, I-Cube 2009-10.

"We can now say that we are truly in the Age of the Internet" said Thomas Puliyel, President, IMRB International. "With WAM we can fully realise the potential of the Internet as an advertising and marketing medium. We will be able to measure the effectiveness of the medium in terms of reach and frequency, just like any other medium."

The just launched service already has created a stir among advertising media companies, portals and Internet publishers. Vikram Sakhuja, CEO South Asia at GroupM, says "We welcome this initiative. It is great to see solid Market Research fundamentals being used along with digital technology to do web measurement."


About Web Audience Measurement (WAM):

The system which follows the traditional tenets of audience measurement has been piloted for over six months. The panel based approach adopted by WAM system has been made possible due to a unique metering technology custom built for Indian market. The meter is capable of capturing Internet usage data from multiple machines and still attribute to the same panellist. Further, the meter allows the flexibility of capturing only the panel member’s data in case the machine is used by multiple users. The meter can capture data from multiple browsers (all versions of IE, all versions of Chrome, Firefox, Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk and MSN Messenger). The data reporting is being done through the well established Media Xpress tool customized for the Internet market. The reporting tool called Web Xpress allows pre and post media planning, duplication analysis and profiling apart from the usual trending tools. The tool is also capable of reporting at day level and at day-part level.

The biggest issue seen with the Internet is lack of currency that determines the success of online campaigns. So far the online media agencies and publishers have been using estimates and measurements which are convenient to them. This leads to confusion amongst advertisers for they have to learn a new set of definitions altogether and also rely on what the media owners tell them what is good for their brands. The WAM system is a joint effort of IMRB International and Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI).

About IMRB International:

Established in 1971, IMRB International is a pioneer in market research. IMRB is a member of the Kantar Group, part of the WPP company. Kantar is one of the world’s largest consumer insight networks. IMRB's footprint extends across 26 offices in 14 countries – Algeria, Australia, Bangladesh, Egypt, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, Netherland, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, South Korea, UAE and United Kingdom. With over 1200 full time staff, IMRB provides high quality conceptualisation, strategic thinking, execution and interpretation skills. IMRB International is the only research company in India that offers such a wide range of research based services to its clients. IMRB International's specialized areas includes consumer market research both quantitative and qualitative, industrial market research, business to business market research, social and rural market research, media research, retail research, and consumer panels.

For more details contact:

Seema Saini

Head Corporate Communications IMRB International 4th Flr, ‘A’ Wing, Mhatre Pen Building; Senapati Bapat Road; Mumbai 400 028; INDIA Tel: 91-22-2423 3213 (DID), Fax: 91-22-2430 4870, Cell: 91-9820626170


 

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  • 11.04.11

    On 2nd April 2011, all the cricket websites attracted a little more than 4 Mn fans.

    India is the new champion of the Cricket World Cup. The road to this achievement has been far from easy. After making it to the stage of Final-8; India had to win three crucial matches before they could lift the coveted award. In all these matches, they had to win against the past champion teams that had won the cup in last few years. The most important of them being the finals, which was played against Sri Lanka. While the team was gutting it out in the middle; millions of fans were releasing anxieties and passion on various media avenues. A presupposition that Television ratings would have soared can hardly be argued; but how did the Internet perform amidst this chaotic excitement? Read On!

    On 2nd April 2011, all the cricket websites attracted a little more than 4 Mn Indian fans. On an average, an Indian fan spent 38 Mins on these websites. The busiest timeslots during the day was between 12pm – 6pm, wherein 3.0 Mn visitors navigated through Internet for accessing cricket-related content. In the other half of the match in the evening (6pm – 12 am) there were a little more than 2 Mn fans that used Internet to get updates for the match.

    The Indian fans on the day of the finals match, between India and Sri Lanka (i.e. on April 2nd, 2011), visited different websites. About 1.73 Mn of them visited Espnstar.com/cwclive; followed by 1.7 Mn visiting the Espncricinfo.com. Cricket.yahoo.com attracted 1.6 Mn and nearly 0.3 Mn visited Cricbuzz.com. Overall, The time they spent on the above websites was quite varied. While an average Indian fan was glued to Espnstar.com/cwclive for 41 Mins, they were on Cricbuzz.com for nearly half an hour. An average fan spent 25 mins on Cricket.yahoo.com and 21 Mins on Espncricinfo.com.

    Internet in India is gradually evolving to provide different types of content and assuming an important media option. As indicated by Tarun Abhichandani, Group Business Director, eTech Group, IMRB International, "Almost 30% of the 14 million internet users accessed cricketing websites during the World Cup finals. With the next season of IPL scheduled to start in the next few days, it will be interesting to see how the numbers stack up".

    About Web Audience Measurement (WAM)

    WAM is an offering from IMRB International which provides online publishers, planners and advertisers a common platform to identify trends in Internet usage in India as well as plan for better media planning. The panel based approach adopted by this system has been made possible due to a unique metering technology custom built for Indian market. The meter is capable of capturing internet usage data from multiple machines and still attribute to the same panellist. Further, the meter allows the flexibility of capturing only the panel member’s data in case the machine is used by multiple users. The meter can capture data from multiple browsers (all versions of IE, all versions of Chrome, Firefox, Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk and MSN Messenger). The data reporting is being done through the well established Media Xpress tool customized for the Internet market. The reporting tool called Web Xpress allows pre and post media planning, duplication analysis and profiling apart from the usual trending tools. The tool is also capable of reporting at day level and at day-part level.

    About IMRB International

    Established in 1971, IMRB International is a pioneer in market research. IMRB is a member of the Kantar Group, part of the WPP company. Kantar is one of the world’s largest consumer insight networks. IMRB's footprint extends across 26 offices in 14 countries – Algeria, Australia, Bangladesh, Egypt, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, Netherland, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, South Korea, UAE and United Kingdom. With over 1200 full time staff, IMRB provides high quality conceptualisation, strategic thinking, execution and interpretation skills. IMRB International is the only research company in India that offers such a wide range of research based services to its clients. IMRB International's specialized areas includes consumer market research both quantitative and qualitative, industrial market research, business to business market research, social and rural market research, media research, retail research, and consumer panels.

    For more details contact:

    Tarun Abhichandani

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  • 25.01.11
  • 17.11.10

    Now the Internet can be measured. Not just on how many people access the net but also their profile by age, sex and demographics, which regions, and whether they do this on weekdays or weekends, at office, home or elsewhere. All this has been made possible by a new service launched by IMRB International, the pioneers in market research in India. Like its predecessors – TAM for TV and RAM for Radio – WAM for the Internet is based on a panel of people who have a unique metering device that is custom built for India.

    Over the last decade, the Internet has seen exponential growth, from 25,000 users in 1998 when IMRB International released the first-ever data on Internet access, to 50 million active Internet users in 2009-10, as per the recent IMRB Survey, I-Cube 2009-10.

    "We can now say that we are truly in the Age of the Internet" said Thomas Puliyel, President, IMRB International. "With WAM we can fully realise the potential of the Internet as an advertising and marketing medium. We will be able to measure the effectiveness of the medium in terms of reach and frequency, just like any other medium."

    The just launched service already has created a stir among advertising media companies, portals and Internet publishers. Vikram Sakhuja, CEO South Asia at GroupM, says "We welcome this initiative. It is great to see solid Market Research fundamentals being used along with digital technology to do web measurement."


    About Web Audience Measurement (WAM):

    The system which follows the traditional tenets of audience measurement has been piloted for over six months. The panel based approach adopted by WAM system has been made possible due to a unique metering technology custom built for Indian market. The meter is capable of capturing Internet usage data from multiple machines and still attribute to the same panellist. Further, the meter allows the flexibility of capturing only the panel member’s data in case the machine is used by multiple users. The meter can capture data from multiple browsers (all versions of IE, all versions of Chrome, Firefox, Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk and MSN Messenger). The data reporting is being done through the well established Media Xpress tool customized for the Internet market. The reporting tool called Web Xpress allows pre and post media planning, duplication analysis and profiling apart from the usual trending tools. The tool is also capable of reporting at day level and at day-part level.

    The biggest issue seen with the Internet is lack of currency that determines the success of online campaigns. So far the online media agencies and publishers have been using estimates and measurements which are convenient to them. This leads to confusion amongst advertisers for they have to learn a new set of definitions altogether and also rely on what the media owners tell them what is good for their brands. The WAM system is a joint effort of IMRB International and Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI).

    About IMRB International:

    Established in 1971, IMRB International is a pioneer in market research. IMRB is a member of the Kantar Group, part of the WPP company. Kantar is one of the world’s largest consumer insight networks. IMRB's footprint extends across 26 offices in 14 countries – Algeria, Australia, Bangladesh, Egypt, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, Netherland, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, South Korea, UAE and United Kingdom. With over 1200 full time staff, IMRB provides high quality conceptualisation, strategic thinking, execution and interpretation skills. IMRB International is the only research company in India that offers such a wide range of research based services to its clients. IMRB International's specialized areas includes consumer market research both quantitative and qualitative, industrial market research, business to business market research, social and rural market research, media research, retail research, and consumer panels.

    For more details contact:

    Seema Saini

    Head Corporate Communications IMRB International 4th Flr, ‘A’ Wing, Mhatre Pen Building; Senapati Bapat Road; Mumbai 400 028; INDIA Tel: 91-22-2423 3213 (DID), Fax: 91-22-2430 4870, Cell: 91-9820626170


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