These guidelines are intended to cover the measurement and disclosures related to dynamic, inapplication advertisements that appear on mobile devices. These guidelines are not intended at this time to cover the following: hard-coded advertising, or sponsorships or advertising in a non-mobile environment (the nature of the environment generally can be determined based on the operating system used to access the advertisement).

The Mobile Web Advertising Measurement Guidelines have been developed by the membership of the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), the IAB (U.S.), and Media Rating Council (MRC) in close collaboration with the GSMA and other stakeholders. Contributors to these guidelines are representative of the key parties in the mobile marketing ecosystem, and include handset manufacturers, wireless operators, ad servers, content providers, agencies, brands and technology enablers.

The Mobile Viewable Advertising Impression Measurement Guidelines document that follows is intended to provide guidance for the measurement of viewable impressions in Mobile Web and Mobile In-Application (In-App) environments.

These viewability guidelines are designed for mobile (web and in-app) advertising. This document supersedes all previous MRC guidance on the measurement of viewable impressions of advertising that appears in mobile environments effective upon issuance and serves as permanent guidance (subject to periodic updates).

As the mobile phone has emerged as the single most personal means with which to communicate, the day’s speakers underscored that mobile as a marketing platform has to be equally personal, providing users with messaging that is meaningful, appropriate, relevant and contextual.