Audience ID fitting will constitute 58% of UK spend that is online by 2020, up from 28% in 2016 according to Yahoo UK and Enders Analysis.
In a new report, the tech firm focuses on the function that audience IDs will perform in marketing.
Audience IDs are online identity profiles which combine data from identifiers such as in-app trackers, loyalty programmes and payment technologies to provide a ‘single view’ across channels and apparatus of a user.
The report estimates that spending on audience IDs will triple over the next several years, up from $2.7billion in 2016 to $7.9 billion in 2020.
The incoming GDPR which takes effect in 2018, will slow down this growth in spend. This dip will occur while entrepreneurs ensure they are compliant.
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The report finds that the driving force behind this growth because the recognition that entrepreneurs are given a view of exactly who’s seeing their ads by using user IDs and where they are being seen by them.
Also as information about frequency exposure and campaign reach, IDs permit for improved attribution of purchases and conversions.
“Providing an interface between media, marketing, services and retail, audience IDs are at the heart of the data economy and increasingly important for the internet consumer experience,” Matti Littunen, senior research analyst in Enders Analysis said.
“In marketing, they have promise in addressing maybe the single biggest problem of a changing industry: how to accurately attribute value to ads in a intricate online media marketplace?”
The report also stresses the advantages. IDs will indicate that people are shown not as intrusive and more relevant advertisements that is able to become better tailored and creatively delivered.
“Yahoo is currently enabling these sorts of effort, with datasets across search, email and social that allow us to correctly match 89 percent of users across devices,” said Yahoo UK managing director Nigel Clarkson.
“This level of insight benefits customers as well as brands and advertisers as it helps get the right message in front of the right audience, making it a triumph for everybody.”
Littunen continues: “2017 is going to be the media owners, advertisers and agencies come to terms with the full significance of audience IDs.”
