Article: Internet's Holy Grail in sight: Numbers to please ad buyers.(Brief Article)

The Internet was once famously called the most measurable of all media. Now, it's about to be plunged into the world of traditional media planning, where reach and frequency are the metrics of choice and little is precise.

Researchers, online ad serving companies and operations that sell media planning software to agencies are racing to offer reach and frequency planning tools for the Internet. The end result: For the first time ever, media planners will have workable tools to compare the Internet to TV, radio and magazines.

``If we want to grow the Internet as [an ad] medium, we have to figure out a way for advertisers to understand the medium,'' says ...

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