
HOW A DIGITAL PUBLISHER AUDIT PROVIDES CONFIDENCE
AAM Digital Publisher Audits validate human audiences.
Ad fraud jeopardizes the viability of digital marketing by creating a situation where it’s nearly impossible to confidently know whether your ads are displayed on legitimate publishing sites to humans and not bots.
That’s why AAM developed the Digital Publisher Audit so marketers can confidently differentiate valid publishers with human audiences from millions of undesirable sites.
Working cohesively with other industry solutions, Digital Publisher Audits provide a new layer of independent, third-party assurance by providing marketers with:

Assurance
AAM’s holistic audit approach begins with a thorough review of the publisher's business practices and comprehensive analysis of their website traffic, providing you with unprecedented transparency into their business values. Once the initial audit is complete, AAM continuously monitors website traffic to ensure that the publisher’s commitment to quality runs throughout their entire digital advertising operation providing you with ongoing assurance.

Control
Publishers who successfully complete the audit are included on the AAM Audited Domain list which is useful for building allow lists and prioritizing publishers in direct to publisher placement, private marketplace and programmatic buys. By choosing audited publishers, you have better control over where your ads run, know that the sites where you advertise are legitimate, and know that your ads are displayed to humans.

Improved ROI
Websites audited by AAM prove they’re legitimate and ensure your ads are delivered to quality, human audiences. Cutting invalid traffic from your media buys and delivering your ads to human audiences is guaranteed to improve your ROI.
Estimated cost of global ad fraud in 2022
Source: Juniper Research
The amount of ad spend lost to fraud in the U.S. in 2020
Source: CHEQ
The percentage of money spent on programmatic ads that fall into an "unknown delta" and cannot be accounted for
Source: 2020 study by ISBA and PwC
AAM-AUDITED DIGITAL PUBLISHERS
See the publishers committed to delivering quality audiences.
AAM-audited digital publishers are committed to digital quality and transparency. For a list of AAM certified website URLs, download the AAM Audited Domain List.
Media Company | Brand | Continuously Audited Since |
---|---|---|
The Globe And Mail Inc. | The Globe and Mail | 12/1/2021 |
Mcclatchy Company | Flkeysnews.com | 12/1/2022 |
Mcclatchy Company | winepressnw.com | 12/1/2022 |
Mcclatchy Company | sierrastar.com | 12/1/2022 |
Mcclatchy Company | mahoningmatters.com | 12/1/2022 |
Mcclatchy Company | McClatchyDC.com | 12/1/2022 |
Mcclatchy Company | Herald-Sun | 12/1/2022 |
Mcclatchy Company | The Miami Herald | 12/1/2022 |
Mcclatchy Company | El Nuevo Herald | 12/1/2022 |
Mcclatchy Company | Ledger-Enquirer | 12/1/2022 |
Mcclatchy Company | The Wichita Eagle | 12/1/2022 |
Mcclatchy Company | News & Observer | 12/1/2022 |
Mcclatchy Company | Centre Daily Times | 12/1/2022 |
Mcclatchy Company | Miami Herald/El Nuevo Herald | 12/1/2022 |
Mcclatchy Company | Fort Worth Star-Telegram | 12/1/2022 |
Mcclatchy Company | Lexington Herald-Leader | 12/1/2022 |
Mcclatchy Company | Tri-City Herald | 12/1/2022 |
Mcclatchy Company | Olympian | 12/1/2022 |
Mcclatchy Company | Bellingham Herald | 12/1/2022 |
Mcclatchy Company | Herald | 12/1/2022 |
Mcclatchy Company | Telegraph | 12/1/2022 |
Mcclatchy Company | Bradenton Herald | 12/1/2022 |
Mcclatchy Company | Tribune | 12/1/2022 |
Mcclatchy Company | Sacramento Bee | 12/1/2022 |
Mcclatchy Company | Merced Sun-Star | 12/1/2022 |
FIND AUDITED PUBLISHERS
Download the Audited Domain List.
The domains included on this list have completed the AAM Digital Publisher Audit and are under continuous monitoring. Please complete the form to receive the downloadable list via email. By submitting your information, you agree to receive periodic emails from AAM with the updated Audited Domain List.
Through third-party audits, buyers can differentiate quality sites, analyze traffic and clearly see the difference between audited publishers and those who are sourcing traffic or running fraudulent sites.
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