Nedstat is a Founding Corporate Member of the Web Analytics
Association (WAA).
The WAA is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting the
understanding of web analytics through education, advocacy, standards, research
and technology. Founded by web analytics industry leaders, the mission of the
association is to unite and foster the interests of practinioners, vendors,
consultants and educators who use, sell, install, implement, consult, teach or
train in the field of web analytics.
Nedstat is involved in the committees for key initiatives in the areas of
Education, International and Standards.
Nedstat is a certified associate of ABC Electronic.
ABC Electronic is the industry owned, tri-partite, not-for-profit
organisation that works with and for media owners, advertisers and media buyers
to help them better understand and gain confidence in the data they use. Its
services range from standard website activity audits to e-mail and SMS
distribution audits to complex database user demographic audits.
The ABC international standards working party (IFABC, International
Federation of Audit Bureau, www.ifabc.org) has developed a set of rules and definitions
that are the effective worldwide standard for web audits. Definitions and rules
specific the UK and Ireland are controlled and developed by JICWEBS, the Joint
Industry Committee for Web Standards.
Sitestat delivers ABC Electronic auditable data to industry
standards.
OJD is an independent association that, amongst others, sets
standards for website measurement services in France. The mission of OJD is to
certify distribution information about newspapers, periodicals and other (modern
media) publications to support advertisements. The results of its
controls form an essential reference for advertising prices of the supported
publications. Its members are publishers, website owners, advertisers and media
agencies.
Nedstat has been issued a quality label by OJD for the measurement
method used and the metrics produced in Sitestat. Nedstat can deliver OJD
certified data to industry standards.
Audiweb is a Joint Industry Committee formed by industry
associations of online publishers, advertisers, agencies and media centres in
Italy. Audiweb collects and distributes data on online audiences to provide
objective, impartial information to the market and stimulate advertising
investments.
Audiwebs integrated Online Audience Measurement Service measures all sources
of data on the use of online media. Their Census data management system provides
statistically reliable information on internet traffic.
KIA is an independent branch organisation (Joint Industry
Committee) formed by advertisers, media agencies and website owners in Sweden. In 1999 KIA was initiated by the publishers to establish a platform to regulate
comparable Internet audience measurement in order to stimulate Internet
advertising. In 2001 KIA issued standards and guidelines how to properly measure
websites in order to provide comparable results to the advertising market.
Nedstat was issued a quality certificate in 2002 by KIA for the measurement
method used and the metrics produced in Sitestat.