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Digital advertising optimized toward clicks, last-touch attribution, and viewability over the past two decades rather than signals that reflect real business impact, according to [Demand Gen Report](https://www.demandgenreport.com/demanding-views/ad-tech-learned-to-game-itself/53162/).
The dominant signals guiding media optimization have been clicks, last-touch attribution, viewability, and other metrics convenient to track at scale. For smaller advertisers these signals can be sufficient.
A MarTech article states that effective measurement depends on connecting signals across MMM, attribution, and incrementality instead of forcing a single source of truth.
According to [MarTech](https://martech.org/why-marketing-measurement-needs-triangulation/), MMM evaluates overall business contribution and media mix allocation. Attribution focuses on user-level interactions and conversion paths. Incrementality measures whether marketing exposure actually influenced consumer behavior.