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The online advertising industry was built around clicks, but it’s time for something new, Facebook’s Brad Smallwood, head of measurement and insights, said at the Interactive Advertising Bureau MIXX Conference & Expo on Monday.

Clicks were the closest the online industry could get to Nielsen’s gross-ratings point for television, but studies have shown that for products that aren’t purchased online, clicks don’t make much sense, Smallwood said.

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