Ad Serving Platform: Describes the technology and service that places advertisements on Websites. $ }9 E; u9 @( \0 y! T2 aAdvertiser: Means one or more which create the Advertising Material, and authorizes platform as its intermediary to include it on the Publisher’s Website(s).. n' }/ b3 b( V& K1 v2 L
, x, `0 q, R0 t6 K9 R+ CAdvertising Budget: The amount of money that an advertiser sets aside for an advertising campaign. Different publishers allow for advertisers to set daily, weekly or monthly budgets. , w% E, t6 x9 o/ M+ k3 e7 a8 r7 o" l. L5 F' k
Advertising Campaign: Configuration of an advertisement with all its parameters. Ad link, link text, CPC, duration, keywords, countries… U* b( V! ]4 t$ G! [ ) h; k3 s: k8 aAdvertising Material: Means the text, graphics, logos, designs, trademarks and copyrights for any type of advertising including, but not limited to banners, text ads, pop-ups and pop-unders created by an advertiser.5 f5 y6 f% a: |! ^2 s- B
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Bid: The amount that an advertiser is willing to pay for a click or a thousand impressions. 4 r& _- H" n: m: P# M+ I ) H/ a+ w, r( rClick Through Rate (CTR): The percentage of clicks on a link. This is usually a percentage based on the total number of clicks divided by the number of impressions that an advertisement has received. - i! O n0 b2 p1 a2 c& B' \ 9 K( a0 A Z5 n8 a f3 \6 E% kConversion Rate: The relationship between visitors to a web site and actions considered to be a “conversion”, such as a sale or request to receive more information: the percentage of people whose clicks have resulted in a sale or desired action in relation to the total number of clicks on an advertisement.4 G4 o0 I) M: O _
- I1 @1 V! g# Q$ \0 @" V. ZCost Per Click (CPC): The cost or cost-equivalent paid per click-through to an advertiser’s website. " R# f4 T8 V$ G. Q0 ~ ! c5 U6 d: t$ l- _Cost Per Mille (CPM): The amount an advertiser pays for one thousand advertisement impressions, regardless of the consumer’s subsequent actions.8 ^; C& p+ F% G7 J
1 U# l1 b+ C `. ^4 F- keCPA: Means effective Cost Per Action. It’s a business goal set up by the advertiser (which can be a sale or a lead) to determine how much he spent to reach that specific goal. + @4 [# b8 b4 l1 L/ H' H8 } - r. Z. A* \; ]' Z4 `Effective Cost Per Mille (eCPM): The eCPM is used to calculate the effectiveness of an advertising campaign, independently of the actual pricing model. (CPC, CPM, CPA…).- W7 R D/ F9 X" }- ~" n; i
/ j) e, V$ K# K/ k! PFooter ad: Is located at the bottom of a web page. 4 P9 V1 f9 Q/ W
0 k' g6 p5 }0 A) }* J( eFrequency Capping / User Capping: Means restricting (capping) the number of times (frequency) a specific visitor to a website is shown a particular ad. K$ F, r: n* `1 i' @9 O/ a! \1 Q 9 {* B9 J F6 @5 o8 F7 OGeo-Targeting: An advertisement targeted at a specific geographical region, area or location. Geo-targeting is done based on the IP address of the visitor.' a( G: w% ]7 C/ D9 t( Z- y
; B" R4 w! H F) J) g: [Impressions: Means the number of times Advertising Material is served to a person visiting the Publisher’s Website(s).9 @" ^- f) h% {$ A& R
+ x A& n8 e, @0 x8 ? uIM Ad (Instant Message): usually a DHTML pop-up that is displayed in the bottom right corner of a page simulating a fake MSN request.- v5 ?: v6 g9 U8 V* r; q) {! P
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Insertion Order: Is a written authorization to display advertisement on Website(s)./ _5 k# j$ ~& [5 A
' M- M% |9 ]. n' D2 zInterstitial ad: Is a full page ad displayed before or after an expected content page M# [* U T; `% G9 S2 d
; U% \% [- N6 [ R5 X8 }In Video ad: Is an ad displayed in a video player. It can be a pre-roll ad (displayed at the beginning while the video is loading), a post-roll (displayed at the end of the video) or an on pause ad (when the user pauses the video). / p. e$ ]7 u/ ~# P) e
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Keywords: Search terms or phrases targeted by the advertising campaign. 1 S. f, [; |8 e i1 M t9 \8 R# h8 G1 g3 {$ ?
Landing Page: The specific web page that a visitor ultimately reaches after clicking an advertisement. Often, this page is optimized for a specific keyword term or phrase. : u' k! p. N2 u7 @; Y) `. u 5 b/ l' L6 G3 NLinking Text: The text that is contained within a link. 2 W9 B0 S' ~7 t, Q# w# R 7 v. ^ i: u7 R& \: g+ A5 f, GNTV ad: Accronym of Next To Video. It concerns specific ad spots located near a video player. It’s usually a square ad in 300×250 or 250×250. ' \8 G/ b# B+ Y 4 H1 g+ C& `: a7 b6 NPay Per Click (PPC): Advertising model based on a fix cost per click. Medias can be text links, images or even flash movies. The advertiser pay a cost per click and can target its ad to specific countries, languages, categories or keywords.7 _/ U: z, e' c% M
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Paid To Read (PTR) / Paid to Click: Incentive programs where members earn money for reading or clicking on emails and visiting advertised websites. , x# J7 i8 W& z# c) o a
; D( F# O& d( L2 b+ n7 V5 iPixel Tag: Is an invisible image of 1x1px to monitor the activity of customers on a website.& L, M! n% V' {$ |- v, m" b+ B
3 K& w( D# E$ w. l2 V# [! x! w5 FPop-up: Is an ad displayed on top of the page visited by the surfer.' S! }8 Y) x' l1 ~
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Pop-under: Is a full page ad displayed behind the page visited by the surfer and visible when the surfer closes the page he was viewing. " p( t4 Y- U1 `7 M/ v7 _6 N% ]- x5 g: p! I; r4 p9 X
Positive and negative retargeting: Target (positive) or exclude (negative) users who have reached specific steps of your website. / d' U2 \7 [( ^' M ^& R* ?) p " I, _6 z! B# Z$ H6 J) J1 J% lPublisher: Means one or more responsible for the distribution of online Advertising Material on its Website(s).7 t8 C4 c2 F& V! b w1 V, p
k z. r( q7 }5 ?Publisher Earnings: Means the total revenue generated by the Publisher using the Advertising Materials. Publisher earnings are based on the eCPM generated by the ad spot. ) ]: d/ ]; I' |4 b 3 t% l, v# O! u, TRank: How well a particular web page or web site is listed in a search engine or advertising results.# x, R# R% q) |9 t" k
; {, m. I$ B0 o% `" t4 WRetargeting: Means targeting specific users who have already shown some interest in your product or brand. It works with a pixel tag which places a transparent cookie on users allowing platform to retarget them when they browse other websites. ! O8 o! }, f9 X& Q& i/ r3 g$ `/ e0 F$ ]7 @% c: V& L9 F
Return On Investment (ROI): The percentage of profit that results in a marketing or advertising campaign. Naturally, advertisers want the amount of money made to exceed the money spent.* i8 k0 ]) k" S3 M! A
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Revenue Per Mille (RPM): The RPM is used to calculate the revenue generated by an ad spot, independently of the actual pricing model. (CPC, CPM, CPA…). . @9 T8 g+ U+ B7 F- _, q 1 c, k" m, y9 x. U. g8 dSearch engine optimization (SEO): It consists in improving the ranking of a page or a website in search engine results (like Google or Bing)., r8 \. K( o% P
( m O0 H$ D; OTower ad: Synonym of skyscraper which a vertical type of banner usually in 120×600 or 160×600. + g. V! |) J7 F+ J, w3 \5 g' G9 [! `$ o& E7 v8 n& Q
Unique Click: Means the number of times, as recorded by ad serving platform a user visiting Publisher’s Website(s), as identified by IP address, clicks on Advertising Material. A click on Advertising Material by a particular visitor shall only be counted as a Unique Click once every 24-hour period. + u- j4 A9 c1 M$ K5 Z - r, z3 v0 M" b5 b4 F0 p' N. ]6 n f1 O+ ^