Ad Serving Platform: Describes the technology and service that places advertisements on Websites. " {' e) u" B7 y! R- r( KAdvertiser: Means one or more which create the Advertising Material, and authorizes platform as its intermediary to include it on the Publisher’s Website(s).5 Y* l3 Z5 ?2 ^2 l. v
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Advertising 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. . F- m* ]# ?9 I, C, |. K8 h; t: t# G, ~1 _/ Z9 P- j! o
Advertising Campaign: Configuration of an advertisement with all its parameters. Ad link, link text, CPC, duration, keywords, countries… & H) { s3 I' @, r : V1 t$ N' G- z& zAdvertising 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. 9 G) Q0 n7 ~( ^ 9 W3 f( l U8 f5 i, U4 JBid: The amount that an advertiser is willing to pay for a click or a thousand impressions. j* {: @8 a9 i0 H4 M( P1 d
3 J: `, d0 U1 G$ P J# K8 K! B* zClick 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. " j/ O: C/ ?! Q x/ h1 b2 l1 x: I r1 G! F' P) ]% p ~
Conversion 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. 0 k/ N' W; ~) ^, N V% _$ \" w0 |. L3 k/ DCost Per Click (CPC): The cost or cost-equivalent paid per click-through to an advertiser’s website.: S& l8 W4 O% L, ?( t1 P( D
6 B1 _# K; t( n3 c0 ACost Per Mille (CPM): The amount an advertiser pays for one thousand advertisement impressions, regardless of the consumer’s subsequent actions./ Q$ T! L2 @# F* e8 P
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Creatives: See “Advertising Materials” definition. + O. m. C# S1 B- V) @8 L/ F ' ?- ?8 Q9 |$ e9 r/ A0 E9 m& [eCPA: 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.1 V5 D: Q- l& z% ~& w
" c0 o' d9 I4 K% A# |9 t# wEffective 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…).6 ^* ^# S, E. O; H6 K, H% f" Z
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Footer ad: Is located at the bottom of a web page. & w5 H b4 \- { |
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Frequency Capping / User Capping: Means restricting (capping) the number of times (frequency) a specific visitor to a website is shown a particular ad.$ t( D# M2 @) p7 V+ c; |1 u. w" O$ w
4 y$ T4 ^9 ~( {8 M: X, TGeo-Targeting: An advertisement targeted at a specific geographical region, area or location. Geo-targeting is done based on the IP address of the visitor.. B+ i7 o! ?6 K7 |! A0 k
0 v1 p; Z, O/ n: `% ^- LImpressions: Means the number of times Advertising Material is served to a person visiting the Publisher’s Website(s).# B# o0 |5 {3 o* q$ e, [" y
1 \ `) z3 S$ I6 L4 Y4 RIM Ad (Instant Message): usually a DHTML pop-up that is displayed in the bottom right corner of a page simulating a fake MSN request.- E8 s o0 S" L6 H& a
( K/ H9 D; o7 U8 s, ^9 DInsertion Order: Is a written authorization to display advertisement on Website(s). 3 C* W9 U2 x& ? q, g& L7 @, xInterstitial ad: Is a full page ad displayed before or after an expected content page 0 }9 j: {' b; t I3 a% h% M1 R8 Y9 u/ `8 ?( n* c, G2 M
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). 6 m% f' s, u% A' x( F 9 x# i. f0 @/ n' A9 TKeywords: Search terms or phrases targeted by the advertising campaign. * u) a7 ~, Z8 t9 x& b/ }0 e/ i) ^2 s+ i% \
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. 2 H* r" [ [2 N, [: [( I* M8 r( {/ O1 X
Linking Text: The text that is contained within a link.$ W: @1 M6 n2 o
2 B2 ?3 }1 ^. TNTV 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 250×250.2 J# A$ X; j. R M4 {' Z' D
3 v8 c: W! D3 tPay 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. x+ }2 x# _( D! K
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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. ; E- Z$ c/ P- A. b) }: B0 S . Y* V( t( p' Y2 Z" F/ Q& jPixel Tag: Is an invisible image of 1x1px to monitor the activity of customers on a website. # p" l/ e- G6 W+ I5 Q9 D. B3 K" U- ^% V' G5 y* d% M' Z! Y( F! y
Pop-up: Is an ad displayed on top of the page visited by the surfer. : b0 k; r/ D' ~# m* R# {0 V% S" v9 g! q6 o: ~8 O ^1 Y5 _3 u/ Y
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.2 ?! G3 f* p# r- t
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Positive and negative retargeting: Target (positive) or exclude (negative) users who have reached specific steps of your website." G7 J$ a4 O1 R9 |# b0 H
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Publisher: Means one or more responsible for the distribution of online Advertising Material on its Website(s).% i- j& {: R: J7 T, A9 c
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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." O! e4 u) J, z8 D, n9 N. Y) \: _
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Rank: How well a particular web page or web site is listed in a search engine or advertising results.+ {0 P/ H) l: X5 x0 x1 b: [! T
* Z/ L: V. }) N, L' JRetargeting: 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.- A$ z& V. I$ F- ?% }
. C# W! R" x* O6 ?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.( n" H8 F! {- U5 L9 l& x4 B& j: `
$ ^4 X$ M8 H* ORevenue 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…).7 ]$ j) Z; _6 W5 A
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Search engine optimization (SEO): It consists in improving the ranking of a page or a website in search engine results (like Google or Bing).. C2 Y4 c7 f6 H) ]8 h
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Tower ad: Synonym of skyscraper which a vertical type of banner usually in 120×600 or 160×600.0 _* y! \; n4 j3 u( e7 w; w
' ]1 t# S. S* E. y% `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.8 I; p5 c' X" l- h7 m
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