Adtech Glossary of Terms

Web content visible without having to scroll down the page. Considered more premium...

A marketplace platform that facilitates automated, auction-based buying and selling of ad inventory...

Any deliberate activity that prevents the proper delivery of ads to the intended...

The total number of times a digital advertisement is displayed on screen and...

A third-party company that connects websites that want to monetize their ad inventory...

A research objective that assesses whether a customer remembers seeing a particular brand...

A technology and service that determines instantaneously what ads show up on a...

The capability of using media to reach specific individuals.

Businesses hire affiliates to promote their product(s) and compensate those affiliates for each...

A managed service layer of a larger agency, most often on top of...

A list of pre-approved domains that a brand has deemed acceptable for its...

The theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks that normally...

The identification of a set of user actions (“events” or “touchpoints”) that contribute...

In a first-price auction, the highest bidder determines the impression price. In a...

A specific group of consumers who are most likely to want a product...

Brand metrics report on desired audience composition and reach. Confirms your marketing budget...

Refers to the moment a consumer learns about a brand’s product or service....

Ad campaign that aims to educate customers on the existence of a brand...

Statistically similar groups that can be compared to help determine impact of a...

Banner ads that can include text, images, simple animation, and a URL linking...

Publishers and advertisers can reach their audiences more effectively based on observations of...

Web content that is visible after scrolling down. Although it is often viewed...

The number of bids that exist for one particular impression.

Average rate in a media buy. Calculated as the Effective Cost per Thousand...

A technique buyers use to determine what the bid price should be. Vendors...

Data that is passed from the publisher to the bidders via a real-time...

The amount of impressions counted towards fulfilling a contract. Because there can be...

A list of websites where an advertiser determines their creative is not allowed...

Companies use brand advertising to create quality brand impressions and increase recognition and customer loyalty.

Digital measurement that leverages surveys to quantify the increase in brand perception against...

Brand safety is the process of aligning a brand’s image with the products they sell. They must also maintain the brand’s reputation while advertising.

The ability to update multiple line items in one campaign or across multiple...

The number of times a user has clicked on a digital advertisement. A...

“Click” or “click-through” conversions only count a conversion when a user has clicked...

Click-through rate of an advertisement. A core metric of the click model, this...

Content whose main purpose is to attract attention and encourage visitors to click...

A device used to stream digital video. CTVs can include smart TV platforms,...

A tool that centralizes and manages transparency for the consent and objection of...

Reaching consumers who have heard of your brand or product but need to...

Ad campaign designed to educate customers on the benefits and features of a...

A way to identify a person through the information on the websites they...

Within display incrementality testing, the audience receiving the PSA ad.

An action or event that can be counted–such as a purchase, sign-up, or...

The number of conversions driven for each impression served.

The average advertising cost of one driven conversion. Calculated as the total cost...

Also known as a DR (direct response) campaign, it is designed to drive...

Information generated by a website and stored by your browser, to help understand...

Markers placed on an ad that identify information about a user, such as...

The average advertising cost of one driven conversion. Calculated as the total cost...

Cost Per Click on an advertisement. Price paid for each click generated. Also...

Cost Per Click on an advertisement. Price paid for each click generated. Also...

Cost Per Thousand, using the Latin “Mille” instead of thousand. The amount an...

The type of digital media shown to internet users to communicate a message...

Experimenting with different ad assets to find the highest-performing creative and utilizing that...

Advertising across different media platforms, including radio, television, paid search, social media, display,...

Data from an advertiser’s customer database, which can include their name, email address,...

Impressions that are unable to be tracked for viewability. If an ad is...

First-party data is information directly collected from a company’s own source on consumers’...

Data is the key to creating successful marketing campaigns. Learn the difference between first, second, and third-party data.

A secure technology solution that allows various stakeholders / parties to share data...

A data warehouse used to aggregate and target relevant audience segments. Once aggregated,...

Central Repository for integrated data from multiple sources (Salesforce, AD Reporting, AdTrain, and...

A technology platform that provides inventory buying opportunities from multiple sources. Utilizes real-time...

Known information on a user, determined from the source. The most common deterministic...

Data that is gathered firsthand rather than through a third party. Direct data...

Its primary aim is to evoke an immediate response and compel prospects to...

A transparent pricing model in which every impression is a unique price that...

Ad creatives that are dynamically served to make each ad more relevant, but...

A research objective that assesses the level of knowledge that someone has about...

A research objective that assesses the likeability of a brand.

Information generated by a website and stored by your browser, to help understand...

First-party data is information that companies collect through internal channels about their audience, customers, followers, and visitors to company websites.

Connects online ad exposure to offline in‐store visits. This is an increasingly popular...

The number of times a person must be exposed to an advertising message,...

Advertisers can set the frequency that a user is shown an ad at...

Advertisers can set the frequency that a user is shown an ad (or...

The method that allows advertisers to serve ads to consumers that correspond to...

Measures the impact of a single variable on an individual user’s behavior. For...

A type of A/B test that has 2 balanced groups, one who receives a...

Measuring how a specific marketing event (e.g., site conversion) was causally influenced by...

The identifying number that is tied to a person’s home internet connection.

A process that uses machine learning to identify audiences who look and act...

The time between a conversion event and a prior engagement event, such as...

The scientific study of algorithms and statistical models that computer systems use to...

The marketing funnel is a visualization for moving your customers through the consumer...

A modeling technique, typically regression using sales data and media data to determine...

A combination of tag event labels from the advertiser’s data set that are...

Companies that specialize in advertising, acting as a resource to brands to help...

Media buying is the purchase of ad space on social, digital, and physical platforms with the intent of advertising to desired audiences.

Ads displayed on mobile browsers or apps on smartphones and tablets. These can...

An audience profile based on observed activity, created to understand your audience, set...

The number of original visits to a website by a given cookie or...

The analytic technique that assigns multiple partners credit for a conversion based on...

Native ads are paid ads that match the look and feel of the...

Information tied to a user that doesn’t reveal any sensitive information such as...

A test where we set up a test audience who will see branded...

Also known as offline-to-online purchase measurement, this links online advertising to offline sales...

Companies that establish relationships with a large number of publishers in order to...

A person’s online identifier that distinguishes demographic, psychographic, or behavioral elements of a...

Questions regarding a consumer’s interest in being tracked for advertising purposes by websites.

Questions regarding a consumer’s interest in being tracked for advertising purposes by websites.

A visitor to a website from an unpaid traffic source who performs a...

Observations or conclusions about consumer behavior derived from a sample which is representative...

Its primary aim is to evoke an immediate response and compel prospects to...

Using consumer behavior to deliver more relevant experiences. In advertising, ad personalization looks...

The fraudulent practice of having a click purporting to be from reputable companies...

This is short for personally identifiable information, which can identify a particular person,...

Pieces of code that are placed on a website in order to gather...

A test where viewable impressions are compared with the non- viewable impressions and...

10-15 second online ad that appears before video.

Deals that are negotiated as invitation-only auctions, providing certain buyers in the ad...

Relying on probability and statistical analysis to make inferences on a user. While...

Automatic process of buying and selling of digital advertisement placements through real-time bidding,...

Targeting new audiences who are a good fit for your brand and likely...

Seen as the most scientific of incrementality tests. In this test, the test...

Refers to advertisers or agencies working directly with a publisher to buy advertising...

Unit of measure for amount of search traffic per second.

A critical measurement for upper funnel campaigns, this is the percentage of ads...

Data signals that are delivered immediately after they are received, without delay.

Bidding or buying inventory in real time. Advertising buyers bid on an impression...

Serving ads to consumers who have previously engaged via site visits or email...

The amount of revenue generated by all customers who made a purchase and...

Rich media is similar to banner ads but with added interactivity that encourages...

Data that is shared with a partner, often to help with personalization or...

Short for Search Engine Marketing, this marketing tactic uses paid media advertising to...

Short for Search Engine Optimization, this is the practice of increasing the quantity...

Display ads served on social media platforms. Since there are fewer social media...

A technique in which certain ad exchanges are suppressed in order for ad...

A technology platform that helps publishers manage their advertising inventory while maximizing potential...

A piece of code inserted within a webpage that triggers an http(s) request...

Within display incrementality testing, the audience receiving the branded ad.

Information generated by a website and stored by your browser, to help understand...

Information that a company collects indirectly (such as through third-party cookies) or aggregates...

Vendors who monitor and validate metrics such as completion rates, in-target delivery, viewability,...

Video ads take advantage of sight, sound, and motion to draw in viewers....

A performance metric for video advertisements reflecting the percentage of digital video ads...

“View” or “view-through” conversions are counted when a user has viewed an impression...

Percentage of measured impressions that are seen by a user. This is an...