Term |
Definition |
Ad banner |
A graphic image or other media object used as an advertisement. |
Ad blocker |
Software on a user’s browser which prevents advertisements from being displayed. |
Ad campaign audit |
An activity audit for a specific ad campaign |
Ad centric measurement |
Audience measurement derived from a third-party ad server's own server logs. |
Ad click |
A measurement of the user-initiated action of responding to (such as clicking on) an ad element causing a re-direct to another Web location or another frame or page within the advertisement. There are three types of ad clicks: 1) click-throughs; 2) in-unit clicks; and 3) mouseovers. Ad click-throughs should be tracked and reported as a 302 redirect at the ad server and should filter out robotic activity. |
Ad click rate |
ratio of ad clicks to ad impressions |
Ad display/Ad delivered |
When an ad is successfully displayed on the user's computer screen. |
Ad download |
When an ad is downloaded by a server to a user’s browser. Ads can be requested, but aborted or abandoned before actually being downloaded to the browser, and hence there would be no opportunity to see the ad by the user. |
Ad impression |
1) an ad which is served to a user’s browser. Ads can be requested by the user’s browser (referred to as pulled ads) or they can be pushed, such as e-mailed ads; 2) a measurement of responses from an ad delivery system to an ad request from the user's browser, which is filtered from robotic activity and is recorded at a point as late as possible in the process of delivery of the creative material to the user's browser -- therefore closest to the actual opportunity to see by the user. Two methods are used to deliver ad content to the user - a) server-initiated and b) client-initiated. Server-initiated ad counting uses the publisher's Web content server for making requests, formatting and re-directing content. Client-initiated ad counting relies on the user's browser to perform these activities. For organizations that use a server-initiated ad counting method, counting should occur subsequent to the ad response at either the publisher's ad server or the Web content server. For organizations using a client-initiated ad counting method, counting should occur at the publisher's ad server or third-party ad server, subsequent to the ad request, or later, in the process. See iab.net for ad campaign measurement guidelines. |
Ad impression ratio |
Click-throughs divided by ad impressions. See click rate |
Ad insertion |
When an ad is inserted in a document and recorded by the ad server. |
Ad materials |
The creative artwork, copy, active URLs and active target sites which are due to the seller prior to the initiation of the ad campaign. |
Ad network |
An aggregator or broker of advertising inventory for many sites. Ad networks are the sales representatives for the Web sites within the network. |
Ad recall |
A measure of advertising effectiveness in which a sample of respondents are exposed to an ad and then at a later point in time are asked if they recall the ad. Ad recall can be on an aided or unaided basis. Aided ad recall is when the respondent is told the name of the brand or category being advertised. |
Ad request |
The request for an advertisement as a direct result of a user's action as recorded by the ad server. Ad requests can come directly from the user’s browser or from an intermediate Internet resource, such as a Web content server. |
Ad serving |
The delivery of ads by a server to an end user's computer on which the ads are then displayed by a browser and/or cached. Ad serving is normally performed either by a Web publisher, or by a third-party ad server. Ads can be embedded in the page or served separately. |
Ad space |
The location on a page of a site in which an advertisement can be placed. Each space on a site is uniquely identified. Multiple ad spaces can exist on a single page. |
Ad stream |
The series of ads displayed by the user during a single visit to a site (also impression stream). |
Ad transfers |
The successful display of an advertiser's Web site after the user clicked on an ad. When a user clicks on an advertisement, a click-through is recorded and re-directs or "transfers" the user's browser to an advertiser's Web site. If the user successfully displays the advertiser's Web site, an ad transfer is recorded. |
Ad view |
When the ad is actually seen by the user. Note this is not measurable today. The best approximation today is provided by ad displays. |
Ad window |
Separate from the content window. |
Advertiser |
The company paying for the advertisement. |
Advertising revenue |
Revenue realized from the sale of advertising. See interactive advertising revenue. |
Affinity Marketing |
Selling products or services to customers on the basis of their established buying patterns. The offer can be communicated by e-mail promotions, online or offline advertising. |
Alternate text |
A word or phrase that is displayed when a user has image loading disabled in their browser or when a user abandons a page by hitting "stop" in their browser prior to the transfer of all images. Also appears as “balloon text” when a user lets their mouse rest over an image. |
Animated Advertisement |
An ad that changes over time. For example, an animated ad is an interactive Java applet or Shockwave or GIF89a file. |
Animated Gif |
An animation created by combining multiple GIF images in one file. The result is multiple images, displayed one after another, that give the appearance of movement. |
Anonymizer |
An intermediary which prevents Web sites from seeing a user’s Internet Protocol (IP) address. |
Applet |
A small, self-contained software application that is most often used by browsers to automatically display animation and/or to perform database queries requested by the user. |
Applicable browser |
Any browser an ad will impact, regardless of whether it will play the ad. |
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