Paid Media terms
Advertising auctions, targeting, bidding, creative, and paid campaign economics. Browse plain-language definitions and practical context below.
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Short, non-clickable phrases that highlight features or offers in a search ad.
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Generating fake or invalid clicks on ads to drain budgets or inflate earnings.
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A conversion credited when someone clicks an ad and then completes an action.
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Running video ads on televisions that stream content over an internet connection.
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Google's feature that adjusts how its tags behave based on a user's consent choices.
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Placing ads based on the content of the page or app, not on who is viewing it.
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A method that sends conversion events to an ad platform directly from a server instead of the browser.
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The time span after an ad interaction during which a later conversion still gets credit.
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Measuring users and conversions without relying on third-party cookies.
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A Meta bidding control that aims to keep your average cost per result at or below a set amount.
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The average cost for each interaction with an ad, such as a like or expand.
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The average amount spent to get one app install from a campaign.
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The average amount you spend to acquire one lead from a campaign.
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The average price paid each time someone views a video ad.
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The average media cost required to produce one defined acquisition.
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The average amount paid for each ad click.
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The cost to deliver one thousand ad impressions.
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The practice of cycling multiple ad creatives so no single one runs too long.
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The percentage of impressions that result in a click.
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An audience built from an advertiser's own data, such as a customer list or site visitors.