The TrafficJunky Glossary
If you’ve recently joined the realm of online advertising you’re probably hearing tons of strange terminology and have no clue what it means.
Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered with our comprehensive glossary of TrafficJunky terms–which you can also use on other networks.
You’re welcome.
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Last update: 2/27/2017 – 4:21PM
A
Above the fold: Refers to ad placement on the portion of the page which can be viewed without scrolling.
Ad ID: This number identifies your ad in the TJ network
Ad Impression: A single instance of an online advertisement being displayed.
Ad Rotation: Different ads are often rotated in the same space on a single page. If three advertisers are sharing the same ad space, their ads will rotate in that space.
API: Application programming interface. A set of subroutine definitions, protocols and tools for building application software.
B
BLP: Banner Landing Page. The second step of the campaign creation process, it combines the uploaded banners and target landing pages.
C
Campaign: A single ad or a series of ads that run on one or more sites for a given period of time.
Campaign ID: This number identifies your TrafficJunky campaign.
CPA: Cost Per Acquisition. The amount paid per new customer created on the advertiser’s end.
CPC: Cost Per Click. The amount paid per click by and advertiser.
CPL: Cost Per Lead. The amount paid per lead generated on the advertiser’s end.
CPM: Cost Per Mille. The amount paid by an advertiser for a thousand impressions.
CTR: Click Through Rate. This represents the share of people who saw your banner then clicked on it: [Total clicks] / [Total impressions] x 100.
D
Device: The type of device targeted by your campaign. TrafficJunky supported devices are PC, Mobile and Tablet.
E
eCPA: Effective CPA. The average cost paid for each new customer generated by a campaign: [Total cost] / [Total customers]
eCPC: Effective CPC. The average cost paid for each click on a campaign: [Total cost] / [Total clicks]
eCPL: Effective CPL. The average cost paid for each lead generated by a campaign: [Total cost] / [Total leads]
eCPM: Effective CPM. The average cost paid for each 1,000 impressions on a campaign: ([Total cost] / [Total impressions]) * 1,000
F
Frequency Capping: Maximum number of times ads from a same campaign can be shown to the same site visitor.
G
GEO Target: A geographic zone selected to be targeted by the campaign i.e. USA, China or Cameroon.
GIF: Image format commonly associated to animated banners.
J
JPG / JPEG: High-resolution image format commonly used in photography.
L
Landing Page: A single web page that appears in response to clicking on an advertisement.
Light Animation: Banners featuring rotating images with a two second delay between each photo.
P
PNG: Image format commonly used for banner uploads with limited post-compression quality loss considering the small image file size.
R
ROI: Return On Investment. A percentage figure which tells you how much profit you made compared to the money invested: ([Money generated] – [Campaign cost]) / [Campaign cost] * 100
RON: Run Of Network. Allows bidders to target a spot that will be shown across all sites on our network.
S
Spot: This is a specific location on a publisher website that can be targeted with an ad. Please note that some spots can be a collection of numerous potential spots i.e. Tier 3 spots, RON spots.
T
Target URL: The URL where users will land after a click on your banner. See URL.
U
URL: Acronym for Uniform Resource Locator otherwise known as web address i.e. https://www.trafficjunky.com
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