Glossary of terms
In e-planning we use IAB standard terms through out products and documentation. We include here a definition of the most frequently used terms. You can find a full list at IAB's Glossary of Interactive Advertising Terms.
- ad
- ad located in a web sites. ads can be grouped into 2 big categories: in-page and over-the-page. In-page ads are those banners displayed within the web site's page, whereas over-the-page ads are displayed either in a new window (pops) or in a layer over the content.
- ad click
- the act of click on an ad. Usually after clicking the user is redirected to the advertiser's web site.
- ad impression
- the act of sending an ad to a user's browser.
- ad server
- software that delivers ads in a web site.
- advertiser
- organization that buys an online ad campaign.
- Campaign
- Online marketing campaign composed of a number of ads and targeted to a number of sites.
- Click URL
- URL where the user is redirected after clicking on an ad.
- CPA (cost per acquisition)
- CPA campaigns are useful when the advertiser sells a product on the web and wants to pay a percentage of his incoming to publishers that deliver traffic.
- CPC (cost per click)
- Cost per click. One of the ways of selling online campaigns. Advertisers pay every time a user clicks on one of their ads.
- CPM (cost per mille)
- CPM campaigns have a fixed number of impressions. Cost is quoted on 1,000 impressions.
- CTR (click-through rate)
- The ratio of clicks to impressions. If a campaign has 5 clicks and 100 impressions, its CTR is 5%.
- HTML
- Language used to create web sites.
- Space
- Space in a web site's page where ads are displayed. e-planning ad server spaces can have fixed or variable dimensions.
- Zone
- Area of a web site which includes 1 or more spaces.