A
Actual End Date
Latest date an impression is served.
Actual Start Date
Earliest date an impression is served.
Ad
In the Nativo platform, an Ad is an entity that captures all relevant creative and logistical details (such as headlines, preview images, targeting parameters, frequency capping and inventory selection). Once assembled in the platform, Ads launch and run on publisher sites. Ads live under Budgets.
Ad Content
Images, copy, and media that make up the Article or Video.
Ad Headline
First copy a consumer reads in the native ad, designed to grab attention.
Ad Preview Image
Image a consumer sees on the In-Feed Unit.
Ad Type
Describes the type of native ad experience or format. Ad types currently include: Native Article, Click-to-Play Video, Scroll- to-Play Video, Native Display, and Stories.
ADS.TXT
ADS.TXT stands for Authorized Digital Sellers and is a simple, flexible and secure method that publishers can use to publicly declare the companies they authorize to sell their digital inventory. The mission of the ads.txt project is simple: eliminate impression fraud in the programmatic ecosystem.
Advertiser
An entity in the Nativo platform that represents the advertiser or brand associated with campaigns sold by Nativo or a Publisher.
AJAX Mode (Asynchronous JavaScript And XML)
Method of setting up the Nativo tag (load.js) that allows it to be explicitly activated by code on the publisher’s page.
AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages)
Google-backed open standard designed to help any publisher load mobile pages quickly.
Available Inventory
Inventory, expressed in standard or viewable impressions, available for purchase. Available inventory includes inventory with Open & Opt-In serving policies.
Average Time on Content
Average number of seconds a user consumes brand content.
Average Time on Content = (Total Time on Content) / (Total Page Views or Video Views)
B
Billable Impression
Standard or Viewable Impression used as a billable unit of measure for each native ad unit served for delivery-based rate types.
Budget
Ad spend for inventory across a specific date-range or initiative associated with a campaign. Within reporting, users can also select “Budget” as a dimension by which to break out reports.
C
Campaign
An entity in the Nativo platform that captures budget, ad, targeting and flight information.
Campaign Notifications
Campaign alerts provided in the UI regarding status changes.
Campaign IO (Insertion Order)
Code used for billing and tracking a campaign.
Category
Genre of publication inventory as defined by the IAB. e.g. Arts and Entertainment, News, Automotive.
Clicks
In-feed Unit: Total number of clicks to the headline, image, or call-to-action button on an in-feed unit.
Native Video: Clicks away from the Native Video including clicks to: the Video Headline that
direct to an internal landing page or an external URL, or clicks to the “Learn More” button within the video player.
Click-to-Play Video
Native video ad type requiring user-initiated click to begin video play.
Click Tracker
Third-party tag used to independently record the number of clicks on a native ad unit.
Companion Assets
Display ad units (banners) and social widgets served on the Content Landing Page to enhance the branding message.
Companion Asset Clicks
Total number of clicks on complementary display ads and / or social widgets that live on the Content Landing Page.
Completed Status
Campaigns: The campaign has completed serving. All budgets within the campaign have flight dates that have passed and/or the entire budget amounts have been spent.
Budgets: The budget has completed serving. The budget flight dates have passed and/or the entire budget amount has been spent.
Ads: The ad has completed serving. The parent budget flight dates have passed and/or the entire budget amount has been spent.
Content Amplification
Demand channel available via the Nativo Platform offering high-quality demand from publisher sold campaigns. Nativo reviewed and approved.
Content Hub
Fixed destination on a publisher's site that showcases all an advertiser’s content on a separate page.
Content Landing Page (CLP)
Unique template and URL hosted on the publisher site that renders brand content to match the look and feel of the publisher site. In Native Article executions, readers reach the Content Landing Page after clicking the In-Feed Unit.
Content Landing Page (CLP) Templates
CLP Templates allow sites to support multiple styles of CLP and support custom attributes (or Tokens) that speed up content creation.
Conversion
Tracked action after user views or clicks on an ad, as defined by the advertiser or agency. e.g. navigating to the brand’s landing page, point-of-purchase, downloading an app.
Conversion Value
ROI metric used to track and optimize campaign performance.
Conversion Value = (# of Conversions) X (Default or Dynamic Value of the Conversions)
Country
[Reporting Metric] Country in which impressions were delivered.
CPC (Cost-Per-Click) Rate Type
Performance-based rate type that enables marketers to pay for clicks. A click is defined as a user click on a native ad unit.
CPCV (Cost-Per-Completed-View) Rate Type
Performance-based rate type that enables marketers to pay for a completed video view. A completed video view is defined as 30 seconds of video play, end of video, or user action. This is ideal for marketers looking to drive extended video views.
CPM (Cost-Per-Mille) Rate Type
Cost model defining a standard 1000 impressions.
CPV (Cost-Per-View) Rate Type
Performance rate type that enables marketers to pay for video views. A video view is defined as 3 continuous seconds of video play or longer.
Creative
An entity in the Nativo platform that contains and organizes all assets for an Ad. Creatives are made and saved in the Creative Library, where users then have the option to ideate, refine and publish finished Creatives to Ads. Creatives can be reused across Ads. Components of a creative vary by Ad Type.
Creative Library
Centralized hub for collecting, managing, and sharing creative assets across campaigns.
CTA (Call-to-Action)
Images, hyperlinks, or companion Assets that, upon click, direct users from the Content Landing Page to an external site.
CTA Clicks
The total number of clicks on a call-to-action button, image, or link.
CTA Rate
Percentage of users who click on a call-to-action button to an external landing page.
CTA Rate = (CTA Clicks) / (Page Views)
CTR (Click-through Rate)
Percentage of users who click on the native ad unit.
CTR = Clicks / Billable Impressions
Delivery Speed
Pace at which impressions are delivered over the duration of a campaign. Options include: Evenly, Ahead, and ASAP.
D
Demand Channel
Demand source available via the Native Platform including Nativo Premium, Nativo Español, Content Amplification, Video Syndication, native RTB, and custom publisher-managed marketplaces.
Demand Viewability Rate
The rate for which served demand achieved a viewable impression.
Demand Viewability Rate = (Viewable Impressions) / (Standard Impressions)
Device
Device on which the native ad runs. Values include Desktop, iPhone/iPod, iPad, Android Mobile, Android Tablet, Other Mobile.
Device Type
Device type on which the native ad runs. As a reporting metrics, values include Desktop, Mobile, Tablet.
Direct Campaign
Campaign that is sold and managed by a publisher.
Direct Views
Content landing page views that come from within the publisher’s site. This includes links from the native ad, Content Hub, Related Content Widget, or links within the publisher’s domain.
DMA (Designated Market Area)
An area defined in the US by Nielsen as a market that receives the same media offerings, which is used for audience measurement.
DMP (Data Management Platform)
Unified platform to create target audiences based on first-party, second-party and third-party data to drive campaign ROI.
E
Earned Views
Page views of the content landing page generated by organic sharing by users (e.g. via email or social posts).
Engaged View Rate
Percentage of users who click on the native ad unit and view an article or video view for 5 seconds or longer.
Engaged View Rate = (Engaged Views) / (Viewable Impressions)
Engaged Views
Article or video view lasting 15 seconds or longer.
Engagement Rate
The rate at which users who have viewed the article continue viewing for 15 seconds or longer.
eCPM (Effective Cost per Mille)
Calculated (effective) revenue per thousand served impressions.
evCPM (Effective Viewable Cost per Mille)
Calculated (effective) revenue per thousand served viewable impressions.
evCPM = (Revenue) / ( Viewable Impressions) X 1000
F
Fill Contribution
Percentage of inventory served with a native ad by an ad provider over total inventory.
Fill Contribution = (Impressions Served) / (Total Inventory)
Flight End Date
Date an ad is scheduled to stop running.
Flight Start Date
Date an ad is scheduled to begin running.
Frequency Cap
Restriction on the number of times a consumer is served a specific advertisement, or set of advertisements, within a specified time period.
G
Geo Targeting
Ability to target a campaign to a subset of consumers based on their geographic location / IP address.
Gross Budget Spent
Sum of the budget inclusive of media and fees.
Gross Budget Spent (%)
Percentage of total gross budget spent in relation to the budget goal.
Gross Budget Spent = (Gross Budget) / (Budget Goal)
I
Impression (aka Billable Impression)
Standard or Viewable Impression used as a billable unit of measure for each native ad unit served for delivery based rate types.
Impression Tracker
Tag used to enable third-party tracking and verification of the number of impressions on a native ad unit.
Inventory
Publisher’s supply, expressed in impressions available for purchase. Inventory is a function of the number of placements on a page and total visitors to that page. It may be measured on a standard or viewable basis.
Infinite Scroll
Method of loading new content dynamically at the bottom of the page as the consumer scrolls.
Infinite Scroll Placement
Rendering native ad units at a defined cadence as the consumer scrolls down a page.
In-Feed Unit (IFU)
Native placement in the publisher feed that houses the native ad and matches the look and feel of the surrounding editorial.
Platform Term: An entity in the Nativo platform that controls the styling of a placement to match the look and feel of the publisher’s normal content.
In-Flight Status
Campaign: The campaign has at least one budget/ad in-flight and serving.
Budget: The budget has at least one ad in-flight and serving.
Ad: The parent budget flight start date has passed and the ad is serving.
ISP (Internet Service Provider)
Company that provides subscribers with access to the Internet, available for targeting on the budget or ad level. e.g. Charter, Comcast.
M
Marketplace Campaign
Campaign that is run through a marketplace (as distinct from campaigns that are sold directly by a publisher).
Media Budget Spent
Media cost after all estimated fees are removed from the gross budget.
Moat Analytics
Nativo integrated partner that provides real-time analytics on audience demographics, user behavior, and viewability verification. Moat is an MRC accredited vendor. [Learn more about Moat analytics from Oracle] https://www.oracle.com/cx/advertising/measurement/analytics/).
Moat Article Completion Rate %
Percentage of users who reach the bottom of the article content.
Moat Scroll Depth %
How far the average user scrolled down the Content Landing Page, calculated as a percentage of the total page.
Moat Scroll Down Velocity
Downward scroll speed of the average user on the Content Landing Page, measured in pixels per second.
Moat Scroll Initiation Rate
Percentage of Content Landing Page visits where the user initiates a scroll.
Mobile Ads SDK (Software Development Kit)
Development framework that enables native ads to render in-app. Nativo provides an SDK for both iOS and Android Apps.
Mobile Network
Cell phone carrier, available for targeting on the budget or ad level. e.g. AT&T, Verizon, Vodafone.
N
Native Article
Brand content matched to the look and feel of the publisher site, fully integrated and consumed onsite for the least disruptive user experience. Native Articles are the most effective form of native advertising, and are only available from Nativo.
Native Display
Native ad that directs users to an external property, often a brand’s website.
Native Video
Native ad format that delivers an engaging and high performing experience to viewers through non-obtrusive, in-feed video content.
Nativo Español
Premium, invite-only access to Nativo’s exclusive, direct-sold Spanish language demand.
Nativo Open
Robust programmatic demand of all ad formats from leading advertisers, Demand Side Platforms (DSPs), and Supply Side Platforms (SSPs), and amplified demand from publishers.
Nativo Premium
Most premium demand from Nativo’s direct relationships with top advertisers and agencies.
Not Ready Status
Campaign: The start date is in the future but no budgets will serve because they are not ready (i.e. there are no budgets, the budgets have no ads, or the ads are not serving).
Budget: The start date is in the future but no ads will serve on the start date because they are not ready (i.e. there are no ads, or the ads are not serving).
Ad: The parent budget start date is in the future but the ad will not serve because it has not been submitted for approval.
Not Serving Status
Campaign: The start date has passed but the campaign is not serving because no budgets are serving (i.e. the budgets are paused, not ready, or not serving).
Budget: The start date has passed but the budget is not serving because no ads are serving (i.e. the ads are paused, not ready, pending approval, or not serving).
Ad: The start date has passed but the ad is not serving because the parent budget or campaign is paused or not serving.
O
Organization
An entity in the Nativo platform that represents an account and owns all users, publishers, and buyers related to that account.
O&O (Owned & Operated)
An inventory source that is comprised of the publications’ sections and placements that are directly owned and managed by the Publisher.
P
Packages
Grouping of native placements by audience, location, category or style. Nativo’s pre-curated packages offer advertisers a quick targeting solution for campaigns and deals.
Page Rendered
Total number of page views with the Native Article content successfully rendering on the Content Landing Page.
Page Views
Total number of views on the Content Landing Page.
Page Views Rate
The percentage of users who click on the native ad unit and view an article or video view.
Page Views Rate = (Page Views) / (Viewable Impressions)
Paid Views
Page views of the content landing page generated by paid (or other non-organic) sources, via Partner Referral Links.
Passback Tag
An ad tag provided to Nativo used in the event no Publisher Direct Sold or Nativo Managed ads are available to an impression at the publication’s specified floor price for each demand channel.
Paused Status (Campaign)
The campaign is ready to serve but has been manually disabled.
Paused Status (Budget)
The budget was in-flight but has been manually disabled.
Paused Status (Ad)
The ad was in-flight but has been manually disabled.
Pending Approval Status (Ad)
The ad has been submitted for approval.
Placement
An entity in the Nativo platform that represents the location an ad unit reserves on the publication’s page. The placement entity captures the business rules related to that location on the page.
Placement Location
A property of the Placement entity that describes where the placement will render relative to the page that it is on. e.g. in-feed, right rail, bottom of article.
Preferred Campaign
Campaign that runs on a publisher’s owned media, but is sold and managed by a partner publisher, ad network, or alliance.
Pre-Flight Status (Campaign)
The campaign is properly set up and at least one budget/ad will begin serving on the first budget start date.
Pre-Flight Status (Budget)
The budget is properly set up and at least one ad will begin serving on the budget start date.
Pre-Flight Status (Ad)
The ad is properly set up and will begin serving on the budget start date.
Preview Text
Supplemental text that appears on the native ad unit when space is available in addition to the headline. Default preview text is automatically generated from the first 250 characters of native content.
Publication
Digital property or website.
Publication Section
An entity in the Nativo platform that represents a specific URL path of the publication.
Publication Section Type
A property of the Publication Section entity that describes the hierarchy of the section. E.g. Homepage, Section Front, Article Page.
Publication URL
Publication’s web address.
Publisher
Parent company of subsidiary publications.
R
Rate Type
Cost basis on which a campaign is sold or delivers, at the budget-level. Supported rate types include: CPM, vCPM, CPC, CPV, CPCV.
Referral Links
Trackable URLs provided by the Nativo Platform that link to the Content Landing Page. Publishers then promote their content through partners such as Facebook. When a user clicks on the ad on the third-party property, they are redirected to the Content Landing Page on the publisher’s O&O. Nativo will provide reporting of earned views from these placements.
Rejected Status (Ad)
The ad has been rejected by the approval team.
Related Content Companion Asset
Companion asset on the right rail or bottom of the Content Landing Page featuring additional content from a given advertiser or campaign.
Retargeting
Form of online targeted advertising by which ads are targeted to consumers based on their previous Internet actions. Also known as remarketing.
Revenue
Value of sold inventory allocated to a specific publisher.
S
Scroll Initiation Rate
Rate at which a scroll was initiated relative to the number of page views.
Scroll Depth %
Average depth to which users scrolled the landing page.
Scroll-to-Play Video
Video execution which begins muted as video player scrolls into view. Click for audio, full screen, or to site.
Serving Policy
Publication setting in the Nativo platform that determines what demand publishers accept.
Closed: Only publisher direct-sold campaigns are served; Nativo demand is not accepted.
Open: Nativo demand automatically fills unsold publisher inventory.
Opt-In: Publisher must manually approve each marketplace campaign.
Share of Voice (SOV) Delivery
Delivery option that allows campaigns to run based on the relative portion (%) of ad inventory available to a single campaign within a defined market over a specified time period.
Shares
Total number of times brand content is shared on social networks.
Source
Demand source. eg. Nativo Premium, Nativo Español, Nativo Open, etc.
State/Region
State or Region in which the consumer views native ads.
Standard Impression
An ad that has rendered on the publication’s page regardless of viewability.
T
Time on Content
Total time (in seconds) spent consuming brand content on the Content Landing Page while the tab running the ad is active in a browser window regardless if it is in focus when multiple browser windows are open. However, switching to a different tab within the same browser window is considered navigating away and will pause the timer. Measurement is capped at 600 seconds.
Tracking Tokens
Placeholders used in third-party trackers that Nativo replaces with respective values at runtime.
U
Unique Reach
Number of unique users that saw one or more impressions for a given campaign.
Users
Nativo platform users. To edit or add users, navigate to Admin > Users. Only organization administrators can edit users.
User Role
The role assigned to a user that defines that user access level to the Nativo Platform.
V
vCPM (Viewable Cost-Per-Mille)
Delivery-based rate type that uses the Viewable Impression as the billing event. Note that for scroll-to-play video, this follows the video viewable impression standard (50% in-view with playback for 2 continuous seconds).
vCTR (Viewable Click-Through Rate)
Percentage of users who click on the native ad unit out of all viewable impressions.
vCTR = clicks / viewable impressions
Video
Online video format aligning with IAB-standard categorization. Nativo supports the following IAB video placements:
Instream: An ad that plays before, during, or after streaming video content that the consumer has requested (Pre-roll, Mid-roll, Post-roll). These ads are displayed within the context of streaming video content and rely on video content for their delivery.
Accompanying Content: A video ad played within the stream of editorial video content accompanying the main content of the user's visit, where the video content is neither the focus of the user's visit nor explicitly requested by the user.
Interstitial: A full-page video ad that displays on top of content. The ad must be watched or dismissed for the user to return to the publisher content. The video ad plays independently from organic publisher video content.
No Content/Standalone: This term refers to a video ad format served independent of any editorial video content. These units exist as standalone experiences in ad-only placements.
Views to 15 Seconds
Sum total of views that reach 15 seconds of the video length.
Views to 30 Seconds
Sum total of views that reach 30 seconds of the video length.
View Rate to 25%
Percent of page views that saw at least 25% of the page.
View Rate to 50%
Percent of page views that saw at least 50% of the page.
View Rate to 75%
Percent of page views that saw at least 75% of the page.
View Rate to 100%
Percent of page views that saw at least 100% of the page.
Viewable Impression
Impression in which 50% of the in-feed ad unit’s pixels are in the browser view for 1 continuous second or longer, in keeping with the MRC viewability standard.
Viewable Inventory
Inventory that fulfills MRC viewability standards at minimum.
Viewability Rate
Percentage of impressions that met the viewability standard.
Viewability Rate = Viewable Impressions / Standard Impressions
Video Completion Rate
Percentage of views that reach 100% of the video length.
Video Completion Rate = (Video Views to 100%) / (Video Views)
Video Start
Scroll-to-Play Video: Playback begins.
Click-to-Play Video: Clicks to the video player, preview image, or play button start the video or replay the video.
Video View Completion Rate
Percentage of views that reach 100% of the video length.
(Video) View Rate Percent of video impressions that have been viewed.
View Rate = (Video Views) / (Video Viewable Impressions)
Video Viewable Impression
2-seconds of continuous video playback, 50% in-view or greater
Video Views
Sum total number of views on the embedded video whether it is on the In-Feed-Unit or on the Content Landing Page. Triggered when click-to-play video starts or scroll-to-play video reaches
3 seconds.
Video Views to 25%
Percentage of views that reach 25% of video length.
Video Views to 50%
Percentage of views that reach 50% of video length.
Video Views to 75%
Percentage of views that reach 75% of video length.
Video Views to 100%
Percentage of views that reach 100% of video length.
W
Wrap Deck
Campaign performance report generated from the Nativo platform.