XML Basics

What is an "Ad network"?
A collection of computers, servers, mainframes, network devices, peripherals, or other devices connected to one another to allow the sharing of data
A vendor that connects advertisers to publishers. Ad networks act as a single point of contact between publishers and advertisers, helping negotiate supply and demand
The source of ads generated by the AI and served on the publisher site or app
Other
Please Specify:
Ad serving is...
A process initiated by the advertiser to deliver an ad to the ad server
A process of connecting advertiser's ad to the ad server
A delivery of an ad from an ad server to the end user’s device, where the ads are displayed on a browser or an application
Who is Network Admin?
A person designated in an organization whose responsibility includes managing connections between ad network clients
A dedicated person responsible for network maintenance and technical condition
A person in charge of configuring network hosts (such as ui, xml, click hosts etc) and adding dns entries
What is a "publisher feed"?
The entity used for requesting ad server and passing information about the publisher
The component that allows customers to create rich text posts on records, groups, topics, and profiles, and attach files from any of their devices
The entity used for requesting ad server and passing information about the end-user
Ad server is...
A computer or computer program which manages access to a centralized resource or service in a network
The technology blocking the management and tracking of ads or internal promotions on one's digital properties
A web-based tool used by publishers, networks, and advertisers to help with ad management, campaign management, and ad trafficking
Who is a publisher?
A person who gets money for blocking the ads on his site or app
A person who gets money for showing the ads on his site or app
A person who pays money for showing the ads on his site or app
"Publisher revshare" is...
A share of the revenue that will go to the publisher.
A share that the advertiser pays to the publisher for ad serving
A share that ad network pays to the ad server
What is the "Impression pixel"?
A 1×1 image pixel placed on a web page which is triggered whenever a conversion occurs
A 1×1 image pixel placed on a web server which is triggered whenever a conversion occurs
A 1×1 image pixel placed on a web page which is triggered whenever a conversion failed
Default URL is...
The URL where the end-user will be redirected in case click been filtered
The URL where the publisher will be redirected in case click been filtered
The URL where the advertiser will be redirected in case click been filtered
Who is an Advertiser?
A person who pays money for showing their advertisements
A person who gets money for showing their advertisements
A person who gets money for selling his traffic
Remote feed is...
An entity that is a source of advertisements from 3rd party networks
An entity that is a source of traffic from 3rd party networks
An entity that is a source of feeds from 3rd party networks
Offers feed is...
An entity that serves as a connection between publisher feeds and 3rd party network
An entity that serves as a connection between publisher feeds and direct campaign
An entity that serves as a connection between advertiser feeds and their campaigns
Publisher coverage...
Stands for how many non-empty responses publisher gets
Stands for how many requests publisher does
Stands for how many ads Publisher gets per response
What does CTR stand for in online-media marketing?
Click to request
Click-through rate
Conversion time rate
What is an estimated revenue?
The revenue the publisher pays for his inventory Calculated as a sum of displayed bids of clicks
The revenue the publisher expects to receive for his inventory Calculated as a sum of displayed bids
The revenue the advertiser expects to receive for his inventory Basically, the number of nonempty responses sent to the publisher
Give the explanation for URL abbreviation
Uniform Resource Locator
Universal Rescue Location
One of the HTTP protocol types
Query is...
A specific word or phrase chosen by advertisers to block search engine results
A specific word or phrase chosen by publishers to trigger their advertisers to send them more ads
A specific word or phrase chosen by advertisers to trigger and include their ad(s) within search engine results
User-agent is...
A software that is designed to protect the end-user from unwanted web content
A software that is acting on behalf of a user that "retrieves, renders and facilitates end-user interaction with web content
A software that is acting on the webserver side and used by ad servers to render ads for the end-user
Carrier is...
A company that provides facilities for conveying telecommunication messages
A vehicle that is used for carrying people, especially soldiers, or things
A company that provides facilities for network administrators
What does "Destination URL" stand for in online-media marketing?
The web page that users are directed to after they open a browser
The web page that users are directed to after they click on a display or paid search ad
The web page that users are directed from after they click on a display or paid search ad
Explain what is "CPC" in terms of online-media marketing?
The amount that an advertiser is going to pay for each creative
The amount that an advertiser is going to pay for each conversion
The amount that an advertiser is going to pay for each click
CPM is...
Metric that shows how much it costs to serve 1000 ad impressions
Metric that shows how much it costs to serve 1 ad click
Metric that shows how much it costs to serve million ad impressions
CPA stands for
Cost per account
Cost per active user
Cost per action
Conversion
When launching a campaign, advertisers select a specific action or set of actions they want audiences to take
When launching a feed, advertisers select a specific action or set of actions that they want audiences to take
When launching a campaign, publishers select a specific action or set of actions they want audiences to take
Explain what is "Bid" in terms of online-media marketing?
A price that an Ad network will pay to the Ad server for ad serving
A price that the publisher will pay for each request
A price that the advertiser will pay for ad serving
Underpay is a coefficient designed to even out
Revenue discrepancies for your publishers in case your demand partners pay less than expected
Revenue discrepancies for your publishers in case your demand partners pay more than expected
Clicks discrepancies for your advertiser  in case your publisher partners counted fewer clicks than expected
Hardcoded bid is...
An option to set manually (hardcode) a bid for each specific publisher feed
A required field for feed types, which isn't actually using any bidding logic
A field for a direct link and CPV feed types, that allows overriding bids to be returned from the remote feed provider
Why you might need the "Override ads" field?
Using this feature you can replace some entities to feed response such as Title, Description, Destination URL
Using this feature you can add some required entities to CPV feed response such as Title, Description, Bid
Using this feature you can add some required entities to CPV feed response such as Title, Description and Display URL
The “search” request format for an XML publisher feed required parameters (except feed ID and Auth)  are:
Query, UA, User IP, Keyword
Subid, Query, User IP, URL
Query, UA, User IP, URL
Which of the following parameters are returned in the response from “link” request format on the publisher feed 
Title, Description, Bid, URL
Title, Bid, URL
URL and Bid
Practice task

You need to setup a direct campaign on the demo network ( http://metaadserving.com/ ), connecting it to the publisher feed and get a success response by requesting it.
 
Campaign targeting:
● Geo - CA
● Keywords - Telsa,Electro,Tesla Motors,Ilon Musk
● Language - EN
● OS - Windows 7
● Browser - Chrome (all versions)
● Filters - Ip match, UA match, Valid UA
 
Put the Publishter feed request URL that return a result from this campaign here: 
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