Martech Glossary

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  • An ad blocker is a piece of software that stops adverts from being shown on websites in a users...   Learn More >
  • Ad blocking is the process of blocking ads from appearing in a users browser, usually using an...   Learn More >
  • What does Ad Call / Ad Request mean? An Ad Call or Ad Request is when one computer requests an...   Learn More >
  • An Ad Exchange is a type of RTB platform in which websites can both put their ads in to...   Learn More >
  • An Ad Platform is a generic term meaning the product a company uses to serve advertising....   Learn More >
  • AdSense is an Ad Platform from Google. It is an easy way to place ads on your site and earn...   Learn More >
  • The server which ads get sent to sites from. These are used by Ad Networks as well as Ad...   Learn More >
  • Ad Specs are the requirements a website/network places on advertisers to allow their ad to run....   Learn More >
  • An Ad Tag is the piece of code an advertiser gives to a website instead of the actual ads they...   Learn More >
  • Adware is a type of software that delivers ads onto a computer regardless of an internet...   Learn More >
  • AdWords is an Ad Platform from Google. It is a place where advertisers can run ad campaigns...   Learn More >
  • An Age Gate is a page (sometimes within an advert) that stops a user from continuing until they...   Learn More >
  • The measurable statistics of a website or an ad campaign (such as impressions). Typically...   Learn More >
  • A provider of website analytics such as Google Analytics.
  • An API is a way to connect two programs together. In digital marketing, APIs are often used to...   Learn More >
  • App is an abbreviation of Application and is generally used to refer to applications on mobile...   Learn More >
  • App is an abbreviation of Application and is generally used to refer to applications on mobile...   Learn More >
  • An API is a way to connect two programs together. In digital marketing, APIs are often used to...   Learn More >
  • An auction in digital marketing refers to the process of how an advertising platform decides...   Learn More >

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  • A Backup Ad is an ad that serves when an Ad Tag fails to call the intended ad. These can be...   Learn More >
  • A Backup Gif is the Gif version of an ad that is provided alongside a more complicated version...   Learn More >
  • This is a term used to describe targeting based on data that is gathered on a user. This can...   Learn More >
  • A bot is a computer program that does something online, but which another computer will see as a...   Learn More >
  • A broken ad call is when an ad tag fails to retrieve an ad, and so nothing is shown on screen.
  • A browser is a piece of software that allows users to view web pages (you are using one right...   Learn More >
  • Buffer is a social media scheduling tool.
  • Button historically referred to the ad sizes 120x60 or 125x125, however is usually used now to...   Learn More >

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  • Cache-busting in online advertising is the process of stopping an ad from being stored on a...   Learn More >
  • A captcha is a way to distinguish human users from bots. As such a large part of internet use is...   Learn More >
  • A chatbot is a program that talks to the public on a companies behalf. They can be used to...   Learn More >
  • CMS stands for Content Management System. It refers to any program that is used to manage a...   Learn More >
  • Companion Ads are two or more ads that are delivered together. Due to the way these work,...   Learn More >
  • A captcha is a way to distinguish human users from bots. As such a large part of internet use is...   Learn More >
  • A confirmation page is the page a user sees after completing an action that confirms that action...   Learn More >
  • CMS stands for Content Management System. It refers to any program that is used to manage a...   Learn More >
  • A conversion pixel is a 3rd party piece of code placed on a website that allows an advertiser or...   Learn More >
  • A cookie is usually a way for a webpage to store a small amount of information on your computer...   Learn More >
  • Crawling refers to the process where an automated program goes through a website and maps it out...   Learn More >

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  • Daisy-Chaining in online advertising is the process of passing ad calls from one Ad Network to...   Learn More >
  • Dark Traffic means traffic where the referrer is unknown. It includes links from secure sites...   Learn More >
  • DFP stands for DART for Publishers and was Google's Ad Server. There was a version for large ad...   Learn More >
  • Deduplication (or de-duping) results is an action that occurs to the reports for CPA campaigns...   Learn More >
  • A Default Ad is an ad that shows when no other ad is available from an ad server due to...   Learn More >
  • A DSP (or Demand Side Platform) is a type of RTB Ad Network in which Ad Agencies input how much...   Learn More >
  • Device targeting is the process of making ads deliver on a specific type of computer - be it...   Learn More >
  • DFP stands for DART for Publishers and was Google's Ad Server. There was a version for large ad...   Learn More >
  • Downweight is a term used when optimising ads. It means reducing the appearance of an ad on...   Learn More >
  • A DSP (or Demand Side Platform) is a type of RTB Ad Network in which Ad Agencies input how much...   Learn More >
  • A search engine with a focus on privacy in that it doesn't personalise results, and doesn't...   Learn More >

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  • In marketing, an Email Service Provider (or ESP) is a company that offers email marketing...   Learn More >
  • The person who actually uses a website, product, or service. It is important to keep a focus on...   Learn More >
  • In marketing, an Email Service Provider (or ESP) is a company that offers email marketing...   Learn More >
  • An Exclusion Pixel is a way of stopping ads from appearing in a certain place or to a certain...   Learn More >

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  • Firefox is made by Mozilla and is one of the most popular web browsers.
  • Firefox is made by Mozilla and is one of the most popular web browsers.

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  • Google Analytics is one of the most commonly used providers of web statistics. It's free and...   Learn More >
  • In Digital Marketing, Geo-Targeting means aiming content (an ad, webpage etc) at a particular...   Learn More >
  • Google is the largest and most popular search engine. They also have a wide range of...   Learn More >
  • Google Analytics is one of the most commonly used providers of web statistics. It's free and...   Learn More >
  • Google Chrome is a web browser made by Google. It is the most popular browser and comes bundled...   Learn More >
  • Google Data Studio is a free WYSIWYG report builder that links with Google Analytics and other...   Learn More >

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  • A hidden iframe is an iframe that is made invisible to users by being made incredibly small or...   Learn More >
  • Hit historically was used to mean "pageview", however, this is no longer correct. What 'hit'...   Learn More >
  • Hootsuite is a (great!) social media scheduling tool.

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  • Made by Microsoft, Internet Explorer is one of the oldest browsers available. It has now been...   Learn More >
  • iframe is an abbreviation of inline frame and is an innovation by Internet Explorer to display...   Learn More >
  • A time-based limit on the number of impressions that can be served, usually added to part of a...   Learn More >
  • Made by Microsoft, Internet Explorer is one of the oldest browsers available. It has now been...   Learn More >
  • Interstitial essentially means "between" and are the ads which appear before or between webpages...   Learn More >
  • The act of predicting how many ad impressions will be available in the future. Like all...   Learn More >

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  • jQuery is a JavaScript library that makes it much easier to use JavaScript in a variety of ways.

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  • A plugin for Google Chrome that provides keyword suggestions for free within search results. You...   Learn More >
  • Keyword targeting is the process of targeting marketing activities at specific sets of useful...   Learn More >

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  • A technology company founded by Bill Gates. Microsoft makes a wide variety of the software...   Learn More >
  • Microsoft Edge is a web browser made by Microsoft that replaced Internet Explorer.
  • A technology company founded by Bill Gates. Microsoft makes a wide variety of the software...   Learn More >
  • An ad slot that can load more than one size of advert within it.

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  • The process of targeting an ad away from a user or piece of content. For example, an airline may...   Learn More >
  • Non-Session Data is information that cannot be gleaned from a user by their usage of a site....   Learn More >

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  • A pixel is what makes up the images displayed on your computer. They are minute dots of colour,...   Learn More >
  • A platform is a generic term that means a computer/server which does something. An Ad Platform...   Learn More >
  • A pop-blocker is an add-on or plugin for a browser that prevents new windows from being opened...   Learn More >
  • Priority in online advertising is a setting in ad servers that is used to decide which ad gets...   Learn More >
  • A publisher ad tag is a piece of code that publishers put directly on their site to call ad...   Learn More >

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  • Queries Per Second (QPS) is the number of times a request is sent to a server per second. With...   Learn More >
  • A QR code is a set of pixels that can be read by an app, usually used to direct users to a...   Learn More >
  • Queries Per Second (QPS) is the number of times a request is sent to a server per second. With...   Learn More >
  • A query is any request for information. For example, a search in a search engine is a query, as...   Learn More >
  • A QR code is a set of pixels that can be read by an app, usually used to direct users to a...   Learn More >

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  • RTB stands for Real-Time Bidding. It's a system where publishers set the minimum CPM they...   Learn More >
  • RTB Platform is short for Real-Time Bidding Platform and is a type of company that uses...   Learn More >
  • Rich Media just means ads that are more than just simple images, or animated gifs. Occasionally...   Learn More >
  • Rich Media just means ads that are more than just simple images, or animated gifs. Occasionally...   Learn More >
  • This is where all ads on a page are sold together to one advertiser. The ads must deliver...   Learn More >
  • RTB stands for Real-Time Bidding. It's a system where publishers set the minimum CPM they...   Learn More >
  • RTB Platform is short for Real-Time Bidding Platform and is a type of company that uses...   Learn More >

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  • Safari is a web browser made by Apple. It comes bundled with many Apple devices, however is not...   Learn More >
  • A search engine is a website that attempts to index all websites and then allows users to search...   Learn More >
  • Serve in online advertising means delivering an ad (ie "there were 30 million ads served last...   Learn More >
  • A server is a central computer that stores and delivers information to other computers.
  • A sitemap is a list of all the web pages on a site, arranged in a useful manner.
  • Skippable in online advertising refers to ads (usually video ads) that do not have to be watched...   Learn More >
  • What is a Social Media Scheduler? A Social Media Scheduler is a tool used to plan social...   Learn More >
  • A spider is a type of bot deployed by search engines that crawls websites to index their...   Learn More >
  • A popular and powerful social media management tool that allows users to manage their social...   Learn More >
  • An SSL Certificate is a digital key that creates a secure connection between a website and a...   Learn More >
  • SSP stands for Supply Side Platform and is a type of RTB Ad Network in which publishers place...   Learn More >
  • Statusbrew is a social media scheduling tool. We highly recommend it - read more about why here >   Learn More >
  • A subdomain is part of a larger domain, usually separated by a dot and at the beginning of a...   Learn More >
  • SSP stands for Supply Side Platform and is a type of RTB Ad Network in which publishers place...   Learn More >

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  • A third-party ad server is a company that hosts ads on behalf of advertisers and manages the...   Learn More >
  • The process of systematically testing for, finding and fixing problems (such as broken ads,...   Learn More >
  • A social media scheduling tool.

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  • UI stands for User Interface and just means the webpage you can login to edit your settings for...   Learn More >
  • Unskippable in online advertising refers to ads (usually video ads) that have to be watched by a...   Learn More >
  • UTM parameters are 5 tracking parameters you can add to the end of a URL which can be read by...   Learn More >
  • UI stands for User Interface and just means the webpage you can login to edit your settings for...   Learn More >
  • UTM parameters are 5 tracking parameters you can add to the end of a URL which can be read by...   Learn More >

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  • A Whitelist is a list of things that are not banned or blocked. For example Ad Blockers...   Learn More >
  • WordPress is one of the most popular content management systems for websites. It is reported to...   Learn More >
  • WordPress is one of the most popular content management systems for websites. It is reported to...   Learn More >

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  • An XML Sitemap is a file that lists all of a sites URLs so that Search Engines can properly...   Learn More >

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  • Yoast is the most popular SEO plugin for WordPress.

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  • A zombie cookie is a cookie which won't die. Most cookies are automatically deleted by browsers...   Learn More >

 

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