Glossary of Yahoo Native Terms¶
If you’re looking for definitions of key terms in Yahoo Native, you’ll find them in this alphabetical listing.
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - K - L - M - N - P - R - S - T - V - W - Z
A¶
Term |
Definition |
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Ad date created |
Ad creation date. |
Ad date modified |
Date of most recent advertiser modification to the ad. |
The description of the ad that will be shown to the user. This field supports keyword insertion. Max length is 150 characters |
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Ad display URL |
The user-friendly URL that is displayed to the user. |
Ad extension address |
The address associated with the ad extension. Applies to call extensions. |
The clicks garnered from ad extensions. |
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Ad extension conversions |
The conversions garnered from ad extensions. |
Ad Extension ID |
The ID of the ad extension. |
Ad extension impressions |
The impressions garnered from ad extensions. |
Ad Extension Parent Type |
The parent type of the ad extension. |
Ad extension phone number |
The phone number associated with the ad extension. Applies to call extensions. |
Ad extension spend |
Spend as a result of the ad extension. |
Ad extension title |
The title of the ad extension. Populated only for sitelinks. |
Ad Extension Type |
The type of the ad extension. |
Ad format |
The format of the ad unit. |
A set of ads and related keywords within a campaign. The ads can be displayed to prospective customers searching for or viewing content related to your keywords and/or ads. You can apply a default ad group bid to all keywords in an ad group or set custom bids for individual keywords. |
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The creation date of the ad group. |
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Ad Group date modified |
The date the ad group was last modified. |
Ad Group ID |
The ID of the ad group. |
Ad Group Name |
The name given to a specific ad group. |
Ad Group Status |
The status of the ad group. |
Ad group tracking URL |
The 3rd party tracking URL utilized to track activity on the ad. |
Ad ID |
The ID of the ad. |
Ad image |
Image utilized in ad unit. |
Ad image URL |
The URL of the (uploaded thumbnail) image. |
Ad landing URL |
The URL where the user was redirected to upon clicking the ad. |
Ad sponsored by |
The text shown against the sponsored by label in the ad. |
Ad Status |
The status of the ad unit. |
The title given to the ad. |
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Advertiser Currency |
The local currency used by the advertiser. |
Advertiser Date Created |
Creation date of the advertiser. |
Advertiser Date Modified |
Date of the most recent advertiser modification. |
Advertiser ID |
The ID of the account associated with the ad group. |
Advertiser Name |
The name of the advertiser. |
Advertiser Status |
Status of the advertiser in relation to being live for serving. |
Advertiser Timezone |
The timezone of the advertiser. |
Age |
The age range of the user, bucketed into specific age range categories. |
Analytics tool |
Web analytics is the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of web data for purposes of understanding and optimizing web usage. There are several tools that allow users to compile and analyze this data. This type of data is commonly used to track and assess marketing campaigns. |
Audience ID |
The IDs associated with the specific audience type. There are 3 types of audiences: General interests, custom audiences, and custom segments. |
Audience Name |
Name given to the specific audience. |
Audience Status |
Status of audience targeting. |
Audience Type |
Type of Audience target. |
Option to set automatic payments for a campaign. When the campaign runs out of funds the advertiser gets charged again automatically and the campaign keeps running. For example: Turn on auto-reload so you never have to worry about running out of funds! |
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Average CPC |
The average cost per click over the selected time frame. |
Average CPI |
The average cost per install value. |
Average CPM |
The average cost per thousand impressions. |
Average Video % shown |
The average percent of the video shown. |
Average Position |
The average position of the ad unit. |
B¶
Term |
Definition |
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Bid |
The maximum amount that you are willing to pay for a click (CPC) or for 1000 impressions (CPM). |
Bid estimation |
The expected amount of a bid prior to an auction. |
The keyword bidded match type. |
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The way you calculate a bid in an ad auction. It can mean bidding a flat CPM or bidding a variable price based on past click through or conversion rates. |
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Blacklist |
A list of URLs that are absolutely prohibited as ad inventory on the platform for quality control reasons. For example: Blocklist/acceptlist IDs can contain only numerical values. Place one ID per line. |
The brand offer put forth by the advertiser. This is the same value as the brand field in the product feed. |
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The budget given at the campaign level. |
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Budget type |
Type of budget specified by the advertiser. |
C¶
Term |
Definition |
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Call to action text |
Also known as CTA, usually a verb enticing users to take action, for example, Shop Now. |
A campaign contains one or more ad groups sharing the same budget, schedule, and targeting criteria. A campaign is typically created to support a particular marketing goal. |
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Campaign budget |
The money for a campaign, specified in the currency of the account. In combination with the budget type field, this money is intended to be spent in total or on a daily basis, for a specified timeframe as indicated by the start date and end date of the campaign. |
Campaign Date Created |
Campaign creation date. |
Campaign Date Modified |
Date of most recent advertiser modification. |
Campaign End Date |
End date of the campaign. |
Campaign ID |
The ID of the campaign associated with the ad group. |
Campaign Name |
The name of the campaign (unique value). |
The objective of the campaign as defined in the campaign settings. Also referred to as the campaign goal in. |
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Campaign Start Date |
Start date of the campaign. |
Campaign Status |
The status of the campaign. Valid values include:
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City |
The name of the user’s city. |
City WOEID |
The city ID given for a specific location. |
Click Share |
The click share of the advertiser within the marketplace, based on keyword level data. |
Clicks |
The number of clicks the ad receives. |
Competition |
The number of impressions divided by the number of bidded searches, measured as depth - high, medium or low. |
Conversion device |
The device user converted on when viewing an ad. |
Conversion Share |
The conversion share of the advertiser within the marketplace, based on keyword level data. |
Conversion Tracking |
The Native & Search tracking pixel ID. |
Conversion value |
The actual revenue/value associated with the conversion event. Provided by the user. This is the source of the derived metrics, ROAS. |
The total number of conversions; this includes both post-click and post-impression. |
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Cost per acquisition (CPA) |
The cost of acquiring a conversion. The CPA is calculated as the total cost of online marketing activities divided by the number of conversions. |
Cost per click (CPC) |
The cost per click over the current base bid. |
Cost per completed view (CPCV) |
The price an advertiser pays every time a video ad runs through to completion; rather than paying for all impressions, some of which may have been stopped before completion, and advertiser only pays for ads that finished. |
Cost per video view |
Average cost per video view. |
Country |
Country origin of the user. |
Country WOEID |
The country ID given for a specific location. |
Cost per install (CPI) |
To use this option, you must integrate with one of our SDK options. |
Click through rate (CTR) |
The number of clicks received divided by the number of impressions generated. For example: An ad that is displayed 100 times and receives 25 clicks has a click-through rate of 0.25. |
D¶
Term |
Definition |
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Day |
A reporting filter used when running a report: Hour, Day, Week Month. |
Delivered Match Type |
The delivered match type of the keyword. |
The landing page URL where the user will be taken to when clicking on the ad. |
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Device |
The device the user was on and captured by our reporting. |
Device Type |
Type of Device user was on during time of action or impression. |
DMA |
The DMA name of the user. |
DMA WOEID |
The DMA ID given for a specific location. |
E¶
Term |
Definition |
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Editorial guidelines |
A set of guidelines that give advertisers direction for creating ads that will help provide a quality experience for users on the Yahoo network. Following the editorial guidelines is required in order for ads to be displayed by Yahoo Search Marketing. |
End Date |
The end date of the ad group. |
F¶
Term |
Definition |
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Frequency capping |
Limiting how often a particular creative is served to a user. For example, no more than 3 times per 24 hours. |
G¶
Term |
Definition |
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Gender |
The gender of the user who garnered the impression. |
Geographic targeting |
A type of audience targeting that is based on a user’s geographic location as defined by country, state, DMA or other marketing area, and custom geographical areas. |
H¶
Term |
Definition |
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Hour |
A reporting filter used when running a report: Hour, Day, Week Month. |
I¶
Term |
Definition |
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A bulk upload of campaigns, ads, or keywords into your account using a spreadsheet template. |
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Impression |
One instance of an ad displayed on a webpage. Ad serving systems typically track impression statistics to help evaluate performance. |
Impression share |
The impression share of the advertiser within the marketplace, based on keyword level data. |
Impression tracking URL |
The 3rd party tracking URL utilized to track impressions. |
Impressions |
The number of views the ad receives. |
In App Post Click Conversions |
The total Post Click Conversions that occurred in the app after it was installed. These conversions occurred in the app, but were attributed to clicks made on an ad outside of the app. (7 day lookback window). |
In App Post View Conversions |
The total Post View Conversions that occurred in the app after it was installed. These conversions occurred in the app, but were attributed to impressions made on an ad outside of the app. (1 day lookback window). |
Item |
The ID of the advertiser offer made in the ad. This is also the same value as the ID field in the product feed. |
K¶
Term |
Definition |
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The token or query. This is a word or phrase that relates to the products or services you wish to advertise. When prospective customers look for information related to your keywords, your ads may be displayed. |
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Keyword date created |
Keyword creation date. |
Keyword date modified |
Date of most recent advertiser modification to the keyword. |
Keyword ID |
The ID of the keyword. |
Keyword Landing URL |
The keyword landing page URL. |
The bidded keyword match type. Values can be:
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Keyword max bid |
The maximum bid set forth for a keyword. |
Keyword Param 1 |
The param1 value for the keyword. |
Keyword Param 2 |
The param2 value for the keyword. |
Keyword Param 3 |
The param3 value for the keyword. |
Keyword Status |
The status of keyword. |
Keyword Value |
The keyword, also known as token. |
L¶
Term |
Definition |
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Landing page |
Page the user lands on from an ad. |
Location |
The location type of the user. Denotes if the user is located in a specific area or has the intent or interest in the area. Associated with the WOEID. |
Location ID |
The WOEID (Where on Earth ID) of the geographic locations (city, state, country, and DMA levels) to target (one per row). By default, if not specified, this will be set to 23424977 (United States). |
M¶
Term |
Definition |
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Max Bid |
The maximum bid used during the selected time frame. |
Month |
A reporting filter used when running a report: Hour, Day, Week Month. |
Mobile metric - Installs |
View + click installs. |
Mobile metric - Click in app conversion |
Click through (click) based on in-app conversion event. |
Mobile metric - In-app conversion |
View + click in-app conversion. |
Mobile metric - Cost/Click install |
Cost (spend) divided by Click Installs (Click through (click) based on install conversion event). |
Mobile metric - Cost/Click in-app conversion |
Cost (spend) divided by Click in-app conversion. (Click through (click) based in-app conversion event). |
Mobile metric - Cost/Post-install conversion |
Cost (spend) divided by Post-install conversion. (View or click based install event that also drove an in-app conversion event). |
Mobile metric - View in-app conversion |
View-through (impression) based on in-app conversion event. |
Mobile metric - View Installs |
View-through (impression) based on install conversion event. |
Mobile metric - Post-install conversion |
View or click based on install event that also drove an in-app conversion event. |
Mobile metric - Cost/Install |
Cost (Spend) divided by Installs (view + click installs). |
Mobile metric - Cost/In-app conversion |
Cost (spend) divided by In-app conversion. (View + click in-app conversion). |
Mobile metric - Click Installs |
Click through (click) based on install conversion event. |
N¶
Term |
Definition |
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Ads that have the look and feel of the content around it as well as are contextually and personally relevant to the user. |
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Native channel |
Indicator attribute that flags the campaign as native. |
Negative keyword |
Search terms you may want to prevent from being used to match to the ads in your account. The excluded words feature lets you refine your matching by blocking words that you believe are not relevant to your products or services. This can help keep your ad relevant to searchers. |
P¶
Term |
Definition |
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The results of a given campaign or ad as measured by an analytics tool. Typical measures are CTR, impressions, and so on. |
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Pixel |
A pixel is a code snippet that informs you when a user has taken an action on your website after viewing or engaging with one of your ads. |
Post Click Conversions |
A conversion that takes place after a user has clicked on the ad. |
Post Impression Conversions |
A conversion that takes place after a user has viewed the ad. |
Post View conversions |
A conversion that takes place after a users has viewed the ad. |
Price type |
The pricing model setup for payment of activity. |
Pricing type |
The pricing model setup for payment of activity. A method for calculating the cost for ad delivery. Valid types depend on whether ad delivery is guaranteed or non-guaranteed. |
Product group ID |
The ID of the product or product group (same as the offer group). |
Product Type |
The advertiser’s own categorization of the product. This is the same value as the product type in the advertiser’s product feed. |
R¶
Term |
Definition |
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Reseller ID |
Specific ID utilized for our reseller business to locate specific advertisers. |
Revenue model |
The model used to run an ad placement. Valid models for transactions where no money is exchanged are internal barter or bonus. If money is exchanged, this column has a value of N/A or future booking. |
Revenue share |
The amount a buyer agrees to pay a seller as a function of generated revenue and pricing type. These terms are established at deal time and apply to subsequent orders subject to the deal. |
ROAS |
The Return On Ad Spend. This is calculated by the conversion value divided your ad spending. |
Rule ID |
The ID associated with the conversion rule. |
Rule Name |
The name associated with the conversion rule, defined by the user. |
S¶
Term |
Definition |
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Search |
A word or phrase that is entered into a search engine to find information, products, or services online. Advertisers select and bid on keywords that are relevant to their products or services. An ad can appear in search results when people enter a search term related to a keyword. |
Search Channel |
Indicator attribute that flags the campaign as search. |
Search Term |
The keyword the user search for. Also called canon, token or query. |
Segments |
A distinct category of users or members of a target audience who can be identified based on the webpages they visit or actions they take. |
Source |
The source represents where traffic is coming from. |
Spend |
The monetary amount of activity the account has accrued. Denoted by advertiser’s currency and includes traffic quality adjustments, but not financial adjustments until Month-end accounting cycle. |
Start Date |
The start date of the ad group. |
State |
The State of the user. |
State WOEID |
The State ID given for a specific location. |
T¶
Term |
Definition |
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Tracking of ad impressions and clicks of an Advertiser’s ads that happen on Yahoo supply, by a party other than the Advertiser or Yahoo. |
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Total Conversions |
Total conversions garnered (post click +post impression conversions). |
Tumblr Engagement Rate |
For Tumblr Campaigns, tracks the percentage of time that an Impression lead to an Engagement, such as a Follow |
Tumblr Engagements |
Count of total Engagements attributing to a Tumblr Campaign. Engagements are Follows, Reblogs, or Likes. |
Tumblr Follow Rate |
For Tumblr Campaigns, tracks the percentage of time that an Impression leads to a Follow. |
Tumblr Follows |
The number of Follows the Tumblr post received. |
Tumblr Likes |
The number of Likes the Tumblr post received. |
Tumblr Paid Engagement Rate |
For Tumblr Campaigns, tracks the percentage of time that an Impression lead to a Paid Engagement. |
Tumblr Paid Engagements |
For Tumblr Campaigns, tracks the number of Engagements that Advertisers were charged for. |
Tumblr Reblog Rate |
For Tumblr Campaigns, tracks the percentage of time that an Impression lead to a Reblog. |
Tumblr Reblogs |
The number of reblogs or shares the Tumblr post received. |
V¶
Term |
Definition |
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Video 100% Complete |
Number of times the video played to 100% of its length. |
Video 25% Complete |
Number of times the video played to 25% of its length. |
Video 50% Complete |
Number of times the video played to 50% of its length. |
Video 75% Complete |
Number of times the video played to 75% of its length. |
Video after 30 seconds view |
The number of times the video played longer than 30 seconds. |
Video Closed |
The number of times the video was closed by the viewer. |
Video Completes With Audio |
The video completes 100% with audio ON. |
Video Expands |
The number of times the video was expanded. |
Video Replays |
The number of times the video was replayed once it completed. |
Video Skipped |
The number of times the video was skipped. |
Video Starts |
The total number of video starts. |
Video Unmutes |
The number of times the video is unmuted manually by the viewer. |
Video Views |
The total number of video views. |
W¶
Term |
Definition |
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Week |
A reporting filter used when running a report: Hour, Day, Week Month. |
Whitelist |
A list of URLs that are approved as ad inventory on the platform. |
WOE ID |
The ID given to a specific location. This stands for Where On Earth. |
WOE Name |
The location name. |
WOE Type |
The type of WOE IDs available. |
Z¶
Term |
Definition |
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Zip |
The zip code of the user. |
Zip WOEID |
The zip ID given for a specific location. |