Use Native Bid Adjustments to Optimize Supply & Device Placement¶
Yahoo Native Bid Adjustments is an advanced feature extension to the Yahoo Ad Tech family that provides you with greater control over your campaign performance.
If you’re a brand or direct-response advertiser, you can now adjust bids to optimize supply and device placement toward your campaign objectives.
You can download a sample Bid Modifier Calculator in .csv format here.
Value Proposition¶
Use native bid adjustments to maximize the efficiency of your campaigns by setting your price for Verizon Media and third-party publisher supply and device placements.
Modify positive and negative bid thresholds, enabling you to better control supply, as well as influence platform performance.
Apply bid adjustments to all campaign objectives except oCPC and app install.
Ideal for advertisers who want mobile and third-party supply – but need to pay the right price for that inventory.
How It Works¶
You can specify bid adjustments in the Native UI, as shown below:
Bidding is via a positive or negative modifier.
Three tiers are available for bid adjustments, as shown in the table below. Each group has its own modifier rules:
Group |
Ad Type |
Platform |
|---|---|---|
Group 1a |
Native ads on large format devices |
Served on Verizon Media sites and apps as well as top-performing third-party publisher sites and apps. |
Group 1b |
Native ads on small format devices |
Served on Verizon Media sites and apps as well as top-performing third-party publisher sites and apps. |
Group 2a |
Native ads on large format devices |
Served on third-party publisher sites and apps. |
Group 2b |
Native ads on small format devices |
Served on third-party publisher sites and apps. |
Group 3a |
Native ads on large format devices |
Served on third-party publisher sites and apps. |
Group 3b |
Native ads on small format devices |
Served on third-party publisher sites and apps. |
All supply from Verizon Media sites and apps is part of Group 1. Group 1 also includes Verizon Media’s best performing third-party publisher supply. Groups 2-3 are composed of third-party publisher supply, and don’t include inventory from Verizon Media sites and apps. Performance reporting is available with the Native Bid Adjustment report in the Native UI.
Important
You cannot add more than 300 sites to your campaigns or ad groups. If you add more than 300 sites, an error will appear: You cannot set more than 300 site modifier bid adjustments.
Important
Similarly, you won’t be able to perform edits on your campaigns or ad groups if more than 300 sites are selected. The same error message appears: You cannot set more than 300 site modifier bid adjustments.
If your campaigns or ad groups have deprecated sites selected, you’ll see this error message: You cannot set bid modifiers on deprecated sites. Please remove these modifiers.
The list of sites is still shown, but the deprecated sites are disabled. Once you remove the deprecated sites from the list, you’ll be able to perform edits.
Set Up Native Bid Adjustments¶
For new campaigns, follow these steps to set up your native bid adjustments:
Click Manage ads > New campaign > (Campaign objective specified) > General information.
In the General information panel, enter the name of your campaign.
In Define your audience section, the list of Native network partners appears, sorted into 3 groups for Publishers with options to increase bid adjustments by percentage number.
Once you’ve specified the increase or decrease of your bid modifier thresholds, click Save.
To edit existing campaigns or ad groups, follow the same steps described above.
FAQs¶
For which campaign types is this new feature applicable?¶
All campaign objectives, except oCPC, App Install and Promote my products.
Where can I set the bid modifiers?¶
At the Campaign and Ad Group levels (On Native-Only Campaigns).
Can I still run mobile-only campaigns?¶
Yes.
How often are these 3 groups refreshed?¶
Performance is analyzed daily and the groups are refreshed accordingly.
What percent of my ads will be served in Group 1, Group 2 and Group 3?¶
Native Ad Platform is a dynamic marketplace. Other advertisers and other bids in the system at any given time will determine where, and how often, your ads are served.
Are tablet placements part of A or B modifiers?¶
Tablet sections are grouped with B modifiers.