I want to advertise5 min read
Prepare a clear, measurable campaign
Provide good materials and understand spaces, rotation and metrics.
Campaigns in advertising spaces are prepared with the directory team. This guide doesn’t activate a campaign or replace buying one.
- Always marked as «Advertising».
- The creative: an image or a short video. The message must read in a second, on phones too.
- The advertiser and the title, with the link to wherever you want to take people.
Step by step
Define goal, space and period
Say what you want to communicate and where the ad should lead. Agree on header, map, top of listing or bottom of listing, plus start date, end date and language. How visible each space is depends on the screen and device.
Prepare the creative
You can provide text, an image or a video depending on the space. Texts allow up to 200 words; images up to 5 MB; uploaded videos up to 25 MB. YouTube or Vimeo links are also accepted. Confirm the space’s dimensions before designing.
Check the preview
Check that it reads well on a phone, the usage rights, that the advertiser is identified and the final link. Video must be tapped to play. An offer should explain its conditions without making visitors guess them.
Understand how rotation works
Several ads can share a space. Rotation uses weights: with weights 3 and 1, the expected split is roughly 75% and 25% between those two eligible ads. It isn’t a promise of an exact number of impressions. Dates, language and status also decide whether it appears.
Ask for a report over the same period
Check the impressions and clicks available for the campaign. A click shows interaction, not a sale. If you work out a click-through rate, divide clicks by impressions for the same period and multiply by 100; without impressions the rate can’t be calculated.
If something doesn’t go as expected
I don’t see my ad every time I open the site
It may share the rotation, depend on the language or be outside its dates. Ask the team to check the space, status and schedule.
You’ll have a specific list of materials and questions to prepare your campaign.
Before you call it done
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