Ads will only link to your placement once you are live in the AwesomeAds marketplace. Once you are live, creatives are automatically linked to your placements when the campaign contextual targeting matches that of your inventory.
The creatives will target your placements based on age and gender. However, they are not always guaranteed to do so, as there is additional information in each request which can also be targeted against, such as device type, operating system, geo, etc.
The AwesomeAds Linked Ads view enables you to view and manage the creatives linked to your ad placements. You can:
- See every creative linked to your placements – live, upcoming, and in the past.
- Control which creatives are able to serve with one click.
- View the click-through of each creative.
- Set a creative level frequency cap.
- View the campaign details on each creative.
The Linked Ads view consists of 3 tabs:
- Live Ads – These are creatives that are currently live on your placements. This is typically the most useful tab.
- Upcoming Ads – Creatives that have been linked to your placements but have not yet gone live.
- Past Ads – Campaigns that were linked to your placements but have now ended.
Live ads
The Live Ads tab displays the creatives currently linked to your placements:
Search for and filter creatives
The controls at the top of the tab enable you to search for creatives, and apply filter criteria:
The filter options are as follows:
- Include/exclude the creatives that match the other filters.
- The country where the creatives are served.
- The placement to which the creatives are linked, or all placements.
- The ‘Approval’ status of the creatives:
| Approval status | Description |
|---|---|
| All | All creatives, regardless of approval status. |
| Approved | Creatives that have been approved, either automatically or manually. These creatives will serve impressions. They are indicated by a green border around the creative. NOTE: You can manually reject creatives that were previously approved. |
| Rejected | Creatives that you have rejected. These creatives will not serve any impressions. They are indicated by a red border around the creative. NOTE: You can manually approve creatives that you previously rejected. |
| Awaiting approval | When you created your app, channel/streaming device, or website, you set the auto-approval option on or off. If you turned this off, all creatives linked to that app/site’s placements require manual approval here in the Live Ads tab before serving impressions. The Awaiting approval filter displays those creatives waiting for manual approval. To change the auto-approval setting, navigate to the required app/site in the Apps and Sites tab, and then click the ‘…’ button and then Edit. |
View and manage a creative
For each creative, the following information is displayed:
Click the appropriate button to Reject or Approve a creative. A rejected creative will not serve on the app/site. You can approve a creative that was previously rejected, and vice versa.
When you hover over the creative, you can:
- View the creative in action in a pop-up window.
- View more details about the creative.
When you click More Details, the following information is displayed about the creative:
- Campaign – This is the campaign that is serving the creative. You can use this name in the reporting dashboard to find more details such as revenue and impressions.
- Dates – The start and end dates that this campaign is running.
- Geo – The country that this creative is running in.
- Click URL – The landing page that opens when someone clicks on this creative.
- Add Frequency Cap – Enables you to set a maximum frequency for the creative.
- App/Site Name and Placement Name – The app/site(s) and placement(s) that the creative is linked to.
Upcoming ads
The Upcoming ads tab displays creatives that have been linked to your placements but have not yet gone live:
You can:
- Search for and filter upcoming ads in the same way as for live ads.
- Find out when the upcoming ad will go live. Hover over the creative and click More details. The Dates for the creative are displayed, along with other details.
- Hover over the creative and then click View Creative to see how the ad will appear in a live setting.
- Reject an upcoming ad that was approved.
- Approve an upcoming ad that was rejected:
Past ads
The Past Ads tab displays creatives that were linked to your placements but have now ended.
You can:
- Search for and filter upcoming ads in the same way as for live and upcoming ads. However, there is no status filter, as this is not relevant for past ads.
- Find out when the ad was live. Hover over the creative and click More details. The Dates for the creative are displayed, along with other details.
- Hover over the creative and then click View Creative to see how the ad appeared in a live setting.
- Reject a past ad that was approved. This means the ad won’t serve on the app/site if it goes live again.
- Approve a past ad that was rejected. The ad will serve on the app/site if it goes live again.