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The_Art_and_Science_of_Ad_Optimization
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The Art & <strong>Science</strong> of Ad Optimization | 5<br />
Ad Exchange<br />
A<br />
$20 CPM Floor<br />
Ad Network<br />
C<br />
CAP 2<br />
Leveraging CPM Floors<br />
B/F<br />
Ad Network<br />
Ad Network<br />
A<br />
C<br />
CAP 1<br />
Tied<br />
Exchanges are very different from networks. Since they pay out on<br />
CPM, you have the ability to set CPM floors. One strategy is to set a<br />
high CPM floor and put the exchange at the top of your stack.<br />
Ad Network<br />
B<br />
Tied<br />
You are now top skimming your exchange partner as well.<br />
B/F<br />
Ad Network<br />
A<br />
Ad Exchange<br />
A<br />
$20 CPM Floor<br />
Ad Network<br />
C<br />
CAP 2<br />
Ad Exchange<br />
Ad Network<br />
A<br />
A<br />
$12 CPM Floor<br />
CAP 1<br />
Managing Multiple CPM Floors<br />
B/F<br />
Ad Network<br />
Ad Network<br />
C<br />
B<br />
Tied<br />
Tied<br />
However, while you are top skimming your exchange partner by<br />
setting a high floor, you are losing out on a lot of good campaigns<br />
from the exchange that could fit in nicely at lower ranks in the<br />
waterfall. We should set up more floors!<br />
Ad Exchange<br />
A<br />
$6 CPM Floor<br />
Now we are top skimming, mid skimming and backfilling in all cases.<br />
This is the complete picture, right? Well, not quite yet.<br />
B/F<br />
Ad Network<br />
A<br />
Ad Exchange<br />
A<br />
$2 CPM Floor<br />
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