Picnic Expands PIQ to Assess Quality of Individual Ad Placements
· 2h ago · Originally reported by ExchangeWire
Picnic has enhanced its PIQ platform to evaluate the quality and prominence of specific ad placements, moving beyond its previous focus on domain and URL-level scoring. This update allows advertisers to gain more granular insights into where their ads appear across the open web.
Why it matters
Understanding the quality of individual ad placements helps advertisers avoid low-value or risky inventory, improving campaign effectiveness and reducing wasted spend.
Explain it like I’m new here
It's like checking not just which TV channel your commercial is on, but exactly what time and during which show it airs.
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Terms in this story
Ad inventory
Ad inventory is the total amount of advertising space a publisher has available to sell, usually counted in impressions across its ad slots, pages, apps or screens.
Ad slot (ad unit)
An ad slot (or ad unit) is a specific, defined place on a page, app screen or video stream where an ad can be shown, with its own size, format and rules.
Open web
The open web is the part of the internet outside the big closed platforms, such as independent websites, apps and streaming services, where ads are bought through shared, interoperable ad tech.
Advertiser
An advertiser is the company, organisation or person that pays to place ads in order to sell products, build a brand, recruit, or spread a message.
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