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A curated list of advertising and programmatic media content and resources.

Disclaimer: I know people really dislike and, sometimes, get angry about ads on sites and apps. As they are widely used by individuals and companies to monetize, the main goal of this list is to share knowledge about how to implement it correctly and in an optimized way.

Acronyms and Abbreviations

  • AdOps: Advertising Operations
  • AdX: Ad Exchange
  • CPC: Cost Per Click
  • CPM: Cost Per Mille
  • CR: Conversion Rate
  • CTR: Click Through Rate
  • DFP: DoubleClick for Publishers
  • DMP: Data Management Platform
  • DSP: Demand Side Platform
  • eCPM: Effective Cost Per Mille
  • HB: Header Bidding
  • RTB: Real Time Bidding
  • SSP: Supply Side Platforms

Concepts and Fundamentals

What does an Ad Server does and how can you benefit from it?

Explain what an Ad Server do and how it can benefit your business.

What is an Ad Server

Explain what an Ad Server is, Publisher vs Advertiser, why have one ad server.

Best Practices

Coalition for Better Ads

A group of companies (Google, Facebook, etc) that publish research about how to improve the online consumer ad experience and defined some standards.

Ad Managers / Ad Servers / Platforms

Adform

Advertising platform.

Adzerk

Ad serving APIs to build and scale server-side ad platforms.

Google Ad Manager (formerly DFP: DoubleClick for Publishers)
Google Display & Video 360 (a.k.a DV360 / formerly DoubleClick Bid Manager)

Integrated tool that helps creative, data, and media teams work together to execute end-to-end campaigns.

Smart AdServer

Ad Server.

Google Ad Manager

About Ad Manager and Ad Exchange

Info about Google Ad Manager and Ad Exchange.

Common problems / Troubleshooting

How to solve common problems / issues with Google Ad Manager.

Google Ad Manager Fundamentals

Google Academy videos about Ad Manager (you should login to see the videos).

Help center

Google Ad Manager Help Center.

Release notes (2019)

2019 Google Ad Manager releases archive.

Setup guide

Guide to set up Google Ad Manager.

GAM Libraries / Tools

  • React DFP - GitHub | Docs - React library to implement Google Ad Manager on your website.

Facebook / Instagram

Facebook Blueprint

Online training for Advertising on Facebook and Instagram.

Programmatic

Google Ads Academy: Programmatic

Google Academy videos about Programmatic (you should login to see the videos).

Header Bidding (HB)

Beginner's Guide to Header Bidding

Complete guide to understand HB, why it's important, how does it work.

What is Header Bidding by Prebid

Guide about HB from the most used library to implement it.

Prebid

Prebid

Website of the most used library to implement HB.

Prebid for AdOps

Prebid Guide to AdOps.

Prebid for Developers

Prebid Guide to Developers.

Google Ad Manager + Prebid.js

How to setup Prebid.js with Google Ad Manager.

Smart Ad Server + Prebid.js

How to set up Prebid.js with Smart Ad Server.

Prebid Libraries / Tools

Prebid + GAM setup tool

An automated line item generator for Prebid.js and Google Ad Manager.

  • React Prebid - GitHub | Docs - React library to implement Google Ad Manager on your website.

Newsletters

AdProfs

This week in ad tech - one email per week, 5 min read.

Business News from Facebook

Latest updates, marketing trends and advertising tips from Facebook.

Happy Friday by Simon J. Harris

Ad tech info curated by [@SimonJHarris](https://twitter.com/SimonJHarris).

Contact

If you have any questions or suggestions about this list, do not hesitate to contact me on Twitter @_seunoura or open an issue.