A Zone is a designated area or inventory segment on a website or app where ads are displayed. Each zone is configured to handle specific ad formats, such as display ads, video ads, or native ads. This allows for precise control over where and how ads are shown, ensuring that auto_storiesCampaigns are delivered to the right audience within the designated areas on web pages or in your app.

Type of zones

AdGlare supports the following ad formats:

Display — traditional inline display banners, that can appear in the sidebar, header, footer, etc.
VAST — video ads using VAST XML, to be served by a VAST compatible video player.
Redirect — used for link ads, redirecting the user to the landing page of the creative.
Native — ads in JSON format, to be integrated in the web page or app by the publisher.

Adding a zone

On the Zones page, click the button to add a zone. Then choose your ad format:

Zone setup

When setting up a zone, you have the option to configure settings like lazy loading, auto-refresh and auto_storiesad sizes. Here's an overview:

Ad Sizes — Indicate which ad sizes you allows in this zone. For example, in a sidebar allow only 300x250 ad sizes. For Display Ads only.
Auto-Refresh — This feature allows ads to be automatically reloaded after a specified interval, ensuring that users see fresh content without manually refreshing the page.
Lazy Loading — This feature defers the loading of ads until the user scrolls to the area where the ad is displayed, improving page load times and overall user experience.

Campaign assignments

On this tab you can assign one or more campaigns to the zone. A zone should have at least 1 campaign assigned in order for it to serve ads. Click the blue icon to manage campaign assignment.

Ad visualization

The Ads tab shows all ads that can be served in the zone. It's basically a list of all auto_storiesCreatives from all campaigns that you have assigned to the zone. Note that not all creatives may be eligible: think about creatives with start/end dates, creatives that are inactive, have targeting rules or don't meet the ad size requirements of the zone.

Removing a zone

To remove a zone, either:

Open the zone, then click the 'More' icon at the top right. Choose 'Remove'.
In the list of zones, click the checkbox in front of the zone. Then choose 'Remove' from the bar at the top.