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Overview
Integral Ad Science ("IAS") is integrated for pre-bid targeting across exchanges. Pre-bid targeting is done through special segments that may be targeted for viewability, suspicious activity, brand safety, anti-fraud and content categories. Pre-bid segments are based on individual page URLs or app bundles that IAS has determined fit certain criteria.
Segments can be found under the ‘Integral Ad Science’ category in line item segment targeting. The price for usage exists in the UI. Below are the details of different segment type offerings:
| Viewability | Target sites X% viewability and higher | Target 70% viewability or higher for display campaigns | Desktop/Mweb display, web video, app display | Require |
| CTV Fully On-Screen | Target CTV app bundles that have been tested and validated for render-ability by IAS. | Target CTV apps that ensure 'fully on-screen' measurement | CTV | Include |
| Brand Safety | Exclude sites/apps with risk level
Exclude sites/apps with content: adult, alcohol, illegal content, drug, hate, speech, offensive language, violence | Exclude high risk for adult content Exclude high or moderate risk for adult content | Desktop/Mweb display, Desktop/Mweb video, mobile in-app | Require |
| Suspicious Activity | Exclude sites/apps with risk Level
| Exclude high risk for suspicious activity | Desktop/mweb display, web video, in-app display and video | Require |
| Content Categories | Top level IAB categories: arts, auto, business, etc. | Arts, auto, business | Desktop/mobile web display, video | Include or Exclude |
| Anti-Fraud | Exclude users (cookies) with high fraudulent activity | Exclude users with high fraudulent activity | Desktop/mobile web display, video | Exclude |
| IP Anti-Fraud | Segment of IP addresses IAS has deemed 'not suspicious' | Include IP addresses that are not suspicious | Desktop display, video | Require |
| GroupM Viewability | Page URLs which meet GroupM's agency viewability definition (100% viewable for 1 second, for creatives over 242,500 pixels the standard is 50% viewable for 1 second) | Target 70% GroupM viewability or higher for mobile web campaigns | Desktop/mobile web display, video | Require |
| Publicis Viewability | Page URLs which meet Publicis' agency viewability definition (100% viewable for 1 second, for creatives over 242,500 pixels the standard is 30% viewable for 1 second) | Target 70% Publicis viewability or higher for mobile web campaigns | Desktop/mobile web display, video | Require |
| Custom Contextual | Custom Contextual is only available to customers who have a direct relationship with IAS. Custom segments that allow advertisers to block or target specific content based on contextual-based keywords. Context Control Targeting is used to include web pages that are suitable for a brand's standards, and Context Control Avoidance can be used to exclude or avoid web pages that may not be suitable from a brand safety perspective. Advertisers should work directly with IAS to create custom contextual segments. | Avoid serving on web pages that are not suitable from a brand safety perspective, such as adult content or other sensitive topics. | Desktop/mobile web display, video | Include or Exclude |
Pre-bid Segment Logic
Most IAS pre-bid segments will be targeted with the statement ‘required’. This is selected by default in the UI, and will require that any impressions served will be in that segment, instead of the “Include” logic where all segments are combined with OR logic. If more than one segment within a category is being targeted (i.e. 2 segments from the brand safety category), then the cost of only one segment's CPM is charged. If more than one segment is targeted in different categories (i.e. a segment in viewability and a segment in brand safety), then the cost will be sum of the CPMs of each type. Additionally, there is a segment for sites that have not yet been reviewed by IAS, ‘data not available or updated’ that can be targeted using ‘exclude’.
Questions about IAS's pre-bid segments? Please email IAS and CC your Account Manager.
Custom Contextual set up Process
Prior to creating custom segments, IAS clients must contact IAS CSM's to have custom the segments made.
The delivery of the info below must be in a CSV with a specific set of formatting.
Process for setting up custom contextual segments in the platform:
Customers must reach out to support with a CSV from the IAS template that contains the necessary information listed below. The delivery of this CSV by a customer initiates the custom data onboarding process.
- Segment name
- Segment category (include - context control targeting, exclude - context control avoidance)
- Segment IAS ID
- CPM
- Buzz key
- Buzzkey : Account ID (optional)