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VAST |
Video Ad Serving Template Basis displays VAST ad tag (default for audio and video format) as tag types. |
Vendor |
Entity or organization selling and offering products, content, and services for payment In a vendor and property relationship, a vendor sells the properties. (Refer to Seller.) |
Vendor ID Vendor Code |
Third-party unique vendor identification code Advantage: External vendor code (Maximum characters: 6) Select Advantage ID on the directory vendor page Select Advantage ad serving ID under the Setup Advantage Account page Strata: Strata unique vendor identification code Vendor ID selection includes code, name, and type. |
Vendor Delivery Report |
Summary of individual delivery reports for each vendor a specified period of time |
Vendor Directory |
Catalog of sellers (Vendors/Properties) with contact information |
Vendor Negotiation |
Proposals between the buyer and seller |
Vendor Performance |
Report of an individual campaign report in Basis. Vendor Performance alerts are available in campaign analytics. |
Vendor Type | Entity or organization selling ad inventory by type - Parent Company, Network, Rep Firm & Site Direct. |
Verification |
Third party confirmation of a specific target research Also known as ad verification |
Market or category type for a vendor/property and brand Verticals are based on Google's sellers. Brand sub vertical is an available level lower classification with more specifics. |
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Vid Comp Vid Cmpl Video Completed |
Video Completions Number of video completions Also known as completed views, completed videos Number of videos displayed to endpoint Restarting and skipping does not count. Viewers must watch the complete message. Also known as video completes, video views, views, completed, viewed |
Video Completes |
Number of video completions by percentage Vid 25% Complete - Number of video plays that reach 25% completed Vid 50% - Number of video plays that reach 50% completed Vid 75% - Number of video plays that reach 75% completed Vid 100% - Number of video plays that reach 100% completed |
Vid Starts Video Started |
Video Starts (Started) Number of video starts and delivered 1 video play = 1 impression (Number of started videos (delivered)) Number of impressions for a played video clip Also known as views starts, views started, vid start, video views, views, started, starts, viewed |
Video |
Creative Format type for an ad placement |
Video Network |
Third party publishing video content on mobile websites and applications Property Network type in Basis |
Video Streaming Platform |
Playing compressed video content immediately Property Website type in Basis |
View |
Details of a campaign based on Gross or Net rate in Basis. |
View-through Conversions (View through, View-ThroughConversion) |
Number of total conversions after Viewable Impression were delivered When a user clicks an ad, any conversions are Click-through Conversions. They are not View-through Conversions. (Conversions are not double counted.) |
Views |
Number of views selected by the user The definition of delivered views are based on the third-party organization. Delivery Facebook "3-sec video views": Number of times a video is watched for an aggregate of at least 3 seconds or video completion. Google Ads "views": Number of times a video is watched for 30 seconds or video completion. (views) Number of ad videos viewed (watched or ran) Also known as video views, impressions Video Views - Number of ad videos viewed (watched or ran) |
Viewability |
Tracking the impressions seen by users |
Viewable Impressions |
Impressions visible to end users (contracted or delivered) An impression is viewable if more than 50% of the creative is visible on the screen (above the fold) for more than 1 second for display ads or 2 seconds for video ads. |
Visitor |
Individual or browser that accesses a website, that is, unique visitors. |
Visualizations |
Viewable representation of data |
VPAID |
Video Player-Ad Interface Definition Interface between video players and ads |
Vwble imps |
Viewable Impressions |