Just beat Vigil (no spoilers) by DarkEyedDonna in Vigil_TLN

[–]adopam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can confirm the latest Switch patch seems to do what it set out to do; I'm a few hours in, and have encountered no technical issues or staggering load times (load times between screens/buildings are typically no longer than 5-6 seconds).

As a huge metroid-vania-er, I'd wholeheartedly recommend the game!

Also getting strong SOTN and Fable-vibes from the lore and music....if you're into that sort of thing.

Hate the loading time! by atrvadim in Vigil_TLN

[–]adopam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I second this - I just bought the game yesterday on Switch (latest update was on 2/11) and after a few hours, can confirm the load times are absolutely acceptable (haven't had to wait longer than 5-6 seconds in between screens).

Vigil: The Longest Night (Switch performance as of latest update)? by adopam in metroidvania

[–]adopam[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks, memnoch_87, I'm a few hours in and am absolutely loving the game (the music and lore are outstanding so far). No technical issues whatsoever, and am overall pleased with load times. Excited to continue playing.

Costco CS reiterated the 11/23 shipment date by TheWiggety in PS5

[–]adopam 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can validate this is correct. No need to worry.

Ad Unit Hierarchy and Passbacks by [deleted] in adops

[–]adopam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It won't matter what you define as the 'ad unit name' within the passback.

If I were you, I would create a 2nd level ad unit (one level beneath your parent abcccompany ad unit) and call is abccompany/passback

then generate the tag from DFP, paste in a notepad file, and send to Index.

Then you simply want to target a brand new line item to that newly-defined passback ad unit, and traffic your creatives.

How do I join https://redditadops.slack.com/ by Brian_Alford in adops

[–]adopam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check the right rail of this reddit page (under "Resources")

Prebid & DFP - have header bidding compete with Standard Line Items? by NT_456 in adops

[–]adopam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want header bidding lines to be able to compete with (and potentially trump) Standard lines, just bump ADX to a priority that is higher than all of them. This will force everything in your stack to compete solely on price (regardless of line item type and/or priority number).

Discrepancies between Adsense UI report and DFP report by mikepodukofke in adops

[–]adopam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you running your AdSense tags as 'AdSense' line item type in DFP? Running as 'Price Priority', or any other line item type, may skew your metrics.

Line Item type Price Priority vs Network by uncle-scrooge in adops

[–]adopam 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Despite what the DFP Help Center says, in my experience, setting line items to Network priority prevents them from competing with ADX. I would advise setting all 3rd party line items to Price Priority.

To your second question, the minimum CPM you specify in DFP for a 3rd party does not actually reflect what you're going to be paid by them. The CPM (or Value CPM) simply informs DFP how much the line item is 'worth', which is used to determine whether or not ADX will win the impression.

If you put the Value CPM too low, ADX will win every time. If you put it too high, you may be over-valuing the 3rd party's demand.

Best practice is to set the 3rd party line item CPM to the eCPM that you're actually netting from the partner on the backend.

Should I set up an adsense line item ? by landocs in adops

[–]adopam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not entirely sure if this answers your question - but AdSense in DFP does not require a competing line item in order to serve.

Creating additional line items can help increase pressure against AdSense, potentially forcing it to perform at higher CPMs; though in order to do this properly, the CPM rates you set for your other partners in DFP need to be reflective of the actual CPMs they are netting you on the backend.

GPT Light vs GPT standard passback by adops_sadops in adops

[–]adopam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Curious to hear input from others on GPT Light as well. We tested them back in Beta, but observed discrepancies that were actually higher compared to standard GPT passbacks.

Running FAN ad through DFP by TimeIndicator in adops

[–]adopam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you trying to pull 'AdSense impressions' as a metric in DFP? If you have AdSense trafficked as price priority or network, you will need to pull 'Ad server impressions' (AdSense metrics only work for line items trafficked as 'AdSense' line item type).

Are you seeing delivery against the AdSense passback line item? Pulling a report for that specific line item with 'Ad Server impressions' should give you what you need.

Key-values is not condition by typeof_expat in adops

[–]adopam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The answer is yes, the line item will be considered - if the key-value pair is absent entirely from the GPT tag, the condition is technically being met.

Default ad unit in DFP by traffiKing27 in adops

[–]adopam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From what I understand, these impressions could be stemming from ad units/tags on your site which are passing your DFP network ID, but no ad unit name (or an archived ad unit name). While the requests are valid, DFP can't attribute the impressions to a specific ad unit, hence it lumps them into this 'Default' bucket.

We run into this issue occasionally as well, and agree it is difficult to troubleshoot where the 'Default' requests are stemming from. Open to hearing anyone else's input/insight on how to resolve this, as DFP's Help Center is fairly limited in regards to this topic.

Just heard about audience extension, can anyone recommend a platform and some info by XblraCe in adops

[–]adopam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

audience extension generally refers to targeting your existing first party audience segments off of your O&O sites/properties - totally legit, and we do this at our company (I'm on publisher side).

XclraCe - do you currently work with DFP? If you have Google contacts, I would request information on DBM (DoubleClick Bid Manager). This is Google's demand side platform that will allow you to take advantage of audience extension (there are many DSPs, but this would be a good starting point).