Glossary Flashcards
accelerated delivery
A delivery method that shows the ad to as many people as possible in a short period of time.
ad
An item of promotional content.
ad auction
A component of ad delivery through which you declare the maximum price you’re willing to pay for a click, impression, or conversion.
ad delivery optimization
The delivery system Facebook uses to determine what outcome you are trying to accomplish based on the objective, optimization and any other offsite signal provided in ad setup.
ad format
The layout of an ad which determines how the ad will look and how many images or videos it will contain.
ad level (Ads Manager)
In Ads Manager, the ad level is the stage of campaign creation where you build individual ads.
ad set
A group of ads that share the same daily or lifetime budget, schedule, bid type, bid information and targeting information.
ad set level (Ads Manager)
In Ads Manager, the ad set level is the stage of campaign creation where you build groups of ads.
admin (Business Manager)
In Business Manager, an admin is a person who has access to run or control all components of your Business Manager, including modifying or deleting the accounts and adding or removing people.
Ads Manager
An interface where you can view, make changes and access performance reports for all your campaigns, ad sets and ads.
ads report
A report created and managed in Ads Manager that indicates the performance of a set of ads.
advertiser bid
The amount you bid in an ad auction.
advertiser controls
A component of ad delivery that allows you to adjust inputs to improve your ad performance.
API integration
Direct integration from your customer system to Facebook for real time coverage of your business’s offline activity.
App Ad Helper
A troubleshooting tool that helps you to determine if your SDK is working correctly.
app event
A logged action that people take on your app usually used for capturing and measuring ad performance.
App Install (campaign objective)
A campaign objective option in Ads Manager. Select the App Install campaign objective if you want your ad to send people to your app store to download your app.
application programming interface (API)
Defines how software components communicate.
asset
Any account, tool, creative or data source owned by a business and used to promote, advertise or measure their business performance on Facebook.
asset customization
A feature in Ads Manager where you can provide multiple assets and the asset which is delivered is decided during delivery time.
Attribution
Also known as “Facebook Attribution,” Attribution is a Facebook measurement solution that allows you to see which platform, channel, device, ads or content should be credited with a conversion.
attribution model
The logic that determines how credit is given to touch- points for a conversion. The attribution model logic can be based on a rule or set of rules, or a statistical model.
attribution window
The period of time during which conversions can be credited to a particular ad.
auction (buying type)
An ad buying type wherein you decide that you would like to participate in an ad auction.
Audience Network (AN)
A network of mobile app publishers who have been approved by Facebook to show Facebook ads in their apps.
automatic events
Applicable to SDK and pixel data sources, automatic events is a feature that automatically accounts for events on your app or website.
automatic placements
An option you select when uploading your ad content to Ads Manager that allows Facebook to automatically deliver your ad on the most effective platform.
bid
The price for the outcome you’re optimizing for.
bid cap
A bid strategy that lets you set a maximum bid Facebook can use in each auction.
bid control
A maximum bid amount you provide to help Facebook decide which results to spend budget on.
bid pacing
The part of pacing that adjusts your bid or which auctions to enter based on how much budget and time you have left for your ad set.
bid strategy
In Ads Manager and Reporting, a setting you select that helps Facebook determine how to spend your budget in alignment with their campaign goals.
Brand Awareness (campaign objective)
A campaign objective option in Ads Manager. Select the Brand Awareness campaign objective if you want people to recall and recognize the brand after seeing your ad.
brand lift
Also known as “brand affinity,” brand lift is a metric that gives you insight into people’s attitudes towards your brand and Brand Awareness.
breakdown effect
A result of the Facebook pacing system that appears to shift impressions into underperforming ad sets, placements or ads. In reality, the system is designed to maximize the number of results for your campaign dependent on what ad set optimization you choose.
broad targeting
When you mostly rely on the Facebook delivery system to find the best people to show your ads to.
budget (Ads Manager)
A setting that you use to tell Facebook the maximum amount you’re willing to spend on each ad set in a campaign.
budget pacing
The part of pacing where we may increase your budget spend if there’s the potential of getting many optimization events with costs aligned to your bid strategy.
business ID (Business Manager)
In Business Manager a business ID is a number that corresponds to your Business Manager, usually used when you’re sharing access to certain information such as monthly invoices.
Business Manager
A tool that allows multiple people to access and manage Pages, ad accounts and apps using their personal Facebook login credentials, while keeping their personal profile and business assets separate.
buying type
A tool that allows multiple people to access and manage Pages, ad accounts and apps using their personal Facebook login credentials, while keeping their personal profile and business assets separate.
call-to-action (CTA)
An advertising method that encourages a direct response from people by prompting a specific action.
campaign
An ad or series of ads built around a single theme or set of attributes and delivered by an ad platform to a specific audience.
campaign budget optimization (Ads Manager) (CBO)
A setting in Ads Manager that enables Facebook to distribute your spend across the ad sets in your campaign to get the best overall performance.
campaign level (Ads Manager)
In Ads Manager, the campaign level is the stage of campaign creation where you build an ad or series of ads around a single theme or set of characteristics.
campaign objective
The first level in Facebook’s ad system, comprised of ad sets and ads, where you set the objectives for your campaign.
carousel (ad format)
Promotional content that displays multiple images or videos that scroll from left to right.
catalog
A business asset used for storing and managing inventory businesses want to advertise or otherwise promote on Facebook Products.
Catalog Sales (campaign objective)
A campaign objective option in Ads Manager. Select the Catalog Sales campaign objective if you want to reach your target audience with relevant products from your online catalog in an automated way.
clicks
A metric for the number of times an objective has been clicked.
click-through rate (CTR)
The number of times a link on a web page is clicked compared to the number of times it is displayed.
collection (ad format)
An assembly or grouping of promotional items that may be systematically ordered.
content ID (parameter)
A parameter included alongside events to measure additional information about the ID of the product or service people engage with on your app or website.
content type (Parameter)
A parameter included alongside events to measure additional information about the product or service type people engage with on your app or website.
contents (parameter)
A parameter included alongside events to measure additional information about the product or service people engage with on your app or website.
control group
The “unexposed” group of people in a study for which no factors of the test are influenced. It’s used as a benchmark to measure the effect of the test.
Conversion Lift
A product that leverages Randomized Control Trials (RCTs) to measure the number of incremental conversions that happen as a result of Facebook ads.
conversion path
In Facebook’s Attribution interface, the sequence of touchpoints that lead to a single conversion.
conversion window
Allows you to choose what type of conversion information we use when determining who we should show your ad to.
Conversions (campaign objective)
A campaign objective option in Ads Manager. Select the Conversions campaign objective if you want to prompt valuable actions on your website, in your app, in Messenger or in WhatsApp.
Core Audiences
A default targeting option that allows you to direct your ads to people based on demographics, location, interests and behaviors.
cost cap
A bid strategy that enables you to set a maximum average cost per optimization event for an ad set.