Aiming
You can use aiming to see what a banner added to Adfox looks like on the site regardless of the limits and targetings you've set. This is useful when you test a banner placement on a site, take screenshots, or debug the banner code.
Aiming is available to the account administrator and assistants. To enable aiming, contact support.
You can aim at:
- An ad campaign (on the OLD tab).
- A flight in a supercampaign.
- A banner.
Banner and campaign aiming
You can aim at an object on its page or from the general list.
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Go to the page of the object you want to aim at and click
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Choose how you want to aim:
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Aim for: The object is displayed in the user's current browser for 15 minutes.
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The targeting link : The link is copied to the clipboard. You can call the link in the browser's address bar or send it to another user who needs to aim at the object. The link stays valid for 24 hours and can be called as many times as you need. Aiming by the link is valid for 15 minutes.
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After calling the aiming link, you will see the OK message in the browser window. Go to the site where the banner must be displayed.
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Find the object in the list and click:
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Aiming under the object name: The object is displayed in the user's current browser for 15 minutes.
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→ Aiming link to copy the preview link. You can call the link in the browser's address bar or send it to another user who needs to aim at the object. The link stays valid for 24 hours and can be called as many times as you need. Aiming by the link is valid for 15 minutes.
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After calling the aiming link, you will see the OK message in the browser window. Go to the site where the banner must be displayed.
Aiming features
Enable aiming
- You can't aim at multiple campaigns or banners from different ad campaigns. The last object aiming is valid.
- Aiming is not possible in mobile phone browsers where cookies are prohibited. We recommend that you check the display of the aimed banner in the emulator on the computer.
- You can aim at objects with the active status, including objects with a start date in the future and with any set of targetings and limits at any level.
- The necessary object is shown only with its ad codes. If your code can return multiple banners from the campaign you're aiming at, the banners are displayed at random.
Statistics
Statistics (ad responses, impressions, clicks, events) for the aimed object aren't included in reports.
Finish aiming
- You can't disable aiming forcibly: the aiming time must expire.
- After the end of the aiming time for the user that's aiming at the object, running continues as usual: targeting and restrictions apply, and statistics continue to be calculated.
Note
For all other users (not aiming at the object) banner running continues as usual.