marketing:ad:inventory

About

Inventory is the advertising space of a publisher.

It is the space (collection of ad unit) on a website or app where ads are displayed.

In most businesses, inventory refers to products for sale. But for websites, inventory refers to the designated ad space available to sell to advertisers.

The inventory define all the available ad spaces across a site.v

Articles Related

Structure

Placement: National news
      Ad unit: Local New York news
            Key-value: Position is Leaderboard (pos=leaderboard)
            Key-value: Position is Top Box (pos=atf-box)
            Key-value: Position is Bottom Box (pos=btf-box)
      Ad unit: Local Chicago news
            Key-value: Position is Leaderboard (pos=leaderboard)
            Key-value: Position is Top Box (pos=atf-box)
            Key-value: Position is Bottom Box (pos=btf-box)
      Ad unit: Local San Francisco news
            Key-value: Position is Leaderboard (pos=leaderboard)
            Key-value: Position is Top Box (pos=atf-box)
            Key-value: Position is Bottom Box (pos=btf-box)

where:

placement is a group of ad unit
ad unit represents an ad location (ie where ad content can go)
key-values provide horizontal targeting (e.g., team=yankees, gender=female). Doc

Hierarchy

Ad units have a “parent-child” relationship, meaning that ads targeting the top-level ad unit (the parent) can also target the lower-level ad units (the children).

The hierarchy should mirror the organization of the site’s content.

Example: