| Custom targeting not respected - unwanted banner showed up | reallyfuzzybee | 12/04/16 21:02 | Please select your platform version***: DFP-Small Business ***If you DON'T select your platform, we're unable to provide the best answer/support to your question. Question or Issue: Dear DFP, I would like to make use of custom targeting to sell spec |
| Re: Custom targeting not respected - unwanted banner showed up | oncalladops | 12/04/16 21:09 | hey Eric, get ready for extreme lameness... you have to EXCLUDE the targeting from ALL other lines that might run in those spots!!! The DART legacy product allows us to manually change the priority numbers (thereby giving a slight edge to the keyval |
| Re: Custom targeting not respected - unwanted banner showed up | reallyfuzzybee | 12/04/16 21:15 | Hi Rainey, Thanks for the speedy response :) Wow, yes, this is extremely lame LOL. Brainstorming what to do now (I'll definitely not go in the many line items targeting the same spots and de-custom-target them) ... |
| Re: Custom targeting not respected - unwanted banner showed up | oncalladops | 12/04/16 21:39 | yea...it's crazy...I don't know why they took this out. I'm working on getting an add-on to my DART network right now and they're trying to get me to "upgrade" to Premium...I'm just not willing to do it. I'll take the "outdated" product that has be |
| Re: Custom targeting not respected - unwanted banner showed up | reallyfuzzybee | 12/04/16 22:14 | One thing off-topic: This forum as well other "revamped" Google Groups e.g. Google Apps doesn't do a basic but very important feature of a forum: "Show my threads/ questions/ posts whatsoever"!It's driving me close-to-nuts having to track down my own |
| Re: Custom targeting not respected - unwanted banner showed up | oncalladops | 12/04/16 22:20 | totally agree with you! I got used to the forums pretty quickly...but they are frustrating. Do you have a "filters" button at the top of the main list? If so...you can look at just your topics. It may be something that I get as a Top Contributor |
| Re: Custom targeting not respected - unwanted banner showed up | reallyfuzzybee | 12/04/17 20:31 | Hi Rainey, I've just tried setting $50 CPM for my wanted line item ad $0 CPM for my unwanted line item.The unwanted banner is still showing up. Thanks,Eric |
| Re: Custom targeting not respected - unwanted banner showed up | reallyfuzzybee | 12/04/17 20:41 | Hi Rainey, The more I think about this, the more I feel this is not just inconvenience but this is a logical bug DFP needs to fix! For my purpose here, I can always create new ad units for the section that I want to sell separately from run-of-site b |
| Re: Custom targeting not respected - unwanted banner showed up | oncalladops | 12/04/18 9:29 | Trust me Eric...I've whined like a fiend on this one...it does NOT appear to be changing...no clue as to why, but I don't run the process (sometimes this is a sad thing in my own mind at least!)...so I have to just go along with it. I think it's HOR |