[Q] Serve different type of ads with viewport condition

Hi Lorenzo,

thank you for your question.

Indeed, Advanced Ads or any add-ons don’t hide ad code with CSS, because that would be against the terms from many ad networks.

Without cache-busting, the ad code is simply not delivered to the frontend. With cache-busting, JavaScript is used to load the ad code only, if the conditions allow it. You can roughly compare this with DFP.

Thomas

Perfect,

only last four rapid questions, if you could kindly reply:

1) if i install advanced ads, without the pro, is it possibile to install the responsive add-on?

2) if i use advanced ads, without the pro version, when i check “hide for mobile” in the free version with cache-busting, will i set the same parameters that you have explained now?

3) if i use the pro version, could you ensure me that the plugin is fully compatible with mod_pagespeed and memcached on Apache server (generally)?

4) (OT) what does really mean “hide ads from bots”. What does it do this function exactly?

Many many thanks,

Lorenzo

Sure,

1) yes

2) cache-busting is only available in Pro so if you have a cached site, it is likely that this will prevent this mobile/desktop setup to work properly

3) we didn’t have an issue with mod_pagespeed for a while now and I believe it is because they became smarter ?? They also produce most issues not with Advanced Ads, but because they try to “optimize” scripts from ads. memcached is no problem.

We have a 30 refund period for Pro, so enough time to test ??

4) this is especially useful if you sell ads to clients and also track impressions or clicks which would increase also by ad traffic. This option removes the ad output for known bots.

Let me know if you need anything else.

Thomas

Perfect,

thanks for all the replies. So i need the Pro version for cache-busting. Sorry for many questions, but i need to know also this, so after i can decide:

1) the add-on, are they installed as another plugin?

2) concerning the cache-busting. From what i understand, cache-busting only enable javascript to serve ads with a particular condition (as for example browser width/viewport). Nothing else, right?

3) concerning the “hide ads for bots”. I’m on alert about this option. I’m not selling ads or tracking impressions to the clients. So, if i simply use Advanced pro to insert ads with only particular conditions (as viewport), should i enable it or not? I think no, but i’d like to know you opinion.

4) i also use a plugin similar to w3 total cache. Should be no problem about that with your plugin, right?

These are the last questions.

Many thanks another time,

Lorenzo

1) yes

2) I am not sure if I understand correctly. Are you worried that cache-busting only works for specific conditions? No, it works for all of them.

3) I don’t think you need to enable this option.

4) Not that I am aware of. I am very proud to say that we haven’t yet discovered a caching solution that we can not work with.

Thanks
Thomas

Hi Thomas,

thanks for the replies. Concerning the second one, i’d like to know what cache-busting really does. So, you explained that it injects Javascript only for ads. So, i want to be sure if that just modifies all concerning the ads, and not even affect other resources.

Many thanks,

Lorenzo

• This reply was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by Rezly.

Hi Lorenzo,

the cache-busting is either an ajax-call, which is loads the ad on request or the “passive” cache-busting which preloads the ad codes, but executes it only when the conditions are met.

It does not influence or change something else on your site.

Thomas

Hi Thomas,

thanks for the reply. So, i’m planning to use it, but i have to serve an ad code like this:

<script data-wid="auto" type="text/javascript" src="path of the video ad"></script>

I saw that in the manuals section of your site, it says that the cache busting may have problems with this type of script and it would be best not to activate it. But i need it to not show video ads on the mobile version in never situation (like DFP). What do you think about that?

from the manual:

There are some issues with ad-codes that try to include multiple external scripts at once ( <script src=”..”>).

Also, the passive mode, if proloads the ad codes, does those one are inserted into the page source?

Thanks another time,

Lorenzo

• This reply was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by Rezly.

Hi Lorenzo,

how about you just send me a working code directly to our support (https://wpadvancedads.com/support) and I’ll give it a try on my local environment?

Yes, the passive mode loads the ad code into the page frontend code, but does not run it. There is no activity for the ad networks caused by this.

Thomas

Hi Thomas,

i sent you an email.

Thanks,

Lorenzo