diff --git a/ad-networks/dsps.mdx b/ad-networks/dsps.mdx new file mode 100644 index 0000000..72832c3 --- /dev/null +++ b/ad-networks/dsps.mdx @@ -0,0 +1,345 @@ +--- +title: "DSP Sources" +sidebarTitle: "DSPs" +description: "Count the impressions of your Samsung Ads, The Trade Desk and Google DV360 line items in Linkrunner, count Samsung Ads clicks, and credit installs where the DSP shares a device ID or a household IP" +icon: "rectangle-ad" +keywords: ["dsp", "dsp sources", "samsung ads", "samsung dsp", "the trade desk", "ttd", "google dv360", "display and video 360", "impression tracking", "third party impression tag", "click tracking", "third party click tag", "samsung ads click tag", "view-through attribution", "ctv attribution", "connected tv", "programmatic"] +--- + +## Overview + +If you buy ads through a demand-side platform (DSP), you paste one Linkrunner impression tag into the DSP. Each time the DSP shows an ad, it calls the tag, and Linkrunner: + +- **Counts the impression** under that DSP. The DSP appears as its own channel, and each line item you run creates its own campaign the first time it reports an impression. +- **Credits installs, where the DSP shares enough to match.** If the DSP passes a device ID or the viewer's household IP address, Linkrunner can credit a later install to the impression with [view-through attribution](/features/attribution-windows#view-through-attribution). If it passes neither, the impressions are only counted. + +For Samsung Ads you can also paste a [click tag](#samsung-ads-click-tag). Linkrunner then records each click on the same campaign and matches installs to it by device ID, like any other click. + + + This integration brings in impressions, Samsung Ads clicks and, where possible, installs. It does not sync your spend from the DSP and does not send postbacks to the DSP. + + + + Amazon DSP is not supported. Amazon only accepts measurement tags from its certified partners, so a Linkrunner tag cannot be added to an Amazon DSP campaign. Other DSPs cannot be set up yet. + + +## What you need + +- The **Admin** or **Manager** role in your Linkrunner project to set up, change, rotate or remove a DSP. Members can view the page. +- Access to the DSP account where you can edit the creatives of the line items you want to measure. +- [View-through attribution](/features/attribution-windows#view-through-attribution) turned on, if you want installs credited. Counting impressions does not need it. + +## Set up a DSP + + + + Go to [Integrations → DSPs](https://dashboard.linkrunner.io/dashboard/integrations/dsps), find the card for your DSP and click **Set up**. Linkrunner creates a key for that DSP in this project and shows the ready-to-paste tag. + + + Click the copy button next to the tag. The tag already contains your key and your DSP's macros. Paste it exactly as copied, because the DSP replaces the macros when it fires the tag. + + + Add the tag to your creatives as an impression tracker. The exact field is different in each DSP, see [Samsung Ads](#samsung-ads), [The Trade Desk](#the-trade-desk) and [Google DV360](#google-dv360). + + + On the card, turn on view-through and choose a window from 1 to 24 hours. For Samsung Ads, also turn on the CTV switch. See [View-through, CTV and Clicks switches](#view-through-ctv-and-clicks-switches). + + + If you want to send Samsung Ads clicks, turn on the **Clicks** switch on the card, copy the click tag that appears and paste it into your creatives. See [Samsung Ads click tag](#samsung-ads-click-tag). Clicks are off by default. + + + After the DSP serves its first impression for a line item, a campaign for it appears in the [Campaigns table](https://dashboard.linkrunner.io/dashboard/campaigns) and the DSP appears in Channels. The card shows how many campaigns were created and when the last one appeared, with a link to the Campaigns table filtered to that DSP. + + + +The **Impressions** column in the Campaigns table is off by default. Turn it on with **Edit Columns**, as described in [CTV attribution](/features/ctv-attribution#see-your-results). Installs credited from an impression appear as **View Through Attribution** installs. + +## The impression tag + +Every DSP uses the same URL shape. Only the macros after each `=` sign change from DSP to DSP, and the dashboard fills them in for you. The tag is a plain `GET` request: + +```text wrap +https://s2s.linkrunner.io/v1/impression?lr_key=&li=&li_name=&tid=&gaid=&idfa=&ip=&ua=&impression_time=