🚩 Flag Types:
- Placement - relating to the aircheck found
- Delivery - relating to the impressions received
- YouTube - relating to the simulcast ad found
Status | Definition | Flag Type |
Missing | The expected ad was not found. For simulcast campaigns, the flag applies when the podcast ad is missing by default. It can also be configured to apply when the YouTube ad is missing. | Placement |
Stacked | An ad has at least 3 other ads immediately before it. | Placement |
Competitor | A competitor’s ad was also found in the same download of this episode, or a different episode of this show in the same month. Expand Competitor to view affected campaigns by type. | Placement |
Double Spot | The same ad has been duplicated multiple times in the same episode. | Placement |
Short | An ad is shorter than expected. | Placement |
Wrong Position | Found placements differ from expected placements, eg expected mid-roll but found pre-roll. | Placement |
Bad Promo | The found promo/URL differed from the expected. | Placement |
Cta Not Repeated | The expected promo/URL was not repeated at least twice. | Placement |
Stale Read | An ad matching this request has been re-used from a prior week on this show (same exact audio). This flag only applies to episodic ("baked-in") campaigns. | Placement |
Late Insert | For a baked-in buy, an ad was inserted into an episode after publish - meaning it was not present when the episode went live. | Placement |
Missed Talking Point | An ad is missing a required talking point. | Placement |
Do Not Say | A configured do-not-say phrase was found in the ad. | Placement |
Bad Show Notes | The episode description lacks the required disclosure | Placement |
Ad Removed | For an episodic buy, the ad was not found in all downloads of the episode. This may indicate that the publisher removed the ad or that it did not have 100% share-of-voice. | Placement |
Low Read Score | One or more ads matched to this campaign received a read score below 6. This indicates that at least one read may lack a personal endorsement from the host. | Placement |
Sonic Branding Missing | The ad is missing the required brand sound. | Placement |
Brand Safety | An episode contains possibly harmful or sensitive content in the following categories: [POLITICAL, PROFANITY, etc]. | Placement |
Tracking Not Set Up | Either the Podscribe RSS Prefix has not been added for an episodic buy, or no impressions are being received from a pixel. The flag can be ignored once the publisher confirms that the pixel has been added. | Delivery |
Underdelivery | This buy delivered fewer impressions than expected after 60 days. For simulcast buys, the combined YouTube views and RSS downloads were below the expected total. | Delivery |
Underpacing | This buy is projected to deliver fewer impressions than are expected. For simulcast buys, the combined YouTube views + RSS downloads are projected to be under. | Delivery |
Low Usable IPs | Fewer than 20% of the impressions for a campaign are usable for attribution. This is likely because the IP addresses are truncated by the publisher, are mostly from datacenters, or there is an issue with the pixel. Performance is modeled for the unusable IPs, but the results may have less significance. | Delivery |
High Frequency | Had an average frequency > 5 on the show in the past 30 days. | Delivery |
High Concentration | Over 15% of impressions went to fewer than 3% of listeners. These impressions are likely to perform worse than other impressions. | Delivery |
Bad Geo | Over 30% of impressions went to an unexpected geo. | Delivery |
Impressions Discrepancy | This campaign is episodic and tracked with a DAI pixel, and the show also uses the Podscribe RSS Prefix. The flag appears when DAI pixel impressions for an episode are less than 80% of the episode’s total downloads tracked by the RSS Prefix. This may indicate that the ad is not being inserted into all episode downloads. We recommend verifying this with the publisher or ad server. | Delivery |
Unusual Impressions | Some impression sources are unusually concentrated for this campaign. | Delivery |
Below Fold | The promo/URL in the YouTube video description is below the fold and not visible unless the description is expanded. | YouTube |
Bad Hyperlink | The YouTube video has an unclickable link in the description. | YouTube |
No Pinned Comment | The YouTube video does not have a pinned comment that mentions the advertiser or includes the required promo/URL. | YouTube |
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