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  1. Privacy Policy

    Privacy Policy – Updated April 6, 2021 1. Introduction This privacy policy ( “Privacy Policy” ) explains the data protection practices of Publisher First, Inc. dba Freestar (collectively, “ Freestar “, “we&r...
  2. Your Site's Privacy Policy

    As per our Supply Policies , Freestar and the partners we work with require every website to have a privacy policy with key information included.  What is a Privacy Policy? The privacy of internet users, the collection of data around those u...
  3. Blocklist Options

    Freestar has several options for blocklists when onboarding a new site: Default, Standard, or Sensitive.  The Default Blocklist includes Non-Standard and Illegal Content, as well as auto-play sound, expandable, pop, provocative/ suggestive im...
  4. Post Launch Stabilization with Freestar

    What to expect during the first few weeks after launching with Freestar.
  5. Confirmed Clicks

    What is the Confirmed Click functionality?  Google introduced Confirmed Clicks as an automated implementation that occurs on specific ad units that are subject to higher-than-average invalid clicks. According to Google, invalid clicks are cl...
  6. Programmatic direct: PMPs, preferred deals, and guaranteed deals

    Programmatic direct is when a publisher directly invites advertisers to purchase their inventory through a programmatic ad buying system. Publishers and advertisers negotiate a price for a fixed amount of time that the direct deal will serve. Progra...
  7. How to enable Freestar to manage your inventory

    Summary In the past, publishers who did not have or did not want their own Google Ad Manager (GAM) account could use Freestar’s GAM. At Freestar, we referred to this as our Freestar Ad Server, or our Hosted solution. This was made possible ...
  8. Common TCF v2.0 Errors in GAM

    With updates to the consent framework, some publishers have noticed this large menacing ba nn er that shows up when logging into Google Ad Manager (GAM): This is a shortcut to the EU user consent area (accessed normally through the side menu: A...
  9. How to create Xandr (AppNexus) placements for sites using Act on all Ad Units

    Setting up a publisher and applying a blocklist Log in to the Xandr (AppNexus) dashboard: https://platform.xandr.com/v2/monetization-dashboard Select Inventory  >  Publishers to go to the Publishers page. Select + New to set u...
  10. 2022 SEO Trends

    In case you missed our workshop, you can view the slide deck here: SEO Trends 2022.pdf Recording of the top tips: Your browser does not support HTML5 video. Recording of the workshop questions: Your browser does not support HTML5 video. ...