Ad Planner changes

As of September 5th, Ad Planner information is limited to placements within the Google Display Network (GDN). GDN Ad Planner no longer provides information on any sites, domains, or non-GDN placements. You can still search for sites and domains that are in the GDN, but GDN Ad Planner will only provide information on the associated placements.

See below for specific details on how the tabs, filters, and other information in GDN Ad Planner have changed.

Basic GDN Ad Planner changes

Changes to GDN Ad Planner:

Info that is no longer available
  • Domain info
  • Site info
  • Non-GDN placement info
  • Household Income
  • Education
  • Keywords Searched For
  • Videos Also Watched
  • Regional Page Views
  • Worldwide Top Subdomains
Some Google domains, such as mail.google.com, may appear in GDN Ad Planner as ad placements if they display ads.
Filters that are no longer available
  • YouTube Channels: Audience filters removed, Content filters still available.
  • Household Income: removed from Demographics filters.

  • Education: removed from Demographics filters.

  • Keywords Your Audience Searches for Online: removed from Online Activity filters.

  • Site Language: removed from Content filters.

  • Domain research: removed.

Changes to how we compute data
  • Age: computed using DoubleClick cookies, not third-party data.

  • Gender: computed using DoubleClick cookies, not third-party data.

  • Sites Also Visited: instead of sites also visited, GDN Ad Planner displays placements with ads that also received impressions.

  • Unique Visitors (users): replaced with Unique Visitors (cookies), which is computed using DoubleClick cookies, not third-party data. Instead of Unique Visitors (users), GDN Ad Planner shows Unique Visitors (cookies).

Changes to our Top 1000 sites page and Publisher Center:

Top 1000 sites

The Ad Planner 1000 list is still available, but we no longer update it. Because it is now the GDN Ad Planner 1000 list, we've removed non-GDN statistics. Statistics only appear for a site on the list if it is in the GDN.

Publisher Center

Because all placements listed in GDN Ad Planner are on sites within the GDN, we no longer host a Publisher Center for publishers to manage site descriptions.

GDN Ad Planner changes by tab

Here is a comprehensive list of the fields, filters, and data columns that have changed on each tab in GDN Ad Planner.

Research

Search by site tab
  • Household Income: removed.

  • Education: removed.

  • Videos also watched: removed.

  • Keywords searched for: removed.

  • Sites also visited: displays GDN placements only.

Search for placements tab

Search

  • All Domains: removed.

  • Video Categories: removed (you can still use AdWords for this).

Search results: filters

  • YouTube Channels: Audience filters removed, Content filters still available.

  • Household Income: removed from Demographics filters.

  • Education: removed from Demographics filters.

  • Keywords Your Audience Searches for Online: removed from Online Activity filters.

  • Site Language: removed from Content filters.

Search results: Data columns

  • UV (users): replaced with UV (cookies). Unique visitors are counted by DoubleClick cookies, not by third-party panels.

  • Regional Page Views: removed.

Search results: site profiles

The Site profiles page has been replaced with the Placement profile page, which includes placement statistics in place of site statistics.

  • Total Visits: chart removed.

  • Page Views: chart removed.

  • Average Visits Per Cookie: removed.

  • Average Time on Site: removed.

  • Description: site descriptions provided by publishers no longer appear.

Audience planning tab
  • Household Income: chart removed.

  • Education: chart removed.

  • Sites Also Visited: replaced with GDN placements.

  • Keywords Searched For: removed.

Media Plan

Details tab
  • Domain Research: removed from Inventory filters.

  • Unique Visitors (users): data column replaced with Unique Visitors (cookies). Unique visitors are counted by DoubleClick cookies, not by third-party panels.

  • Regional PV: data column removed.

Profile tab
  • Household Income: chart removed.

  • Education: chart removed.

  • Sites Also Visited: removed.

  • Keywords Searched For: removed.

Settings tab
  • Household Income: removed.

  • Education: removed.

  • Keywords Your Audience Searches For Online: removed.

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