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Microsoft Monetize - Run rich media creatives on mobile inventory

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This document describes how to set up your rich media creatives to serve on mobile devices. It also contains a list of media types supported by each major seller. Note that this is not an exhaustive guide to targeting and running mobile ad campaigns; for a complete description of our mobile targeting, see Buy Mobile Inventory via RTB.

Note

For the purposes of this document, rich media creatives are defined as interstitials and MRAID expandables, but not video.

Tip

Interstitials

Buyers can target and purchase interstitial impressions by using creatives with sizes appropriate for mobile interstitials. Typical mobile interstitial sizes include:

Device Type Portrait Size Landscape Size
Phone 320x480 480x320
Tablet 768x1024 1024x768

Note

For an app interstitial, the size is 1x1.

When setting up an interstitial creative, buyers should select the Standard Banner media type and enter one of the interstitial creative sizes listed above. The above sizes are the most common interstitial sizes and apply for all operating systems. Although these creatives will serve as interstitials on mobile devices, they are really just standard, static banner creatives.

Warning

The Interstitial media type is not currently supported on external mobile supply partners' inventory; you must select the Standard Banner media type.

MRAID expandables

You can run expandables on mobile app inventory using MRAID creatives. These are trafficked as Standard Banner media types in common mobile sizes such as 300x50. Select Third-party creative and enter the HTML or JavaScript code of your MRAID creative in the Tag text area.

Here is an example MRAID creative; note that the line at the top including "mraid.js" is required for it to work:

<script src="mraid.js"></script>
<img src="media/png" style="display: none" onerror="
        (function(img) {
            var params = {'placementId': '123456','clickUrl':'${CLICK_URL}','clickEvent':'advertiser','externalAdServer':'AppNexus'};
            var req = document.createElement('script');
            req.id = params.scriptId = 'the-company-script-' + (window.theCompanyScriptIndex = (window.theCompanyScriptIndex||0)+1);
            params.clientTimestamp = new Date/1000;
            req.src = (window.location.protocol == 'https:' ? 'https' : 'http') + '://ads.the-company.com/mraid-ad.js?';
            for (var k in params) {
                req.src += '&amp;' + encodeURIComponent(k) + '=' + encodeURIComponent(params[k]);
            }
            img.parentNode.insertBefore(req, img.nextSibling);
        })(this);
    "/>

MRAID-Certified

Creatives that are MRAID-certified may serve on external mobile supply sources. During the Microsoft Advertising creative audit process, MRAID creatives with expandable characteristics will only be flagged with the MRAID technical attribute and not with the expandable technical attribute.

Non-MRAID-Certified

Non-MRAID creatives that have expandable features will not serve on external mobile supply. If there are expandable features, our audit team will mark these creatives as having an Expandable media type. Expandables will not serve on external mobile supply.

Warning

Creatives that are of the the media type Expandable will not serve on external mobile supply. For more information about how Microsoft Advertising audits mobile creatives, see Mobile Creative Auditing.

Supported rich media types by seller

All of the mobile sellers in this table support both interstitials and expandables.

Mobile Seller Member ID MRAID Support? HTML5 Support? Supported Rich Media Vendors
Inneractive 2047 Yes Yes - Celtra
- Phluant
- Crisp
- Medialets
- AdGibbons
Microsoft Mobile 280 Yes Yes
Millennial Media 2066 Yes Yes - Addroid
- AdGibbon
- Adxcel
- Celtra
- Collective
- Crisp
- Flashtalking
- GoldSpot
- Google/DART
- Innovid
- JustAd
- Medialets
- Mediamind
- Mediaplex
- MixPo
- Mobile-5
- MobSmith
- Phluant
- Pointreach
- Pointroll
- Pontiflex
- Simplytics
- Sprout
- Unruly Media
- Vdopia
MoPub 1813 Yes Yes - Celtra
- Medialets
- Crisp
- Adxcel
- Sprout/inmobi
- Xtopoly
Nexage 1868 Yes Yes - Celtra
- Medialets
Smaato 1752 Yes Yes - Celtra v1-v3, MRAID
- JustAd
- Medialets
- Crisp
- Phluant
- AdGibbon
- certified rich media vendors