How AdPushup Helped TechApple Drive a 77.4% Uplift in ActiveView Impressions

AdPushup helped increase our revenue through automatic ad layout testing. Our UX has gotten better due to dynamic placement a feature you don’t find in ad insertion plugins on WordPress”

Chaitanya

TechApple Team

Techapple.net covers news, tips, and reviews on all things tech for a loyal base of Indian and global visitors. The site monetizes its content and its predominantly mobile audience with sponsored reviews and display ads. TechApple sought a sophisticated solution that would sustainably optimize Ad revenue in face of fluctuating traffic while requiring minimal tinkering.

  • Website

    techapple.net

  • Industry

    Technology & Computing

  • Monthly Pageviews

    300,000

  • Alexa Rank

    36646

The Challenges

TechApple’s the founder/editor Chaitanya Patel wanted to grow their website the right way–by improving impression quality, without IVT (invalid traffic), and with a strong focus on UX. “We didn’t want to jack-up our impression count overnight–We had already lost significant traffic to ad blockers and our own attempt to force ads on them. What we were looking for was a way to monetize our existing impressions more effectively. Unlike third-party audience sources, that’s something we could get behind,” says Chaitanya. TechApple team discovered AdPushup’s automated layout testing tool. “We were looking to optimize ads and were keenly interested in the product and concept of AdPushup,” he says.

TechApple signed up with AdPushup to meet the following objectives:

• Maximize yield on an impression level.
• Optimize impressions for viewability without introducing advertising clutter on site.
• Maintain and enhance site user experience on mobile and desktop.

AdPushup helped increase our revenue through automatic ad layout testing. Our UX has gotten better due to dynamic placement a feature you don’t find in ad insertion plugins on WordPress”

Chaitanya

TechApple Team

Solution Deployment

With AdPushup’s ad layout optimization tool, TechApple promptly began experimenting with ad layouts on mobile and desktop. “It was basically one-time install and go. The product is self-learning and we didn’t need to oversee further optimization,” says Chaitanya. Abhinav Choudhri, Senior Account Manager at AdPushup, explains the ops side, “We started off with restoring the UX (previously damaged due to an anti ad block solution) and resolving AdSense compliance issues.”

AdPushup ops team then created custom ad layouts for targeted audience segments to optimize user experience in real-time. Next, the team configured AdPushup’s in-content Auto Analysis Module for automated ad placements at in-content positions without disrupting the flow of content for mobile and desktop users. Granular ad controls enabled TechApple to block ads on selective website sections. The ops team also implemented advertising labels to distinguish ad creative from content per IAB guidelines and began testing contextual link ads on TechApple.net. Finally, TechApple used AdRecover2 to run unobtrusive ads per ‘Acceptable Ads’ guidelines unlock and monetize impressions with an AdBlock-enabled audience without damaging the site user experience.

Results

Working with AdPushup, TechApple has seen a steady 41% increase in Page RPM, 94% increase in Page CTR, and 77.4% increase in ActiveView viewable impressions—which indicates significant improvements in ad viewability and perceived value of ad inventory. AdPushup’s continuous testing and optimization were never carried out at the cost of user experience. “We found no adverse impact on our user experience. In fact, we have seen it improve due to dynamic placements and non-invasive, asynchronous code,” says Chaitanya.

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    Goal

    Maximize yield on an impression level

    Optimize impressions for viewability without introducing advertising clutter

    Maintain and enhance site user experience on mobile and desktop

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    Challenge

    Lost significant traffic to ad blockers and forced ads

     

     

     

     

     

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    Solution

    Restored the UX and resolved AdSense compliance issues

    In-Content Auto Analysis Module automated ad placements without disrupting the content flow

    Granular ad controls blocked ads on selective website sections

     

     

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    Result

    41% increase in Page RPM

    94% increase in Page CTR

    77.4% increase in ActiveView viewable impressions

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