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What Size Should A Mobile Ad Be?

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We present a causal inference framework for evaluating the impact of advertising treatments. Our framework is computationally efficient by employing a tree structure that specifies the relationship between user characteristics and the corresponding ad treatment. We illustrate the applicability of our proposal on a novel advertising effectiveness study: finding the best ad size on different mobile devices in order to maximize the success rates. The study shows a surprising phenomenon that a larger mobile device does not need a larger ad. In particular, the 300*250 ad size is universally good for all the mobile devices, regardless of the mobile device size.

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  • (2023)Optimizing mobile in-app advertising effectiveness using app publishers-controlled factorsJournal of Marketing Analytics10.1057/s41270-023-00230-wOnline publication date: 22-May-2023

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WWW '15 Companion: Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on World Wide Web
May 2015
1602 pages
ISBN:9781450334730
DOI:10.1145/2740908

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Published: 18 May 2015

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  1. ad size
  2. advertising
  3. causal inference
  4. mobile

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  • (2023)Optimizing mobile in-app advertising effectiveness using app publishers-controlled factorsJournal of Marketing Analytics10.1057/s41270-023-00230-wOnline publication date: 22-May-2023

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