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Macros for Ad Serving

Written by Roy
May 12, 2021 • 3 min read
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AdGlare comes with some built-in macros that you can use in Third-Party tags or Landing URLs. These types of macros are commonly used for cache-busting.

They can also be used to pass on valuable information to the Landing Page of an ad. For example, the page the ad has been shown on, or ad server-specific identifiers like the zone ID, campaign ID, creative ID, etc.

Find below a list of all macros AdGlare supports.

Commonly Used Macros

VariableDescriptionExample
{ts}The Unix timestamp.
1711720637
{rnd}Random 10 character alpha-numeric string.
P2NC9U7QX
{zID}The Zone ID.
1234567890
{cID}The Campaign ID.
1234567890
{crID}The Creative ID.
1234567890
{pID}The Contact ID.
1234567890
{ip}IPv4 address of the visitor.
44.222.128.90
{width}Width of the creative.
468
{height}Height of the creative.
60
{device}The visitor's device type.
pc | mobile
{referer}The URL on which the campaign is displayed.
http://domain.com/abc
{referer_esc}The escaped/encoded referer URL.
http%3A%2F%2Fdomain.co
{ua}The browser's user agent string.
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Andro...
{ua_esc}The escaped/encoded browser's user agent string.
Mozilla%2F5.0+%28Linux
{subdomain}The subdomain on which the campaign is displayed.
www.domain.com
{domain}The domain on which the campaign is displayed.
domain.com
{zone_name}The zone name (URL encoded).
my+zone+name
{campaign_name}The campaign name (URL encoded).
my+campaign+name
{creative_name}The creative name (URL encoded).
my+creative+name
{landing_url}Expands to the Landing URL entered during setup.
-
{click_url}Tracks clicks and redirects to appending URL.
-
{click_url_esc}An escaped click URL macro.
-
{click_url_esc_esc}A double escaped click URL macro.
-
{cpm}The CPM rate of the campaign (if set).
8.50
{cpc}The CPC rate of the campaign (if set).
0.50

Geolocation Macros

VariableDescriptionExample
{geo_country}The country name of the visitor.
United States
{geo_country_iso2}ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code of the visitor.
US
{geo_country_iso3}ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code of the visitor.
USA
{geo_region}The region of the visitor. It can be a number.
Virginia
{geo_city}The city name of the visitor.
Ashburn
{geo_latitude}The latitude of the visitor.
39.0469
{geo_longitude}The longitude of the visitor.
-77.4903
{geo_dma_code}United States DMA. Empty otherwise.
511
{geo_continent_code}The visitor's 2-letter continent code.
NA

Conversion Macros

VariableDescriptionExample
This macro is available when you've enabled conversion tracking for your campaign.
{agcid}A unique click ID to track the conversion.
fTFwa1FXMDIkPCEt...

Cookie Macros

VariableDescriptionExample
Cookie macros are available for Display Ads of which the ad tag has been directly added to the web page.
{cookie_mykey}The value of the cookie with the key 'mykey'.
myvalue
{cookie_esc_mykey}The escaped value of the cookie with the key 'mykey'.
x%3A1

Create your own Macros

VariableDescriptionExample
Custom macros are available when their keys have been passed to the ad tag URL. Example:
http://yourname.engine.adglare.net/?123456789&ag_custom_mykey=red
{ag_custom_mykey}The value of the key 'mykey'.
red
{ag_custom_esc_mykey}The escaped value of the key 'mykey'.
x%3A1

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