Site Lists & App Lists
If no site list is attached to your campaign, domain targeting will be open by default.
- Create Custom Lists:
- Navigate to the ‘Inventory’ tab.
- Select ‘New Site List’ or ‘New App List’.
- Once a list is saved, it will automatically appear under the ‘Site Lists’ or ‘App Lists’ section in the ‘Targeting’ menu of the Line Item.
- Premade Lists:
- Pontiac also provides premade site lists and app lists for various categories that you can choose from.
- Allow List vs. Block List:
- Allow List (Target): Use this to target specific sites or apps.
- Block List (Avoid): Use this to avoid specific sites or apps.
- How to Associate Site or App Lists:
- Go to ‘Edit Targeting’ within your Line Item.
- In the ‘Sites Lists’ or ‘App Lists’ tab, select the ‘Allow List’ or ‘Block List’ bubble, depending on your targeting needs.
- Click the green plus sign next to the list you want to target or avoid,
- The associated lists will appear on the right side of the screen.
The following are definitions of the default Pontiac Site Lists:
- Arts and Performance – Sites of various branches of creative activity, such as painting, music, literature, and dance.
- Auto – Sites in the automotive industry or sites for people interested in auto.
- Beauty and Fitness – Sites for inner and outer beauty and health.
- Books and Literature – Sites for book/literature lovers.
- Business and Industry – Sites for business minded people.
- Finance – Sites for financial information, trends, and advice.
- Food and Drink – Sites for foodies, recipes, and restaurants.
- Gaming – Sites to play entertaining games on.
- Health – Sites for fitness, general health, and health trends.
- Hobbies and Interests – Sites for people who interested in popular extracurricular activities.
- Home and Garden – Sites for home décor, home maintenance, and sites for outdoor gardening.
- Internet and Telecom – Includes mostly tech sites and sites for people interested in tech, internet, and telcom.
- Job and Education – Sites for people who are looking for new jobs or want to further their education.
- Law and Government – Sites for legal advice or for government information.
- News – Includes major national news sites.
- Online Communities – Sites for communities whose members interact with each other primarily via the Internet. Members of the community usually share common interests.
- People and Society – Includes world culture and pop culture sites.
- Performance – High performing sites: Premium inventory and High CTRs.
- Pets and Animals – Sites for pet lovers, pet information, animal lovers, and animal information.
- Real Estate – Sites for rentals, house listings, and people interested in real estate/market.
- Reference – Sites for people who are looking for further information. Some sample sites from this list are dictonary.com, usingenglish.com, and howstuffworks.com.
- Science – Sites for scientists or people interested in science or doing scientific research/experiments.
- Shopping – Sites for clothing stores, fashion, and fashion trends.
- Sports – Sites on information on national sport games and sport news.
- Travel – Sites for vacations and travel tips.
- World Localities – Sites for local and world news.
The following are the definitions of the default Pontiac App Lists:
- Auto – Apps for car shopping & reviews.
- Business & Finance – Apps for business news, finance news, stocks, trading, budgeting tools, currency converters, and crypto.
- Entertainment – Apps for literature, cinema review, pop culture, and celebrity news & trends.
- Fitness & Health – Apps for workout plans, fitness guides, meal planning, calorie counters, and step trackers.
- Food – Apps for food delivery, recipes, cookbooks, and nutrition.
- Games – Apps for trivia, word search, puzzles, poker & card games, chess, and sudoku.
- Lifestyle & Shopping – Apps for style, fashion, shopping, and home & garden.
- Music – Apps for radio, music downloaders, and instruments.
- News – Apps for national & local news.
- OTT/CTV – Apps for premium streaming TV for OTT and CTV.
- Premium – Apps for tier 1 publishers.
- Sports – Apps for sports news and scores & streaming.
- Tools & Reference – Apps for weather, calculators, dictionaries, translators, and maps.
- Travel – Apps for hotels, flights, and travel guides.