skills/paid-ads/formats/display-ads/SKILL.md
When the user wants to run display, banner, or ad network campaigns. Also use when the user mentions "display ads," "banner ads," "ad network," "ad alliance," "programmatic display," "native ads," or "retargeting display." For strategy, use paid-ads-strategy.
npx skillsauth add kostja94/marketing-skills display-adsInstall this skill globally with one command. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf.
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Guides display advertising: ad networks, banner ads, and programmatic buying. Use when placing ads on publisher sites (websites, apps) for brand awareness or retargeting.
When invoking: On first use, if helpful, open with 1–2 sentences on what this skill covers and why it matters, then provide the main output. On subsequent use or when the user asks to skip, go directly to the main output.
| Format | Use | |--------|-----| | Display banner | IAB sizes; CPM or CPC; brand, retargeting | | Native | Blends with page content; higher engagement | | Video pre-roll | Pre-roll on publisher video; see ctv-ads for streaming | | Rich media | HTML5; expandable, interactive | | Mobile interstitial | Full-screen between content |
| Option | Use | |-------|-----| | Google Display | Part of Google Ads; automated placements; retargeting | | Programmatic DSP | The Trade Desk, Magnite, etc.; audience-based; scale | | Direct publisher | Deal with specific site; guaranteed placement | | Ad network | Network aggregates inventory; simpler than full programmatic |
| Metric | Use | |--------|-----| | CPM | Cost per thousand impressions | | CPC | Cost per click | | CTR | Click-through rate; typically low for banners (0.1–0.5%) | | Viewability | % of impressions actually seen | | Completion rate | For video; % who watch full ad |
Use utm_medium=display or cpc with utm_source (publisher or network name) for attribution. See traffic-analysis for GA4 alignment.
testing
When the user wants to create, audit, or optimize sitemap.xml. Also use when the user mentions "sitemap," "sitemap.xml," "sitemap index," "lastmod," "changefreq," "priority," "URL discovery," "URL discovery for search engines," "single source of truth," "URL config," "unify sitemap IndexNow," or "reduce duplicate maintenance." For IndexNow, use indexnow.
development
When the user wants to configure, audit, or optimize robots.txt. Also use when the user mentions "robots.txt," "crawler rules," "block crawlers," "AI crawlers," "GPTBot," "allow/disallow," "disallow path," "crawl directives," "user-agent," "block Googlebot," "fix robots.txt," "robots.txt blocking," or "search engine crawling." For indexing, use indexing.
testing
When the user wants to create SEO pages at scale using templates and data—including AI-assisted, grounded copy for per-URL differentiation (vs rigid mail-merge templates). Also use when the user mentions "programmatic SEO," "programmatic SEO pages," "template pages," "scale content," "location pages," "city pages," "comparison pages at scale," "X vs Y pages," "integration pages," "pages from data," "automated landing pages," or "programmatic landing pages." Uses a playbook matrix aligned to skills under skills/pages. For user-facing template galleries or marketplaces (browse → use), use template-page-generator.
data-ai
When the user wants to add or optimize Twitter Card metadata for X (Twitter) link previews. Also use when the user mentions "Twitter Card," "twitter:card," "twitter:image," "twitter:title," "X preview," or "tweet preview." For Facebook/LinkedIn previews, use open-graph.