Content and Creative Guidelines

Your complete guide to ADSKEEPER creative guidelines

ADSKEEPER defines the native ad ecosystem and is passionate about increasing the ad integrity of our clients. We have included the creative guidelines to explain how great ads are made. If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to contact your account manager.

To form a clear vision of moderation steps and eliminate misunderstandings in moderation processes, we present a step-by-step guide to reviewing the content and creatives in Adskeeper.

This guide is meant to help you avoid mistakes and easily pass moderation.

Native Ad Content Guidelines

Prohibited content and practices

  • Erotic, pornographic content
  • Phishing, malicious content, malware files
  • Advertising of illegal products and services
  • Weaponry
  • Materials related to terrorist groups and acts of terrorism
  • Use of minors for irrelevant, prohibited categories (e.g. dating, weight loss, etc.)
  • Humiliating, indecorous, mortifying, dissolute materials
  • Fortune-telling products and services
  • Dating sites emphasizing sexual intercourses
  • Medicaments, online drugstores
  • Smoking-related materials
  • Fraudulent moneymaking services, investment schemes with high risk involved
  • Third-party rights contravention (e.g. watermarks)
  • Unconfirmed celebrity, brand, service endorsement

Restricted content

  • Dating services
  • Online casinos, lotteries, sweepstakes, gambling
  • Alcoholic beverages
  • Computer or mobile software downloads
  • Online banks, crediting services, and other financial institutions
  • Weight loss products, supplements, and other self-perfection products
  • Vaping goods and electronic cigarettes
  • Subscription services (e.g. video streaming platforms)
  • Religion-related materials
  • Politics-related materials (e.g. electioneering)

Thumbnail images

Thumbnail image technical parameters

Size: 600*400 pixels
Dimension: no less than 72 dpi and 300 dpi is preferred.
Format: .jpg, .png, or steady .gif.

What to avoid while choosing a perfect image for your ad:

  • Poor quality
  • Amateur Photoshop editing
  • Side borders
  • Distorted, stretched images
  • Watermarked images
  • Excessive elements (e.g. red circles, arrows, etc.)

Headlines

Title length: 65 characters

Please avoid the following practices in your headlines:

  • Illiteracy, senselessness, unnecessary punctuation
  • False, deceptive statements
  • Exaggerating with uppercase
  • Obscene language
  • Usage of website URLs
  • Usage of addresses, phone numbers, and any other contact information