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How CPA Goal bidding beats manual CPC in 90% of accounts

Six weeks of A/B tests across 40 campaigns — what Smart Bidding actually learns, and when to override it.

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Ad Formats

Push vs In-Page Push: which one converts in your vertical

Vertical-by-vertical benchmarks from 12 months of AdsDial inventory. iOS coverage, opt-in rates, CPA spreads.

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Playbook

The popunder scaling playbook for nutra & sweeps in 2026

How to ladder spend on popunder without burning creatives — GEO tiers, dayparting, creative rotation.

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Ad Formats

Survey exit: why it converts like a funnel step, not a display ad

Survey-exit traffic is pre-qualified. Here's how to match your offer copy to the question they just answered.

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Tracking

Cookieless attribution — a practical guide for performance marketers

S2S postbacks, server-side events, and why first-party data matters more than the cookie debate suggests.

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Creative

Ad creative A/B testing: sample size you actually need

Most creative tests stop too early. Here's the math — and the two places Smart Bidding quietly decides for you.

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Infrastructure

Inside the AdsDial anti-fraud layer: pre-bid, post-bid, refund

The three checkpoints every impression passes, and the rules we shipped after catching a click-flooding network.

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Geo

Geo-targeting India: state-level spreads you shouldn't ignore

Maharashtra isn't Tamil Nadu isn't Bihar. A regional pricing & creative breakdown for Indian campaigns.

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Playbook

Dayparting in 2026: the 6 time-of-day rules we actually ship with

Generic "bid higher at 8pm" advice is lazy. Here's dayparting by vertical × device × GEO.

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