Block a creative type

You can prevent specific creative A digital ad made available in various creative types, defined by their size in pixels such as 300x250px. types from being on your site by adding the creative type A classification of ads based on behavior. Describes the properties of the advertisement creative. Available formats include: standard, expandable, overlay/voken, in-banner video, survey, audio, and video. to the blocked list. By default, Index Exchange (Index), blocks disruptive online ads. For more information on the creative types that are automatically blocked, see List of automatically blocked creative types.

  1. Enter your email address and password to log in to the Index UI at app.indexexchange.com.

  2. If you have more than one account, select the account that you want to access.

  3. Go to Campaigns & BlocksBlocking Controls.

  4. In the Site ID Site IDs are unique Index-specific identifiers that represent specific inventory and attributes based on our publishers needs. Site IDs are created in the Index UI and these IDs are used by publishers to make real-time bid requests. drop-down list, select the site that you want to apply the blocks to.
  5. In the Campaign A collection of multiple ads in different formats. Blocking Options section, expand Creative Type.
  6. In the (Allowed) list, select the content that you want to block. For definitions of each creative type, see Creative type definitions.
  7. Click the arrow button at the top of the (Allowed) list to move the selected creative type to the (Blocked) list.
  8. Click Save Changes.