Digital Marketing Glossary

  • CPA (Cost Per Acquisition)

    Cost per acquisition, a metric that measures the aggregate cost to acquire one paying customer on a campaign or channel level.
  • CPC (Cost Per Click)

    Cost per click, a metric that denotes the price an advertiser pays for each click on their ad.
  • CPM (Cost Per Mille)

    Cost per thousand impressions, a metric that denotes the price of 1,000 advertisement impressions on one webpage.
  • CTR (Click-Through Rate)

    The ratio of users who click on an ad to the number of total users who view the ad (clicks divided by impressions).
  • Targeting Options

    Various criteria used to deliver ads to the most relevant audiences, such as demographic targeting, geographic targeting, behavioral targeting, and contextual targeting.
  • Brand Safety

    Practices and tools used to ensure that ads do not appear in contexts that can harm the advertiser's brand, such as on inappropriate or low-quality websites.