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    Taboola

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ATaboola is a native advertising platform from the company of the same name in New York for publishing "recommended" content in a variety of popularly visited news sites and spaces. Taboola is partnered with many publishers (the Atlantic, Tribune, MailOnline, Business Insider, etc.).

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    Taboola
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    Taboola
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Taboola
    Considered Both Products
    Taboola
    Chose Taboola
    I was not involved in the decision to select Taboola but overall it stands out from their competitor based on Price, Communication, Market Values, Customer Base, Technology and IT, Optimization, Monetization they have in current market. Their feed is widely used across Media …
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    Chose Taboola
    Taboola ranks pretty low for us, right next to Criteo and Revcontent, but above Traffic Junky. It's still nowhere as good as the social media platforms or Google. We selected Taboola because we had previously run ads years ago and wanted to see if we could make it profitable …
    Incentivized
    Chose Taboola
    We saw lower CPCs on Taboola when running a cost per click campaign. We also had a better conversion rate.
    Incentivized
    Chose Taboola
    Taboola is the middle ground between the two. Policy ensures that only quality content and creatives are distributed, but they aren't extremely strict about what kind of content can be shown. Brax isn't in the list, but it is a great supplementary tool for Taboola. However, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Taboola
    I tried Outbrain for a month just to compare the two platforms. The result is: Outbrain has similar CPC to Taboola, but the audience is low-quality. They don't spend much time on the website and only read the promoted content without continuing to other pages. In the long run, O…
    Incentivized
    Chose Taboola
    Very large publisher network.
    Incentivized
    Chose Taboola
    Outbrain doesn't charge a fee for automatic credit card billing. Often Outbrain CPC for the same content is cheaper but not always. The Outbrain UX is not as good as Taboola but recent changes had made them better than they used to be. In Outbrain you can not change images or …
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    Chose Taboola
    Taboola and Outbrain are very similar and fairly easy to use to promote content.
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Amazon Advertising Sponsored Products
    Score7.7 out of 10
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    AdSense
    Score6.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Taboola
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    2.9
    (5 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Taboola
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Taboola
    If you want to have your company advertised on news websites across the United States then Taboola is perfect. If you're looking for clicks and impressions but not so much interested in traffic that is highly engaged and converting often then I'd suggest Taboola as an option to run traffic, too. This is the perfect platform for grey-hat offers and similar ideas. I wouldn't suggest it for running ads on your website due to some strict conditions and the fact that it might not necessarily play nice with traffic coming from Facebook.
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    Pros
    Taboola
    • A good value on clicks -- they have visitors for all CPCs!
    • Worldwide reach and relatability -- so many providers use Taboola. It's very easy to reach your audience wherever.
    • High quality -- their policies ensure that only enjoyable, modest content is provided.
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    Cons
    Taboola
    • I would like to see an easier way to exclude irrelevant sites that our ads received impressions or clicks on.
    • Being able to bid on specific sites only.
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    Usability
    Taboola
    It was pretty straightforward getting an account set up and having an account rep assigned. Compared to some other platforms Taboola is actually rather intuitive when it comes to navigating the user interface. Pixel implementation was easy and we didn't have any discrepancies tracking conversions. Also the ability to target LALs was very useful and semi-straightforward to upload.
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    Support Rating
    Taboola
    We have a point of contact in Taboola and he has been really great in supporting our campaign. He helped us set up the initial campaign, answered our questions related to the campaign and even agreed when I asked for a lower CPC. Also, while he tried to encourage us to spend more, he never pushed us to the point that it gets annoying.
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    Taboola
    Outbrain doesn't charge a fee for automatic credit card billing. Often Outbrain CPC for the same content is cheaper but not always. The Outbrain UX is not as good as Taboola but recent changes had made them better than they used to be. In Outbrain you can not change images or titles once they are submitted. You also can not clone campaigns which you can do with Taboola
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    Return on Investment
    Taboola
    • Taboola campaigns have had positive effects on top of funnel activities and engagement metrics though the traffic is not always as qualified as one would like. You will need to carefully tailor your campaign to squeeze out the most relevant traffic.
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