Stay tuned for updates to this page as we continue to release new features and enhancements within Taboola Ads. Learn more about Taboola Ads here. 

Release Notes

 

August 1st, 2022

Newly Added Capabilities

• Change History Report: “Change History” released, the report tracks your campaign's optimization activity.
• “Change History” currently allows advertisers to track the following change types:
• Site bid change: boosts, de-boosts in in percentage 
• Reset site bid (currently not displaying user info)
• Site block / unblock (currently not displaying user info)
• Campaign bid change 
• Changes can take up to an hour to show in the report! 

• Copy/Paste Site Block lists.

 

Recent Improvements 

 

• The Content Safety column is now called "Content Quality", and with it you will see new labels for your campaigns.  
• High Safety campaigns are now "Premium Quality" or "High Quality"
• Medium Safety campaigns are now "Standard Quality"
• Site report now loads the top 200 sites for improved performance.
• In campaign scheduling the time zone drop down now shows the hours difference.

 

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issues with Focal Point and platform language selection.

 

May 30, 2022

Newly Added Capabilities

• Creative Bulk Upload: now supports 3rd Party Tracking. 
• Ads Report: 
• When exporting the Ads report it now includes the rejection reasons. 
• When searching the search results are highlighted in the report.

Recent Improvements 

 

• Duplicate Multiple Ads now copies the 3rd Party Tracking as well.
• When viewing the Day report for long time frames there is a year indication for each data point.
• Added a note to the Conversion page setup for Total Conversions selection highlighting this will be your primary conversion to be used for algorithm optimizations and overall performance reporting.
• Campaign Status Filter- Now showing all data from all campaigns when removing (clearing) the status filter.
• New option to Submit invalid ad URLs.
• Updated text message for “Funds Not Available” with a link to the Billing & Payments page.

Bug Fixes

• Bulk Edit Ads - fixed a bug that was not allowing bulk edit.
• Campaign Picker- Fixed a bug that did not allow users to highlight and copy the campaign ID.

 

 

March 15th, 2022

NEW VERSION RELEASED

 

Newly Added Capabilities

• Creative Bulk Upload- You can now upload your creatives in bulk by using the provided template to upload straight to Taboola Ads. 

• New redesigned Payment & Billing screens released.

• CTA button is now editable in the Ads report- inline.

Recent Improvements 

• Landing page URL is now validated on the Create New Ads page and when the URL is invalid an error message is shown.
• Motion Ads URL is now available for copying or sharing. Look for it on the Edit Ad Page.
• ID column names were updated to be more specific: from 'ID' to 'Ad ID' , 'Site ID', ‘Campaign ID’.

 

Feb 4th, 2022

NEW VERSION RELEASED

Newly Added Capabilities

• New inline budget recommendations:

You can now find recommendations on ways to improve your campaigns directly from the platform. Navigate to the small lightning bolt symbol to discover what optimisation opportunities are available to action on your campaigns.

 

Recent Improvements 

• Campaign Status is now reflected on the Ad Status, so if a campaign is depleted the ad status will now be: Campaign Depleted. 
• New Ads Page: it’s possible now to PASTE multiple titles in the variations mode:

• Added an Edit button to MotionAds Preview.

 

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue with exporting reports in the Day report.
• CPA on the Day graph appears with the account currency.
• Fixed an issue with the custom columns resetting on the Site report.

 

Dec 20th, 2021

TABOOLA ADS - NEW VERSION RELEASED

 

Newly Added Capabilities

• An account Media Library was added showcasing all the images and video files that have been used in the past.
• Bulk Actions: It’s possible now to Duplicate Multiple Ads to Multiple Campaigns. 
• Ads Report: It’s possible now to search the report by not only by Title and ID but also by:
• URL
• Description
• Campaign Name
• Campaigns Reports: It’s possible now to choose multiple campaign statuses.

Recent Improvements 

• Added a special note to the New Campaign form highlighting when:
•  The account pixel is not installed
• When the pixel is installed correctly but there are no active conversions defined.
• Added a red error indication when adding DKI codes to Ad Descriptions.
• Added an indication that emojis are not supported for Ad Descriptions.
• Added a new recommendation when opening new campaigns and targeting both desktop and mobile which is not recommended:
• The browser back button and tabs now show the page names and account names.
• Moved the Intercom chat widget to the left side of the platform. 

Bug Fixes

• Multiple bugs fixed for improved mobile user experience.
• CPA on the Day graph appears with the account currency.

 

Oct 5th, 2021

TABOOLA ADS - NEW VERSION RELEASED

Newly Added Capabilities

• It’s possible to Delete Campaigns and see those deleted campaigns under the status filter.
• A Deleted status filter was added to the Ads report, so you can view historic data for ads now.

Recent Improvements 

• Bulk edit ads- when viewing multiple ads we are now showing the ‘shared content’ for example similar titles that exist on all selected ads.
• Site status column was added to the site report.
• Bid validations have to appear dynamically when editing bids in-line the campaigns report.
• Added year and day of week indication to report graph tooltip.
• Visibility to non valid zip codes was improved with an option to remove them in one click.

Bug Fixes

• Day and Hour Scheduling- 'copy timeframe to all' bug was fixed.
• Translations were updated in many places.

August 16th, 2021

TABOOLA ADS - NEW VERSION RELEASED

Newly Added Capabilities

• Bulk Edit Ads- Replace rejected titles or images. Add Descriptions and CTAs in bulk.
• Export Reports to Google Drive
• It’s possible now to remove blocked sites on the account level from the edit campaign form.

Recent Improvements 

• ‘Status’ column added to the Site report- indicates block/active site status.
• Redesigned Campaign and Ad forms with collapsible sections.
• Improved Date Picker Presets - add month and quarter indication.
• Added a ‘day of week’ indication to single date picker.
• Contextual targeting- categories shown in a tree now. 
• Added Audience ID to the Audience Report.
• CPC and CPA show 3 decimal digits and are not rounded. 

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue when navigating from a single campaign to all campaigns in the site report.
• Fixed an issue related to reselecting the same campaign in the campaign picker.
• Fixed an issue related to the End Date when the network time zone is different from the account time zone.
• Fixed issue where campaigns with invalid zip codes did not save.

 

June 21st, 2021

TABOOLA ADS - NEW VERSION RELEASED

Newly Added Capabilities

• Graphs added to all reports.
• Ads Report 'Comfortable View' added.
• Edit End Dates in-line in Campaigns Report.
• Lifetime date picker preset for accounts (not supported in network view yet).

Recent Improvements 

• Click on Taboola Ads logo takes the user network default view
• Added a UI indication for Inactive Accounts.
• Support showing over 100 items in zip code and site targeting lists.
• Added campaign status indication on campaign picker.
• Improvements in SC Video upload messages and validations. 
• Allow to "open in a new tab"- report tab buttons and logo

Bug Fixes

• Recommendation Center - Attentive Audience Recommendation not working
• City Targeting-Fixed the region name cut off.
• Japanese - UI brakes in reports tabs- fixed.
• End date jumps one day forward.
• Report filters can not be removed- fixed.

 

April 22nd, 2021

TABOOLA ADS - NEW VERSION RELEASED

Newly Added Capabilities

• OS and Browser reports added.
• Audience report: Duplicate RON Campaign into a marketplace audience campaign.
• Access Video Campaign Management with in Taboola Ads
• Video Reporting is now integrated into to Taboola Ads as well

Recent Improvements 

• We are now showing a calculation of the expected number of clicks on the campaign form.
• Custom columns now appear as groups and have a ‘master’ checkbox.
• Table rows are now highlighted when users make inline edits.

Bug Fixes

• Issue with conversion columns missing from some of the reports.
• Copy paste titles bug.
• Export site issue with the bid column was fixed.
• Campaign Table: Data Not Formatting Correctly- fixed.
• We now keep the bid column when switching between a single campaign and multiple campaigns. 
• When using right click to open in a new tab the campaign is now always selected.

 

March 22th, 2021

TABOOLA ADS - NEW VERSION RELEASED (March  22, 2021)

Newly Added Capabilities

• Crate ads from RSS feeds
• The ability to Exclude Marketplace audiences.
• Contextual Targeting moved in to a new section.
• New Graph added to the Sites report.
• The ‘edit drawer’ can now be used for SC Video campaigns.

Recent Improvements 

• We are now showing an indication for campaigns using custom configurations. 
• Browser is now showing recent landing page URLs and titles that were used.

Bug Fixes

• Users could not log out of taboola ads- fixed.
• Grid scrollbar bug on windows- fixed
• Dayparting bug showing twice in the Japanese version- fixed.
• Fixed the site filter on the Day report.
• Fixed issue with exporting the site columns in the right order.
• Fixed issue with duplicating ads to other accounts.
• We removed the option to select admin network when creating campaigns.

February 22th, 2021

TABOOLA ADS - NEW VERSION RELEASED (January  25, 2021)

Newly Added Capabilities

• New Graph added to the Campaigns report.
• OS and Browser reports added.
• Audience report: Duplicate RON Campaign into a marketplace audience campaign.
• Access Video Campaign Management with in Taboola Ads
• Video Reporting is now integrated into to Taboola Ads as well

Recent Improvements 

• We are now showing a calculation of the expected number of clicks on the campaign form.
• Custom columns now appear as groups and have a ‘master’ checkbox.
• Table rows are now highlighted when users make inline edits.

Bug Fixes

• Issue with conversion columns missing from some of the reports.
• Copy paste titles bug.
• Export site issue with the bid column was fixed.
• Campaign Table: Data Not Formatting Correctly- fixed.
• We now keep the bid column when switching between a single campaign and multiple campaigns. 
• When using right click to open in a new tab the campaign is now always selected.

January 25th, 2020

TABOOLA ADS - NEW VERSION RELEASED (January  25, 2020)

See release highlights below:

Newly Added Capabilities

• Duplicate Ads- it’s easier now to create another creative variation in any campaign.
• We now support Korean and Japanese translation in the platform.

Recent Improvements 

• Audience report added a Graph to highlight the audiences that perform better than average and a filter showing the top 100 results to improve performance. 
• RSS Feed support: see rss feed items under the Ads report. 
• You can now separate Conversions, CPA and CVR into clicks vs. views for all reports. 
• Added a message about limited reach when targeting my audiences and marketplace audiences.
• It’s possible now to choose the custom columns preset without opening the Custom Columns window.
• Self service clients can now click ‘Contact Support’ on the Gear menu to open support tickets.
• Added a note in the UI in case the campaign is using Campaign Clickers targeting which is not supported yet. 
• Showing by default ‘happiness’ as a search term in the Stock Images tab.

Bug Fixes

• Search in Regions report was fixed.
• Export DMA Report- exports DMA names now.
• Spending Limit in reports is not exported correctly- fixed.
• Add another validation to the Budget numbers in campaign form.
• Fixed: image recommendation: navigates to the Ads report.
• Fixed: branding text disabled now for running campaigns
• Fixed issues with Image and Audience recommendations.
• Fixed CPA on graph issue.
• Fixed a bug with sorting metrics.

December  10, 2020

TABOOLA ADS - NEW VERSION RELEASED (December  10, 2020)

See release highlights below:

Newly Added Capabilities

• Added the ‘one by one’ ad creation flow (non variations).
• On Site Demo- Preview your ad on any publisher feed.
• A red indication was added to the Tracking tab when the Taboola Pixel is missing or not active. 

Recent Improvements 

• Added bid validation message for extra high or low bids (in case they are 5 times higher/lower than previous)  
• Export report columns order is now according to the grid order.
• Showing now a validation message for audience reach when trying to target different audience types.
• Accounts who turned off view through conversions will see a message and a disabled option to compare.
• Add the option to search for audiences in the Audiences report.
• Added tooltip with description on the Audiences report.
• Added 'This Quarter' and 'Last Quarter' to the Date Picker.
• Added the campaign ID column into the Ads report on Taboola Ads.
• Added a legal disclaimer about image cropping to the Media upload section.
• Contextual segments - now showing number of articles instead of audience size.
• CPA Goal description text changed.
• Released performance improvements for large accounts.

 Bug Fixes

• The Campaign Picker now has a maximum width for larger screens.
• Fixed Time Zone indication source.
• Fixed: Issue with editing campaign names with formatting characters.
• Fixed: Back button not loading account data after refresh.

November  25, 2020

TABOOLA ADS - NEW VERSION RELEASED (November 25th, 2020)

See release highlights below:

Newly Added Capabilities

• Option for non migrated users to opt in to Taboola Ads by default.

Recent Improvements 

• Custom Columns are not persistent across accounts. 
• Grid- Make the totals row text selectable

 Bug Fixes

• Day report- fixed columns sort bug.
• Fixed: min. image dimension validation.
• Fixed: Data for dynamic columns was not showing on the graph side panel.

November  16, 2020

TABOOLA ADS - NEW VERSION RELEASED (November 18th, 2020)

See release highlights below:

Newly Added Capabilities

• NEW GRAPHS added new bar graphs to the By Day of Week and By Hour of Day reports. Select and compare up to 3 metrics at once!

Recent Improvements 

• Search by Account ID in the account picker.
• Added account time zone to all reports under Day tab.
• Added Last Update timestamp when viewing today’s data.
• OS Targeting- Added a checkbox tree to OS families. 
• Opened the language picker to all users.
• Getty images - on hover shows larger preview.

 Bug Fixes

• CTR, CPM and Impressions metric are now showing on the graph.
• UI fixes to Japanese translations.
• Duplicate headlines validation message- removed.
• Audience Sizes Different in BS versus Taboola Ads.
• Updating that we are working on improving the custom columns selection so it will be kept across reports and accounts.

November  2, 2020

TABOOLA ADS - NEW VERSION RELEASED (November 2nd, 2020)

See release highlights below:

Newly Added Capabilities

• Ad Descriptions and CTA buttons are fully supported now, you can add them to new campaigns or edit existing creatives.
• New Preview which allows seeing multiple placements while adding new creatives or adjusting the focal point side by side.
• New Edit Creative Drawer for editing the new creative options- Descriptions and CTA. Just like the edit campaign edit drawer.
• Taboola Ads in Japanese!  Yes, users can use a new drop down to select the language and the first one is Japanese. Korean coming soon.
• Support for Networks with Video Accounts- networks that have both video and native accounts can now access the video accounts with a new hybrid view.
• OS Targeting: New "iPadOS" family with - Target All, iPadOS 13, iPadOS 14 iOS 14 entry to iOS family add Android 11 entry to Android family

Tweaks 

• Filters now are applied to the graph as well 
• Export report improvements - export according to the filtered results only.
• Added the option for users to decide if they want to “load image and headline from the landing page URL” and removed the ADD button.
• Added 'Recent Creatives' filter.
• Site report- added the Bid Amount to all views.

 Bug Fixes

• Export Region Report- exports only first letter of region- Fixed.
• Site report- Unable to remove auto blocker site- Fixed.
• Issue with the Preview appearing blank

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

TABOOLA ADS - NEW VERSION RELEASED (September 7, 2020)

See release highlights below:

Newly Added Capabilities

• Performance Video - enrich creatives with video. To add video, simply select a video file as part of the media upload process. You’ll then need to select a fallback image as well.

• Audience report added - see the performance of your campaign at the audience level

• 3rd Party Tags - add 3rd party pixels or JavaScript tags to capture your campaign data and deliver it to other platforms.

• Creative preview and focal point customization - preview your creatives on popular Taboola placement along with the ability to customize the focal point.

• Pixel and CRM Lookalike - target similar audiences based on Taboola Pixel or existing CRM file.
  • Pre-Bid Brand Safety - protect your brand from serving on websites that do not meet your brand safety standards.

• Campaign bulk actions - save time by editing multiple campaigns at once. More bulk edit capabilities coming soon!
• Postal code targeting - you can even add multiple values separated by comma or a new row
• Campaign Profile section added - the internal-only configuration is now supported as well.

Tweaks 

• Persistent customization of columns - when you navigate to another report and go back, your column customization will be preserved

 Bug Fixes

• Login is slow to respond - fixed!

• Titles are cut in the creative creation form - fixed!

• In rare cases marketplace audiences are missing - fixed!

• Sorting by conversions isn’t working as expected - fixed!

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