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PlatformCase 02 of 11

Optimized targeting expansion

Platforms with 'audience expansion' or 'optimized targeting' features silently deliver impressions outside the submitted geography/audience to hit performance goals, breaking the assumption that delivery equals the requested target.

Class
Case to account for
Affects
2 conversions
01

Detection

Delivered impression geography (from platform reporting) includes cells/areas outside the submitted target set.

02

Mitigation

01
Disable expansion/optimization features for geo-experiment cells specifically
02
Reconcile delivered vs. requested geography every flight and flag material leakage
03

Affected conversions

H3platform-native IDs
OPEN
Point+radiusH3
OPEN