Tools of the Trade

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General

Ad Ops Tools - CPM calc, UTM link builder, User Agent String, and more

Ad Manager Tag Generator & Tester - GAM tag generator and tester

Builtwith - Find out what websites are built with

Charles -  - recommended - essential troubleshooting tool

Cookie Status - tracking protection mechanisms implemented by the major browsers and browser engines

DiffChecker - Text comparison tool

EZ GIF - GIF maker and editor

Google Ads Status Dashboard - Dashboard for monitoring Google Tools status

Google Publisher Tag - Getting started with GPT

IAB TCF String Encoder/Decoder

Image Border Editor - Quick way to add a border for those of us not otherwise inclined

Real-time HTML Editor - Translates HTML to text

Sellers.Guide - recommended

Test a Tag - For previewing display tags

URL Decoder/Encoder

US State Privacy Legislation Tracker

VAST Tag Tester - For previewing VAST video tags

Video Advertising Error Codes

Well-Known Resource Index - Implemented in webservers to that requests to the servers are consistent

Chrome Extensions

Headerbid Expert

HTL Debug - recommended

PubGuru Ad Inspector

Javascript Bookmarklet

Javascript Bookmarklet: Enables Prebid Logs - javascript:(pbjs && pbjs.getConfig())

Opens GPT Console - javascript:googletag.openConso

Any of these tools you use and can recommend? Or others tools you recommend? Do you have an alternative tool better than the one we have listed. We are all ears. Use the comments to make your recommendations. (Or contact [email protected]) 

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