Headerbid Expert

Load faster. Earn more with header bidding.
What is Headerbid Expert?
Headerbid Expert is a powerful Chrome extension that helps publishers gain insights into the performance of their webpage's header bidding partners. It offers detailed information on latency from each partner, whether they load simultaneously or block pages, and if they are loaded in parallel. By using this data, publishers can avoid potential impression loss and under monetization. It's the ideal tool for improving your webpage's speed and revenue generation.

Extension stats

Users: 10,000+
Rating: 3.87 (23)
Version: 1.5.24 (Last updated: 2020-04-11)
Creation date: 2020-04-09
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • tabs
  • webRequest
  • <all_urls>
Size: 33.62K
URLs: Website

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Extension summary

If you're a publisher, you may want to understand how your webpages' header bidding partners are doing -

  1. What's the latency from each header bidding partner?
  2. Do they load asynchronously or are they blocking my pages?
  3. Are they all loaded together in parallel?

If not, your page might be under monetized or be suffering from potential impression loss! Use this tool to find out!

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Works well on simple 1 auction setups.
  • Great tool for troubleshooting prebid implementations
  • Simple app that just works
  • Useful for seeing if bids came in or not
Cons
  • Not well maintained
  • Old version and missing bidderPatterns
  • Does not explain optimal timeouts
  • Does not differentiate between calls from different ad units
  • Cannot handle multiple providers with multiple auctions
Most mentioned
  • Lack of updates and maintenance
  • Issues with bidderPatterns
  • Difficulties with multiple auction setups
  • Problems with timeout values
Recent reviews
I don't think it works anymore? Is there an alternative?
by Christian Oland, 2020-09-22

Not well maintained. New prebid server endpoint missing, Amazon UAM header bidder not recognized.
by Uwe Braun, 2019-11-18

There should be option to update bidderPatterns. This version is very old and no all bidderPatterns are present.
by Jacek Drobiecki, 2018-08-07
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Headerbid Expert requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Headerbid Expert has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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