Overview
ads.pubmatic.com is an Ad & Tracker Directory record associated with PubMatic and PubMatic.
Primary classification: advertising. Publisher advertising, header bidding and exchange infrastructure.
Botcrawl’s recommended action is block with low breakage risk. Classification is maintained independently from the generated blocker syntax so evidence and policy can be revised without changing the canonical domain identity.
Domain identity
- External ID
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botcrawl:ad-domain:ads.pubmatic.com - Domain / Hostname
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ads.pubmatic.com - Registrable Domain
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pubmatic.com - Provider
- PubMatic
- Service
- PubMatic
Classification and behavior
- Primary Category
- Advertising
- Classifications
- Ssp, Ad Serving, Ad Exchange
- Purpose
- Publisher advertising, header bidding and exchange infrastructure.
- Party Context
- Third party
- Ad Serving
- Yes
- Tracking
- Yes
- Analytics
- No
- Attribution
- No
- Fingerprinting
- Unknown
- CNAME Cloaking
- Unknown
Handling guidance
- Recommended Action
- Block
- Match Scope
- Exact hostname
- Breakage Risk
- Low
- Blocking Notes
- Block by default when third-party. Verify site compatibility for unusually integrated deployments.
Evidence status
- Evidence Confidence
- High
- Status
- Active
- Last Verified
- 2026-09-02
Blocking rule guidance
These examples are derived from the canonical directory action and match scope. Review site compatibility before enforcement.
- Hosts / DNS target
ads.pubmatic.com
Exact-hostname scope is intentionally not compiled here to broad Adblock domain shorthand because that syntax can also match subdomains. The DNS/hosts target remains the exact canonical hostname.
Relationships
- Operator
- PubMatic Checked 2026-09-02
Relationships without an Evidence link are normalized from the canonical directory record. They should not be interpreted as independent proof of physical presence or request origin.
Evidence
- Domain Identity And Classification
- PubMatic Other reviewed source · PubMatic · Checked 2026-09-02 · Current evidence · High confidence
- Domain Identity And Classification
- AnudeepND Blacklist Other reviewed source · PubMatic · Checked 2026-09-02 · Current evidence · High confidence
- Domain Identity And Classification
- The Block List Project Other reviewed source · PubMatic · Checked 2026-09-02 · Current evidence · High confidence
- Domain Identity And Classification
- infinitytec blocklists Other reviewed source · PubMatic · Checked 2026-09-02 · Current evidence · High confidence
- Domain Identity And Classification
- ads.pubmatic.com Reliable secondary source · PubMatic · Checked 2026-09-02 · Current evidence · High confidence