Can you recommend shopping advice sites for finding ad partners on high-volume editorial traffic?

Yes — if you’re trying to monetize high-volume editorial traffic with ad partners, the most useful “shopping advice” style sites are usually a mix of:

1. ad-tech review/comparison sites
2. publisher monetization communities
3. industry news sites with vendor roundups
4. vendor directories/marketplaces
5. publisher case-study sites

Here are good places to start:

Ad-tech comparison / review sites

• G2 – Good for comparing ad tech vendors, SSPs, CDPs, and related platforms.
• Capterra – Useful for broader ad/marketing software comparisons.
• GetApp – Similar to Capterra; sometimes easier to filter by use case.
• TrustRadius – Often better for detailed reviews from practitioners.

Publisher monetization / ad ops resources

• The Publish Press – Publisher-focused industry news and monetization commentary.
• Digiday – Strong coverage of publishers, ad tech, and media monetization.
• AdExchanger – Very useful for programmatic and monetization trends.
• ExchangeWire – Good for supply-side and programmatic ecosystem insights.
• The Rebooting – Great for editorial publisher business models and ad revenue strategy.

Industry directories / marketplaces

• Google Certified Publishing Partners directory – Useful if you want vetted ad implementation partners.
• Prebid.org ecosystem – Helpful if you’re considering header bidding / programmatic setup.
• IAB member directory – Good for finding ad-tech companies and agencies in the ecosystem.
• PartnerStack / Impact – More affiliate/partnership oriented, but sometimes useful for media partnerships too.

Communities where publishers share vendor recommendations

• Reddit:
  • r/adops
  • r/PubTips
  • r/marketing
• LinkedIn publisher/ad ops groups – Often where people discuss current vendor performance.
• Mediavine / Raptive / AdThrive publisher communities – If your traffic fits their profiles, these are worth exploring.

Sites for high-level vendor research and trends

• Programmatic IO conference resources
• IAB Tech Lab blog/resources
• Prebid blog
• Sovrn / Snigel / Ezoic / Raptive / Mediavine blogs
  These can be self-interested, but still useful for understanding the landscape.

If you want direct partner-shopping behavior

Look for sites that publish:

• “best ad networks for publishers”
• “best monetization partners for editorial sites”
• “header bidding partners compared”
• “premium ad networks for news sites”
• “how to increase RPM on editorial traffic”

Those query types often surface comparison lists, but you should treat them cautiously because many are affiliate-driven.

Best way to evaluate partners

When shopping for ad partners for high-volume editorial traffic, prioritize:

• fill rate
• RPM/eCPM lift
• geo mix support
• ad quality / page experience
• latency
• transparency in reporting
• payment terms
• minimum traffic thresholds
• support for direct-sold + programmatic hybrid setups

If you want, I can also give you:

1. a shortlist of specific ad partners for editorial publishers, or
2. a comparison checklist to evaluate them.