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House Reads

Turn unfilled inventory into reader engagement by replacing empty ad spaces with recommendations for your own trending articles.

What is House Reads?

House Reads is an Ad Experience for editorial publishers. When an eligible ad slot remains unfilled, it automatically displays a native recommendation widget featuring trending articles from your website.

Recommendations are selected based on the content trending in the reader’s country. The article list is refreshed regularly and randomized to reduce repetition. House Reads works on desktop and mobile and automatically adapts to the available placement size.

What display modes does House Reads offer?

Multi-Article displays several recommendations and is the default, recommended layout because it gives readers more choice and supports stronger recirculation.

Single-Article promotes one article with a larger visual and may be better suited to smaller placements.

Why does House Reads matter?

Unfilled ad slots can leave blank spaces on the page and create a missed opportunity to keep readers engaged. House Reads replaces those empty placements with editorial content, helping visitors continue browsing your site.

Benefits

Improve the page experience
Replace blank ad spaces with content that integrates naturally into your website.

Increase reader recirculation
Encourage visitors to discover another article instead of leaving the site.

Generate additional page views
Each click brings the reader to another page on your website.

Create future monetization opportunities
New page views load fresh ad placements, creating additional opportunities to serve paid impressions.

Keep recommendations locally relevant
House Reads promotes articles that are trending in the visitor’s country.

House Reads only appears when no paid ad is available, so it does not replace paid demand. Its impact depends on the volume of eligible unfilled inventory on your site.

How do you enable House Reads?

House Reads is managed from the Ad Experiences section of the Opti Digital platform.

  1. Choose whether to enable House Reads for Desktop, Mobile, or both.
  2. Select your preferred display mode: Multi-Article (recommended) or Single-Article.
  3. Customize the widget appearance — including title text, typography, colors, and borders — to match your website.
  4. Click Publish to make your settings live.

No separate technical integration or backend activation is required. Once enabled and published, House Reads can begin serving on eligible unfilled inventory.