To help advertisers to manage their online advertising, some business
metric, such as ROI, profit, gross profit, etc., may be estimated and/or
tracked with respect to an ad campaign, or a portion of the ad campaign.
An advertiser may provide a business metric target, such as a target ROI,
a target gross profit, a target profit, etc. An ad delivery system may
then adjust information in an ad campaign (or a portion of an ad
campaign) in an effort to meet the target. Similarly, an advertiser may
provide a goal, such as maximizing or minimizing a business metric. The
ad delivery system may then adjust information in an ad campaign (or a
portion of an ad campaign) in an effort to meet the goal. The targets or
goals may be subject to one or more constraints. The advertiser may
provide limits on values of one or more business metrics. The ad delivery
system may then turn off, or govern, the delivery of ads if the limits
are violated.