| Help Topics |
| Statistics |
| User/Site Information |
| Edit Banners |
| Upload Banners |
| Creating Ad Code |
| Transferring Credits to Another Site |
| Setting Preferences |
| Statistics |
| Summary -- The summary screen
provides several different summaries of impressions and clicks.
The "Total impressions you served since joining the exchange"
indicates the total number of impressions your site has served for the
exchange since the date you joined. "Your banner impressions
on other sites YTD" indicates the number of times your banner(s)
has been shown on other members sites since the start of the current
year. "Total Clicks to your site YTD" indicates the
total number of times your banner has been clicked since the start of
the current year. "Current Credits" indicates the current
number of credits available for your banner(s).
Daily Stats -- Shows a summary of your banner(s) exposures by day for the past 30 days. The Clicks column indicates the number of times someone clicked on your banner and followed through to your site. The CTR column indicates the click-through rate in percent. Period (User-defined) -- This option allows you to view statistics by Placement, Report Type, and Date. Available report types are as follows:
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| Upload Banners |
Use this option to upload your banner(s)
that will be shown on other member's sites. Follow these steps to
upload a banner:
Note: You exchange administrator may require that all banners be uploaded to the server in which case you are required to upload your banners to the exchange server. |
| Edit Banners |
As soon as you upload a new banner you
must edit the banner to specify additional information. This
includes:
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| Obtaining Ad Code |
Once you have uploaded one or more
banners, you must obtain the Banner Exchange ad code and place it on
your web pages. Each page in your web site should have a unique
identifier. Follow these steps to place the ad code on your pages:
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| User/Site Information |
Use this screen to update your user
information that was entered when you joined the banner exchange.
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| Transferring Credits to Another Site |
| If your exchange permits transfers, you can transfer excess credits from your site to another members site. Note that once you transfer credits to another site they are lost and can only be reclaimed if the receiving member transfers credits back to you. |
| Setting Preferences |
| The preferences screen allows you to specify whether or not your own banner(s) is displayed on your site. You can also determine whether or not a new browser window is launched each time someone clicks a banner on your site. Lastly, if permitted by the exchange administrator, you also have the option to turn off your banners and let credits accrue. This is useful if you are planning a big promotion of your site and would like to accrue credits. |