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FAQ
about Your
MS-Links Banner!
Yes, animated
banner ads are
allowed. Banner
ads, including
those that are
animated, must
be 468 x 60, in
GIF format, and
less than 13K.
(remember, the
smaller the ad,
the faster it
will display)
No need to
worry! There are
many websites
that create
banners for
people for FREE
or for a small
fee. You can
search for these
sites by using
these keywords
("banner
creation") at
any search
engines.
If you want to
try and create
one yourself,
visit
Animationsonline
and make one for
yourself on-line
for free. Then,
return here to
join.
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You will need a
program that can
create animated
GIF files.
Basically, you
create a series
of images, and
then use the
software to
assemble them
into one GIF
that can be
'played' back at
a rate you
choose. Once you
have a GIF
animation tool,
it is best to
get a few
animated GIFs of
different sizes,
load them up in
your animation
software, and
see how they
work.
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Banner ads,
including
animated, must
match the size
of the banner
exchange your
are joining, in
GIF or JPG
format, and less
than 13K.
(remember, the
smaller the ad,
the faster it
will display)
Currently, each
member can only
have one banner
in rotation per
account. If you
would like to
have more than
one banner in
rotation, you
can start a new
account for the
additional
banner.
Yes. To change
your ad, all you
have to do is
submit your new
banner to us.
The new banner
will begin
displaying
immediately upon
submission.
There are NO
fees for
changing your
banner, no
matter how often
you change it.
You can submit
your banner from
a form
accessible via
the
Member Login
page; enter your
account number
and password,
then click the
Submit Banner
button. You
must
submit a banner
which is on your
hard drive!
We have easy to
understand
"Members Area"
for you to view,
outlining the
activity of your
site and banner.
The reports are
current and
accessible
anytime via the
accessible via
the
Member Login
page.
Yes, but you can
only have one
MS-Links
Exchange banner
per page. By
access our
"Multi-Page Code
Generator" you
can get unique
credit for
banners
displayed on
unique pages. To
find out which
html tag to
insert into
which page, log
into your
member's control
center and click
on 'Get HTML'.
Then enter the
number of the
page you want to
display MS-Links
Exchange banner
and you'll be
presented with a
new html code
for that page.
REMEMBER: To
earn a separate
credit on each
page, you'll
need to insert a
unique code.
Each page
statistics are
listed
separately in
your "Members
Area".
No. We can only
approve web
sites that
display the
generated
MS-Links
Exchange code
once on any
given page. If
our servers
detect multiple
codes pointing
to the same page
our system will
decrease your
credits
accordingly. You
may also NOT
bury the banners
within frames or
"Server Push"
pages. We have
created a fair
banner exchange
with high
display ratios,
multiple codes
on a single page
will interfere
with our desire
to run a fair
targeted banner
advertising
exchange.
We also can not
allow MS-Links
exchange codes
to be displayed
within a series
of banner
exchanges
banners. Please
have no more
that 3 or 4
banners maximum
on and page that
contains the
MS-Links code.
You can place
the MS-Links
Exchange banner
anywhere on your
web page that is
easily visible.
However, please
remember, ads
placed at the
bottom may not
generate many
hits
(impressions)
because a user
can halt the
display or click
to another page
before the ad
has completed
its request. If
the request is
not completed,
you don't get
credit for it.
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You can use
GifWizard to
reduce the size
of your banner
up to 80%. This
is indeed a
great tool as we
use this for all
of the MS-Links
Exchange web
site. A smaller
banner loads
faster and that
means more
credits for you
as most people
click away as
large images are
loading too
slowly! Reduce
the size of your
banner at
http://www.gifwizard.com
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BANNER UTILITIES
-
Online
Banner
Creation: (visit)
A handy tool
from CRECON,
allowing you
to create
banners
online.
Ideal for
webmasters
using WebTV.
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GifWizard: (visit)
An online
utility that
will shrink
the size of
your Gifs,
allowing
your pages
to load
faster. More
features are
available -
the latest
of which is
JPEG
conversion.
Free for non
business
webmasters.
-
Paint Shop
Pro: (download)
Windows95/NT,
Shareware: A
very nice
tool for
creating
banners or
website
graphics.
-
Cel
Assembler: (visit)
Windows95/NT,
Shareware: A
program to
help you
build
animated
Gifs.
-
SiteSpeed: (visit)
Windows95/NT,
Commercial,
$49.95, a
free user
evaluation
is availabe
for
download. "A
new state
of-the-art
image
compressor
that will
enable you
to squeeze
the
daylights
out of those
large image
files."
-
GifBuilder:
(visit)
Macintosh,
Freeware:
Perhaps the
only
freeware
utility to
create
animated
Gifs on the
Mac.
-
GraphicConverter:
(visit)
Macintosh,
Shareware:
An excellent
shareware
utility for
creating
banners and
other
graphics.
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