Ad Sizes for Internet Advertising

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The Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) is the organization that developed the standard ad sizes that Internet advertisers must follow.  There are 4 basic standard ad sizes that are being implemented by all Internet advertisers, namely:

1.  Ad size of 300 x 250 - medium rectangle
2.  Ad size of 180 x 150 - rectangle
3.  Ad size of 160 x 600 - wide skyscraper
4.  Ad size of 728 x 90 - leaderboard

Below are the actual samples of each ad size.

According to Internet Advertising Bureau some variations in the ad sizes are allowed and have been standardized by IAB to some degree.  The other ad sizes, gathered from Wikipedia, are enumerated below:

Name	width (in pixels)	height (in pixels)	aspect ratio	source
Large Rectangle	336	280	1.2	IAB
Medium Rectangle	300	250	1.2	IAB/UAP
Square Pop-up	250	250	1	IAB
Vertical Rectangle	240	400	1.67	IAB
Rectangle	180	150	1.2	IAB/UAP
Leaderboard	728	90	8.09	IAB/UAP
Full Banner	468	60	7.8	IAB
Half Banner	234	60	3.9	IAB
Button 1	120	90	1.33	IAB
Button 2	120	60	2	IAB
Micro Bar	88	31	2.84	IAB
Micro Button	80	15	5.33
Vertical Banner	120	240	2	IAB
Square Button	125	125	1	IAB
Skyscraper	120	600	5	IAB
Wide Skyscraper	160	600	3.75	IAB/UAP
Half-Page	300	600	2	IAB

Bloggers and other publishers should learn about the ad sizes for Internet advertising because if they plan to offer advertising spaces for a fee in their blogs, they can tell the advertisers the various available ad sizes.

Offering ad spaces for others to advertise in a blog is one way of making money.  Bloggers and publishers will realize 100% of the advertising income as compared with ad revenue sharing offered by third-party advertisers.

Last Words

If you have a Blogger.com blog, it is very easy to create an ad space in the blog sidebar that can be offered to advertisers.  You do not have to know HTML programming;  it is only a copy and paste of codes to your blog.

If I was able to give you an idea on how to make money through direct ad space selling, please give me some comments below.  Thank you.

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Image - Buffet at a Casino

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Someone told me that lunch buffett at the Boulder Station Hotel & Casino is inexpensive and very good.  So I went one noon and checked the food out.  There were more than 50 food items to eat that I did not remember the food name because most of them sounds French to me.  Anyway, I enjoyed the food considering the price was affordable - $7.95 plus sales tax of 8.1% or for a total of $8.59 per person.

The picture shown below is the side entrance going to the Boulder Station Hotel & Casino.  I forgot to take pictures of the yummy buffet food and the dining area.  Sorry about that, folks.

Boulder Station Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada

According to Wikipedia.org, Boulder Station Hotel & Casino opened on August 23, 1994 at Boulder Highway, Las Vegas, Nevada.  The casino floor area is about 75,000 square feet or 7,000 square meters.  The hotel has 300 rooms including the suites.  Near the casino floor area are 5 restaurants where customers can eat.

Last Word

It's good that I do not gamble.  I just go to any Las Vegas casino to eat, watch free concerts or go to the movie theater inside the casino.

Have you been to Las Vegas?  There are a lot of things that you can do here outside of casino gambling.  Probably, you can plan a vacation here in the near future.

Thank you for seeing my picture above.

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Image - Library Book Shelves

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One of the places that I go to when I am doing nothing at home is the public library near my home.

I have a free library card that I use in borrowing library materials like books, DVD movies, magazines, newspapers, periodicals, cassettes and many others.

One afternoon, I took a picture of the book shelves located inside the library.  The shelves showed some books that were neatly arranged.  I want to share the photo with you, guys.

Library book shelves

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If there is a public library in your area, I recommend that you avail of its services for free.  You will save money by just borrowing books, magazines, DVD movies and other library materials.

Thank you for viewing my picture above.  You may want to visit some other pictures in this blog by clicking the link below.

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Image - Trip to a Supermarket

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One Saturday morning, I visited a Wal-Mart Supermarket in Las Vegas.  The purpose of going to the supermarket was to:

(a) shop around for a camcorder, which I am planning to use in my future video blog (or vlog);

(b) buy some fruits, vegetables, milk, bread, canned goods and some other goodies; and

(c) eat at McDonald inside the supermarket.

Below are some pictures which I took that I would like to share with you.

Front entrance of Wal-Mart Supermarket

Entrance inside the Wal-Mart Supermarket

Display of camcorders and cameras

Fruit section at Wal-Mart Supermarket

Fruits (front) and meat section (back) 

McDonald inside Wal-Mart Supermarket

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Contextual Ad Income - Clicksor

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A contextual ad is a notice or announcement to promote a product or service relevant to some keywords appearing in a particular blog post.  Clicksor is a provider of online contextual ads and offers an affiliate marketing ad.

CLICKSOR
http://www.clicksor.com

Clicksor.com Homepage

Commission from Clicksor Ads


Clicksor offers bloggers different pricing scheme for each type of contextual ads and affiliate marketing ad when they plan to monetize their blog, namely:

1.  Text ad - commission of $0.035 per click
2.  Graphical/rich media banner - commission of $0.20 per 1,000 impressions
3.  Graphical banner - commission of $0.035 per click
4.  Pop under - commission of $0.0025 per visitor
5.  Interstitial ad - commission of $0.0025 per ad
6.  Affiliate marketing ad - commission of 20% on initial deposit sale

Requirements to Join Clicksor


1.  Create an account with Clicksor by visiting its website www.clicksor.com.

2.  Once your application is approved, submit your blog URL (example: http://www.money1guide.blogspot.com) where the Clicksor ads will be displayed.

3.  Select the type of ads that you want to be displayed in your blog, generate the corresponding ad code, copy the ad code and paste the ad code either in specific blog page or pages or on all the blog pages.

4.  If you are interested, you can also select the Clicksor affiliate marketing ad to be displayed in your blog, generate the corresponding ad code, copy the ad code and paste the ad code in Blogger.com dashboard's Java/HTML gadget.

5.  Once you update the changes you made on your blog, wait for about 15 minutes and the ads will start displaying in all or specific pages of your blog.

Last Words

If other bloggers or publishers can make money from their blogs and websites, we can also do it.  It's a matter of determination on our part in order to go into blogging for 2 purposes: (1) to do our blogging passion and (2) to make some money on the side.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.  Please give me some comments if the articles in this blog are helpful to you.

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Contextual Ad Income - Kontera

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A contextual ad is a notice or announcement to promote a product or service relevant to some keywords appearing in a particular blog post.  Kontera is a provider of online contextual ads.

KONTERA
http://www.kontera.com/

Commission from Kontera Ads - You will receive 70% of the total advertising revenue based on valid clicks.  Plus, if you have a qualified blog with at least 25,000 U.S. page views per month, you will receive a signing bonus starting at $50.

Requirements to Join Kontera

1.  Create an account with Kontera by visiting www.kontera.com.

2.  Once your blog is accepted, read and follow the instructions on how to generate the Kontera ad code inside your account page.

3.  When the Kontera ad code is already generated, perform the following steps:

3.1.  Point your computer mouse on the ad code;

3.2.  Right click on your mouse, click on Select All and then, click on Copy;

3.3.  Switch to your blog dashboard, click on Edit to display the blog post, click on the HTML button, scroll down the HTML page up to the end of the HTML page;

3.4.  Position your mouse after the last line of the HTML code and then, click on Paste to write the Kontera ad code on the HTML page;

3.5.  Click on the Update button to update the blog;

3.6.  Click on the View button to display the blog on the Internet; and

3.7.  See if some keywords have "underline".  If yes, position your mouse over the underlined keyword to check if a Kontera ad will display.  If not, double check the generated Kontera ad code and make the necessary corrections.

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If you do not have a blog yet, I encourage you to create one so that you can make money from Kontera and other advertisers.  It is very easy.

Please read my other articles on making money from blogs.  Thank you

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Sources of Income for Your Blog

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Make money from your blog from the following sources:

1.  Ads - This is a targeted advertising where an ad is displayed on the blog based on the blog page that your reader is visiting.  When your reader clicks on the ad, you will receive a commission from the advertiser.

For example, if your reader is browsing a blog post related to computers, an ad related to computers and accessories  is displayed on the blog's ad space.

Types of ads include: (a) contextual ads, (b) text link ads, (c) image ads, (d) video ads and (e) affiliate ads.

2.  Sponsored Review Posts - An advertiser will ask you to review a product or service in your blog in less than 500 words.  If your review is accepted, the advertiser will pay you from $20 to $200 per review.

3.  Sale of Merchandise - You can sell merchandise from your blog.  First, you have to open a free account with Google Checkout or PayPal to access the merchant services in accepting payments from your customers.  When a sale is made from your blog, Google Checkout or PayPal will remit to you the net sale amount after deducting the transaction fees.

4.  Direct Sale of Ad Space - You can offer to some advertisers to display their ads in your blog for an agreed fees and terms.

5.  Sale of E-books - When you have a lot of blog articles, you can organize and copy them to be converted into an e-book and then, sell the e-book through your blog or third-party e-book sellers.

6.  Other indirect sources of income:

6.1.  Guest Blogging Compensation - You can visit other blogs and submit your proposal to be a guest blogger for a certain fee.

6.2.  Speaking Tour - You can advertise in your blog that you are available to be a guest speaker in seminars and conventions related to your blogging expertise.

6.3.  Consulting Services - You can also advertise in your blog that you are available to be a consultant in blog development, blog promotion and search engine optimization.

6.4.  Asking for Donations - You can plug in a button in your blog asking for some donations from your blog readers.  You have to open a free account with either Google Checkout or PayPal to avail of its merchant services to accept the donation from your blog readers and remit the net amount of donations to you after deducting the transaction fees.

6.5.  Accepting Other Job Offers - Aside from speaking engagements and consultancy work, you may offer your services for other jobs such as a newspaper contributor, blogging teacher or a book author.

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Pricing Models for Online Ads

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Before you start putting ads on your blog, you must understand first the concept of the various pricing models for online ads, namely: PPA, PPC, PPI, PPS and Shared CPM.

1.  PPA (Pay-per-Action).  A blogger receives a commission from an advertiser for every blog reader who clicks on the advertiser's ad and perform a required action like signing up for a newsletter or filling out a form.  PPA pricing model is used by banks, credit card companies, Internet service providers, subscription services and the like.

2.  PPC (Pay-per-Click).  A blogger receives a commission from an advertiser when a blog reader clicks on the advertiser's ad.

3.  PPI (Pay-per-Impression).  A blogger receives a commission from an advertiser for every 1,000 clicks or impressions on the advertiser's ad, which may be in the form of a text, banner, image or rich media ad.

4.  PPS (Pay-per-Sale).  A blogger receives a commission from an advertiser a percentage of sale when a blog reader clicks on the advertiser's ad and purchases merchandise directly at the advertiser's website.  PPS pricing model, also known as Revenue Sharing, is used by online merchants like Amazon, Wal-Mart, OfficeMax and many others.

5.  Shared CPM (Cost-per-Mil).  A blogger receives a commission from 2 or more advertisers, who are sharing the same advertising space in the blog, for every 1,000 clicks or impressions on each advertiser's ad, which may be in the form of a text, banner, image or rich media ad.  The advertiser's ad, sharing with other ads, is alternately displayed on the blog's same ad space every time the blog page is refresh.

Last Words

Now, you already have a knowledge of the different pricing models for online advertising.  The next step that you will do is to learn the various types of online ads that you may want to put in your own blog to make money in addition to your passion for blogging.

Please write some comments below to tell me if this article was helpful to you.  Thank you and visit my blog again.

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Image - Cats & Dogs Want to Talk to You Now

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Dog No. 1 - Name: LOGAN
Please adopt me and let me share my joy with you every day.  I am Logan, a Jack Russell terrier, about 7 years of age, neutered, good with cats, dogs and kids, and house-trained too.  I have been waiting for months for someone to choose me.  Please be my hero.

Kindly call Nevada SPCA at 1-702-873-7722 or write to: Nevada SPCA, 4800 W. Dewey Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89118-2207 or visit nevadaspca.org.

Dog No. 2 - Name: DINAH
Hi, my name is Dinah (ID No. A598048) and I am a 3-year old spayed female chocolate pit bull.  A good Samaritan found me wandering and brought me to The Animal Foundation where I have been waiting patiently for my forever home.  I'd be the perfect companion to help you keep your New Year's resolutions . . . I love going on nice long walks.  I've already been given all my shots and a microchip, so I am ready to go home with you today.

Please see me at The Animal Foundation, 655 N. Mojave Road, Las Vegas, NV 89101-2801 or send your email to: adoptions@animalfoundation.com.

Cat No. 3 - Name:  TIA
Hello!  My name is Tia.  I am a sweet 8-year old girl looking for my forever home.  I was abandoned and living outside for a long time until a nice lady rescued me from the streets.  I have discovered a warm bed is much better.  I love attention.  I run and greet my foster mother, flop over and let her rub my tummy and give her nose some kisses.  At night, I like to cuddle in bed next to my foster mother.  I will give you lots of love if you give me a chance.

Please call Happy Home Animal Sanctuary at 1-702-203-4134 or visit happyhomeanimalsanctuary.org.

Cat no. 4 - Name:  ALFIE
Hi! My name is Alfie, and as you can see, I am one gorgeous boy.  I was originally adopted as a kitten.  When my owners could no longer afford to care for me, they returned me to the angels at Heaven Can Wait.  I'm pretty low-maintenance and as sweet as can be.  I am a bit shy at first, so you will need to be extra gentle until I know you.  Once I trust you, there isn't a nicer guy to have around.  Will you give me a chance at a forever home?

If you would like to meet me, please visit the PetSmart Adoption Center at 7050 Arroyo Crossing Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89113-4056 or send your email to: cats@hcws.org.

Last Words

So folks, these souls need your tender loving care.  Please extend your LOVE to one of them.  I have already one adorable cat and one tamed dog and we are living harmoniously.

Please read more interesting posts in this blog.  Thanks for visiting.

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Image - $10 + 2 Tacos

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I am not a Mexican but I love to eat burritos and tacos.  I like burritos because of its good taste and consist of beans, rice, cheese, chicken or beef meat with its specialty sauce and wrapped in corn tortilla wrapper.

One time, I visited a Del Taco fast food in Las Vegas, Nevada and I saw on top of the counter its new promo: "Buy a Card for $10 and get 2 FREE Regular Tacos.  Good for future visit".

So I bought one card for $10 (see receipt above).  The cashier gave me a nice red plastic card and a coupon for 2 free regular tacos.

How much will I pay for 2 tacos without a coupon?  One taco cost $0.50 (fifty cents) plus sales tax of 8.1% or $0.54 per taco x 2 tacos = $1.08.  I go to Del Taco once a week and I keep on buying the promo card also every week to be used for my next eating escapade.  By doing this, I can save some money.

I wish you are here in Las Vegas so that I can treat you to a burrito and taco meal.

Do you have similar experience?  Please tell me and our readers about your experience by writing it in the comments below.  I may post your experience in this blog for our readers to learn about your personal experience.  Thanks

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How to Safe-Keep Your Passwords

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Before, I was keeping all my user names and passwords in Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.  When I found the free OpenOffice.org home and office software and downloaded it to my computer C: hard drive, I converted the user names/passwords file to OpenOffice Spreadsheet file.

And then, I stored both the Excel and Spreadsheet versions of my file in my computer C: hard drive.  I realized that all my user names and password may be stolen by malwares while I am connected to the Internet.

To safe-keep all my user names and passwords, I did the following steps:

1.  I downloaded the free OpenOffice.org packaged software that includes the Spreadsheet (similar to Microsoft Excel) to my computer C: hard drive.

2.  I converted the Excel file (containing my user names and passwords) to OpenOffice.org Spreadsheet file (see a sample below).  To convert the file, I just retrieved the Excel file and opened the file in the OpenOffice.org Spreadsheet.  No changes and actions were done with the Spreadsheet file.

3.  I saved the Spreadsheet file to my Toshiba USB (which stands for Universal Serial Bus and designated as F: drive) (see a sample below), which is inserted to a small slot in front of my computer C: hard drive.

4.  When I displayed my Spreadsheet user names and passwords on my computer screen, I clicked on the OpenOffice.org icon on my desktop screen > clicked on the Spreadsheet button > File > Open > Computer > F: drive > and clicked on my Passwords file (containing my user names and passwords).

5.  If I wanted to visit for example, Google.com, I clicked on the Passwords tab below the screen > clicked on my mouse to copy my user name > switched to Google.com tab > pasted my user name on the Google's User Name box > switched again to my Passwords tab > clicked on my mouse to copy my password > switched again to Google.com tab > pasted my password on the Google's Password box to bring me to my Google account web page.

I do not have to type and re-type my user name and password for each website I visited.

6.  If I wanted to add, delete or change a user name and/or a password, I just went to my OpenOffice.org Spreadsheet file to update it and then saved the updated file to my USB in the F: drive.

7.  When I left the house, I kept the USB containing my user names and passwords in a filing cabinet with lock and key.

Last Words

I feel secured when I know that all my user names and passwords are not in my computer C: drive.

Do you have comments or opinions if I am doing the right and safe thing in protecting my user names and passwords?  If not, please sent them to me by using the Comments box below.  I hope that I was able to give you a bit of idea.  Thanks

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