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Originally Posted by Zach
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Yeah, the column of mini banners seems to be popular. But I'm not sure there is really any standard dimensions for them. Nearly every site I go to has different sizes to the banners. For instance,
The site you sent me to -> 150x70
Z06Vette.com -> 100x33
LS1tech.com -> 100x45
DigitalCorvettes.com -> 120x25
LS2Forums.com -> 110x40
And the oddest of all is CorvetteForum.com as the banners apparently are compiled behind the scenes to give one HUGE image displayed -> 134x4413
So my thoughts were to perhaps use a size that would be compatible with everyone else so they wouldn't have to create a new banner size to use on my site. Obviously "standardization" is a concept that has yet to make landfall in this area.
Personally I am leaning towards a 120x60 format because this seems to be standard in the various banner ad software packages I have take a look at in the past. And since there is really no standard, well what the heck. Why not? This would be most compatible with the larger banner ads I have used in the past as well. 468x60 for a horizontal format, and 120x600 for a large vertical banner. That way I could keep things aesthetically pleasing if the time were to come when I thought I should have multiple types of formats available.
One other thing I see as a problem looking at some of the other sites, is that if I were an advertiser, I would feel I was getting ripped if my banner ad was way down at the bottom of that long column. Not that I think that will be an issue here, but I think I would do it differently if it were me.