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Advertising Specifications

View Specs:


MPUs/Rectangles

Medium Rectangle
File Size: 25K
Dimensions: 300 x 250
File Type: GIF, JPEG, Rich Media, Third Party Served ads

Square
File Size: 25K
Dimensions: 250 x 250
File Type: GIF, JPEG, Rich Media, Third Party Served ads

Vertical Rectangle
File Size: 35K
Dimensions: 240 x 400
File Type: GIF, JPEG, Rich Media, Third Party Served ads

Rectangle
File Size: 20K
Dimensions: 180 x 150
File Type: GIF, JPEG, Rich Media, Third Party Served ads

top Banners and Buttons

Leader board
File Size: 25K
Dimensions: 728 x 90
File Type: GIF, JPEG, Rich Media, Third Party Served ads

top Skyscrapers

Wide Skyscraper
File Size: 25K
Dimensions: 160 x 600
File Type: GIF, JPEG, Rich Media, Third Party Served ads

Skyscraper
File Size: 25K
Dimensions: 120 x 600
File Type: GIF, JPEG, Rich Media, Third Party Served ads

Half Page Ad
File Size: 35K
Dimensions: 300 x 600
File Type: GIF, JPEG, Rich Media, Third Party Served ads

Text Link
55 character maximum (including spaces)

top Roadblock

A customer can roadblock the site by section, page, or topic. The minimum creative for a roadblock is a Leader board and one MPU (see above: Medium Rectangle, Square Pop-Up, Vertical Rectangle, Large Rectangle, and Rectangle). They also have the option of adding a Skyscraper, Wide Skyscraper, or a Half Page Ad for an additional charge.

In order to Road block, the customer must offer a minimum number of impressions or a time period commitment. The availability of road blocks will be contingent on the fact that there is no conflict with our existing commitment to signed customers.

top Smarter Travel Creative Services

Smarter Travel's marketing and creative services group helps our clients maximize their online marketing campaigns. As an in-house online marketing team, we can brainstorm original program ideas to meet our client's objectives, and then implement and manage the programs to ensure success.

We produce, promote and manage a wide range of projects including custom partner sites, sweepstakes and promotions, custom ad unit creative, custom e-mail drops, and special site area sponsorships.

Our creative team can adapt and build custom creative from client supplied materials to deliver professional ad creative that elevates your and boost the performance of your advertising campaign to the Smarter Travel audience.

Develop Dedicated E-Mail Programs

We can design, write and send email that is dedicated solely to your advertising message. Because our readers are active users and buyers, they have opted-in to receive these emails.

top Newsletter Advertising Specifications

Smarter Travel Newsletters can include 1 of the following, plus text links.

Square Pop-Up
File Size: 25K
Dimensions: 250 x 250 IMU
File Type: GIF, JPEG, Rich Media, Third Party Served ads

Rectangle
File Size: 20K
Dimensions: 180 x 150 IMU
File Type: GIF, JPEG, Rich Media, Third Party Served ads

Vertical Banner
File Size: 20K
Dimensions: 120 x 240 IMU
File Type: GIF, JPEG, Rich Media, Third Party Served ads

Horizontal Banner
File Size: 15K Dimensions: 120 x 90 IMU plus 5 text links
~or~
Dimensions: 120 x 60 IMU plus 5 text links
File Type: GIF, JPEG, Rich Media, Third Party Served ads

Square Button
File Size: 18K
Dimensions: 125 x 125 IMU plus 5 text links
File Type: GIF, JPEG, Rich Media, Third Party Served ads

Text Link
Text Link
55 character maximum (including spaces)

top Dedicated Email Blast

A client can roadblock a newsletter for $0.02 per subscriber. This will get them all the available ad space in the newsletter.

top General Network Restrictions:

15 second maximum for any animation

Ads in Smarter Travel email newsletters can not use rich media

Creative with a background matching Smarter Travel background must have a 1 pixel border to differentiate them

Any sound must be user initiated, defined as a click and not a mouse over or rollover and clearly labeled with “Play” and “Stop” controls.

Up to 85K in polite download is allowed, with initial download of 25K and then 2 additional loads of 30K each may be initiated after a user moves their cursor over or clicks on the ad.

The Flash frame rate must be less than 18 frames per second; twelve frames per second is preferred.

Looping – No more than 5 frames for animated GIFs

Lead Time – Creative must be provided 5 business days in advance for rich media

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