Software Banners

These software programs run on your server and display and rotate advertisements on Web pages. They can also track and target ads and users based on various criteria.

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Ad Software Shoot Out

Charlie Morris corrals all the ad software guns in town, and when their pistols stop a-blazin' and the smoke settles he'll show ya' the best one for your spread.

Ad Management Software

Ad Juggler

Advanced ad management software, multiple versions and price levels, for many different hardware and OS platforms.

Ad Server Solutions

Ad serving software with ad targetting and real time reporting.

BannerServer.com

BannerServer.com offers a central ad server solution to provide online banner serving, management, rotation and tracking services.

Central Ad

Support for serving HTML, text, form-enabled and other types of ads to multiple advertiser campaigns. Web-based management interface, with multiple security features.

DoubleClick AdServer

Sophisticated mission-critical ad management system. Multiple languages and server platforms supported. Used by the some of the busiest sites on the Web.

OrbitCycle

Practically free, advertising management system that is remotely hosted. Orbit Cycle reserves 10% of the banner space on your site for their ads leaving 90% of the space for your ads.

Origent.com - Makers of Adelage Ad Server

Adelage Ad Server is a comprehensive ad server, with built-in reporting, invoicing, keyword-based ad-targeting, impression-pacing, unsold inventory tracking, and multilingual ad support.

WebAdverts

Shareware ad rotation management system, written in Perl. Banners can be displayed on your pages either through SSI calls, so that each time a page is loaded, a new banner will appear, via standard IMG tags, or IFRAME tags.

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Advertising Networks

@dVenture Advertisers are offered a range of options and can target by site, by group of interest category or by targeted demographics across all of AdVernture's sites. Aaddzz Performance-based advertising network; features: pay per click-thru, automatic banner targeting, real-time reporting, support for standard banner sizes. Aaddzz takes a 20% commission, floating CPM, minimum $10 CPM.
AdAce Targeted advertising services for small businesses on the Net. Ad-Net

Offers web sites a choice to have centrally served ads or site hosted ads. ADSmart.net

An advertising network that represents inventory from Web sites who attract strong, targeted audiences. Commission rates are variable depending upon the number of impressions available and the range of services chosen by the Web site. BannerAdNetwork

Free banner ad exchange network BURST! Media

Focused on providing ads for special-interest and niche-focused Web sites, BURST! helps manage more than 700 million advertising impressions per month for over 3000 publisher members. DoubleClick

Selective advertising network that brings buyers and sellers together with an innovative program that requires only one line of standard HTML. Represents some of the busiest sites on the Web. IntelliClicks

The first banner exchange network to offer the ability to include sound effects with your banner ad. LinkExchange/BCentral

Advertise your site for free in this banner exchange service from Microsoft. ValueClick

Ad network, guarantees to buy 100% of advertising space on host sites, performance-based pricing for advertisers. Webconnect

Ad placement service. Delivers highly targeted advertising coverage in a variety of market areas on the World Wide Web.

Collections

About.com: Ad Network Listings

Listing of top Web ad networks from About.com. Ad-Guide.com: Advertising Networks

Lists and ratings (by user vote) of all the major ad networks available on the Net. Refer-it: Ad Networks

Directory of Ad Network referral programs.

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Advertising Management Services

ActiveAd A campaign management service which simplifies online media buying for advertising agencies. Agencies using ActiveAd Central can outsource trafficking, tracking, and report preparation using ActiveAd Central's database-driven online media buying system. AdForce A full-service, end-to-end advertising management solution for ad networks and large Web Sites. Without requiring the purchase of hardware or software, AdForce offers unique benefits to advertisers, Web publishers and ad sales organizations. Adometer Powerful and easy to use advertising management system. Use this system to manage your own website advertising or set up a network of your own. AdResource Meta-page of advertising and promotion resources. ASET Advertising, contact and sales management software. CyberFirst Offers a "turn-key" advertising sales and ad management service. It includes, not only advertising sales representation, but also the ability to manage scheduling, delivery, tracking, reporting and billing functions. CyberGold Watch and ad, take a quiz to make sure you actually read the ad and about the product and presto, earn CyberGold! Focalink (*) Offers SmartBanner, a centralized ad management service for sites and advertisers, which provides hassle-free web advertising, and MarketMatch, a web media planning tool. LinkExchange Microsoft-owned site focused on promotion and advertising tools and services geared towards the small business owner. Web Ad Management Services New Media Advertising Management Companies - Yahoo (Collection) MatchLogic Exclusively a service company, they do not buy or sell media, they don't represent web sites or sell software, nor do they compete with ad agencies on any level. OrbitCycle Practically free, advertising management system that is remotely hosted. Orbit Cycle reserves 10% of the banner space on your site for their ads leaving 90% of the space for your ads. The Silver Company An internet advertising sales service organization geared toward individual websites with traffic of higher than 150,000 impressions/month. In partnership with NetGravity.

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Advertising Resource Collections

Adbility's Web Publisher Advertising Guide Comprehensive collection of links covering all aspects of internet advertising, including software, links, articles, advice on avoiding "Web Pirates", warnings on non-existant/Vaporware companies and more. Adresource.com A large collection of resources, links and articles for advertisers. Advertising Law Internet Site From Arent Fox, a thorough collection of articles and links covering advertising and Internet advertising law. Includes current FTC information.
Advertising World "Resources for advertising & marketing professionals, students, and teachers." Extensive collection of advertising-related links on the Web. A vast array of links organized across hundreds of ad subjects. Clickz.com Large collection of advertising, marketing and online business related links, articles and news. E-Commerce Guide News and links about online advertising, marketing and commerce. Internet Advertising Resource Guide An organized collection of links related to Net advertising. Surveys, legal news, industry-specific information, research and more. Online Advertising Discussion List Thousands of advertising professions use this mailing list to keep abreast of the latest developments in the Web advertising world. Website Promotion: Advertising and Banners DMOZ Open Directory Link Collection WWW Advertising ManagementYahoo Link Collection

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Rotating Banner

The JavaScript Source: Miscellaneous: Rotating Banner

Simply click inside the window below, use your cursor to highlight the script, and copy (type Control-c or Apple-c) the script into a new file in your text editor (such as Note Pad or Simple Text) and save (Control-s or Command-s). The script is yours!!!

<!-- TWO STEPS TO INSTALL ROTATING BANNER: 1. Copy the coding into the HEAD of your HTML document 2. Add the last code into the BODY of your HTML document --> <!-- STEP ONE: Paste this code into the HEAD of your HTML document --> <head> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- This script and many more are available free online at --> <!-- The JavaScript Source!! http://javascript.internet.com --> <!-- Begin var maxAdNo = 2 var adNo var myAd = new Array() myAd[0] = '<img src="/img/rotating-banner/clipartlogo.gif" width="194" height="37" border="0" />' myAd[1] = '<a href="http://javascript.internet.com/">Try The JavaScript Source</a>' myAd[2] = '<img src="/img/rotating-banner/webref.gif" width="128" height="69" border="0" />' // End --> </script> </head> <!-- STEP TWO: Copy this code into the BODY of your HTML document --> <body> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- Begin adNo = Math.round(Math.random() * maxAdNo) document.write(myAd[adNo]) // End --> </script> <p><center> <span style="font-family:arial, helvetica;">Free JavaScripts provided<br /> by <a href="http://javascriptsource.com">The JavaScript Source</a></span> </center><p> <!-- Script Size: 1.14 KB -->

source: http://javascript.internet.com/miscellaneous/rotating-banner.html

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Displaying different images according to time

Displaying different images according to time
Credit: By George Chiang, host

Description: The following script will display a different image onto your webpage, depending on whether it's mourning or night. (Note: Mourning is from 12 am to 12 pm)

Directions: Simply cut and paste the following script anywhere with the tags. Please remember to change the gifs to yours.

<script> <!-- /*By George Chiang (JK's JavaScript tutorial) http://www.javascriptkit.com Credit must stay intact for use*/ var current= new Date() var day_night=current.getHours() if (day_night<=12) document.write("<img src="'day.gif'" />") else document.write("<img src="'night.gif'" />") //--> </script>

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Different background image according to time of day

Different background image according to time of day Credit: Steve Thompson

Description: A simple script that changes the background image of the document four times a day, depending on the time period. The periods are : 12pm to 4am, 4am to 12am, 12am to 6pm, and 6pm to 12pm.

Directions: Insert the below into the

<script language="JavaScript"> <!-- Hide From Old Browsers /* ©1996-98 JavaScript written by Steve Thompson @ http://www.w8r.com --- e-mail: thompson@w8r.com or myclone@hotmail.com --- This simple script changes the background image four times a day -- It can be altered to include other page attributes such as text colors and individual page items such as on the example page - Use freely but keep this entire credit line intact. */ day=new Date() //..get the date x=day.getHours() //..get the hour if(x>=0 && x<4) background="put your first image file name here such as 1.jpg">') } else if(x>=4 && x<12) background="put your second image file name here such as 2.jpg">') } else if(x>=12 && x<18) background="put your third image file name here such as 3.jpg">') } else if (x>=18 && x<24) background="put your last image file name here such as 4.jpg">') } <!-- End Hiding --> </script>

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"Depressible" image links

"Depressible" image links
By George Chiang, host

Description: This script will make any image link depressible. Note that you will need an alternate image to display when the image is depressed.

Directions: Step 1: Copy these two images onto your hd by "right clicking" them, and choosing "save as".

Step 2: Insert this into the tags, changing the parts in red, if you're using your own images.

<script language="javascript1.2"> <!-- img1=new Image() img1.src="up.gif" img2=new Image() img2.src="down.gif" //--> </script>

Step 3: Finally, insert this into your tags, changing the parts in red, if you wish.

<a href="whatever.htm" onmousedown="document.images['example'].src=img2.src" onmouseup="document.images['example'].src=img1.src"> <img src="up.gif" name="example" border="0" /></a>

If you want multiple depressible images within one page, simply repeat steps 2 and 3 for each depressible image. When repeating step 3, be sure to change the part in blue ('example') to another unique name each time.

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Day-of-the-week image displayer

Day-of-the-week image displayer Credit: JavaScript Kit

Description: A script that displays a different image according to the day of the week (ie: one image for Monday, one image for Tuesday etc).

Example: (For the sake of simplicity, bullets are used).

Directions: Simply insert the below into the of your page: Simply change the path of the images in "mondayimg", tuesdayimg" etc to your own.

<script> <!-- <!--Week Of The Day Image Displayer script- By JavaScript Kit (www.javascriptkit.com) More free scripts here--> var mondayimg="../m1.gif" var tuesdayimg="../m2.gif" var wednesdayimg="../m3.gif" var thursdayimg="../m4.gif" var fridayimg="../m5.gif" var saturdayimg="../m6.gif" var sundayimg="../m7.gif" var mydate=new Date() var today=mydate.getDay() if (today==1) document.write('<img src="'+mondayimg+'">') else if (today==2) document.write('<img src="'+tuesdayimg+'">') else if (today==3) document.write('<img src="'+wednesdayimg+'">') else if (today==4) document.write('<img src="'+thursdayimg+'">') else if (today==5) document.write('<img src="'+fridayimg+'">') else if (today==6) document.write('<img src="'+saturdayimg+'">') else document.write('<img src="'+sundayimg+'">') //--> </script> <p align="center"><font face="arial" size="-2">This free script provided by</font><br> <font face="arial, helvetica" size="-2"><a href="http://javascriptkit.com">JavaScript Kit</a></font></p>

Many large sites on the internet use similar scripts to display an image that spells out the current day of the week, ie Cnet.

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Click banner enticer script

Click banner enticer script Credit: JavaScript Kit

Description: Use this script on your advertising banner to increase click thru rate! It randomly chooses from a pool of "motivational" messages to show in the status bar when the surfer moves her mouse over the banner. This script can also be used if you wish to "hide" the URL of the ad banner...

Directions

Step 1: Paste the below code into the section of your page. Change the messages to your own:

<script> /* Click banner enticer script By JavaScript Kit (http://javascriptkit.com) Over 200+ free scripts here! */ var entices=new Array() entices[0]="Click here to support our sponsors!" entices[1]="Keep this site free! Click here!" entices[2]="Please visit this banner" entices[3]="Visit Freewarejava.com for FREE Java applets!" entices[4]="Please take a second out to visit this sponsor" entices[5]="Click here!" //extend this list as desired function generate_entices(toggle){ if (toggle==1) window.status=entices[Math.round(Math.random()*(entices.length-1))] else window.status='' } </script>

Step 2: Finally, add the following onMouseover and onMouseout command to your ad banner, as shown in the below code:

<a href="http://freewarejava.com" onmouseover="generate_entices(1);return true" onmouseout="generate_entices(0)"><img src="../../sponsors/jpad4.gif" width="466" height="58" border="0" /></a>

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Random Banner script

Credit: Omega

Description: A script that will load a random banner with the corresponding link and text link (out of three possible banners in this example).

Directions: Simply insert the below into the

<script> <!-- written by The Omega // http://members.xoom.com/the_omega/ // the_omega@geocities.com // You must leave these comments in to use the script // (hey, I wrote it. Let me have a little credit!) // put info for randomly selected banners here, as in the examples gfx0="banner1.gif"; lnk0="page1.html"; alt0="Alt code 1"; txt0="Tagline 1"; gfx1="banner2.gif"; lnk1="page2.html"; alt1="Alt code 2"; txt1="Tagline 2"; gfx2="banner3.gif"; lnk2="page3.html"; alt2="Alt code 3"; txt2="Tagline 3"; len=3; // change to equal number of banners today=new Date(); today=today.getTime()/10; rnd=today%len; document.writeln('<a href="'+eval("><img src="'+eval(" alt="'+eval(" /><br />'+eval("txt"+rnd)+'</a>'); //--> </script> <p align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:-2;">This free script provided by</span><br /> <span style="font-family:arial, helvetica;font-size:-2;"><a href="http://javascriptkit.com">JavaScript Kit</a></span></p>

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