ADVERTISE HERE on The Arcade Machine GENERAL All advertising on The Arcade Machine is based on banner exposures, or impressions. This is the same method often used by Web advertisers and is comparable to paying for a magazine or newspaper ad on the basis of subscription numbers. Any time a visitor views your banner or its alternative text, it counts as an exposure. Banners are rotated to insure that a single visitor doesn't see the same banner over and over again on different pages. AUDIENCE According to our statistics, The Arcade Machine audience is comprised mostly of people visiting during work and school hours. Commercial and educational Intranets generate a large number of our hits. RATES The cost of advertising on The Arcade Machine is less than half of that elsewhere. Our rates are reasonable and our low minimum program size make it affordable for small advertisers. Advertising rates vary from $2 to $5 CPM depending on quantity. If you purchase 100,000 impressions or more, your cost will be $2CPM or $200. You can purchase as few as 5,000 impressions at $5CPM or $25. For further information please forward any questions or comment to webmaster@arcademachine.com. BANNERS The advertisement banners submited to The Arcade Machine should be GIF files sized exactly at 468 pixels wide by 60 pixels high. Static or animated GIFs are acceptable. It is preferable that advertisement banner GIFs are kept under 10K in size. Smaller files load quickly and are thus more likely to be seen. STATISTICS If you have an active advertising program here on The Arcade Machne, we offer complete banner program statistics that will allow you to monitor the progress and peformance of your banner program in real-time 24/7. |