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General
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What kind
of advertising do you offer?
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Will you display
my company's affiliate banner?
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If your company has an established affiliate
program, you are welcome to send us more information
about it. While not required, we prefer programs that are managed through one
of the major third party affiliate services such as BeFree,
Linkshare, CJ
etc. ...
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Ordering
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You can view our rates by clicking
here. All advertising is sold on a CPM (cost per thousand) basis with a minimum
order of $25 per campaign.
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Where can
I place an order?
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To view available options and
order advertising for your site, log into your account.
If you have not yet created an account, you may do so for free by clicking
here.
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How long
does it take to order?
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Most advertising campaigns will
become active within 1 to 3 business days of us having verified your payment has
been accepted.
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Where can
I read the terms of service?
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Listing Requirements
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Can anyone
order advertising?
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To order advertising you must
be at least 18 years of age or the age of consent in the jurisdiction from which
this page is being accessed.
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Are
there any minimum requirements?
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Are there
advertisers you will not accept?
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Yes, we currently do not accept
advertising from any sites containing adult or illegal material. If in doubt,
please contact us before you order with the site's URL that visitors will be redirected
to and we will let you know if your site is acceptable.
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Does
my site need to be already listed?
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Placement of Advertising
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Can I advertise
my site in any category?
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No, the category you choose must
be related to your site's content. If you are not sure which of our categories
relates to your site the most, please contact us before you order and we will
assist you in choosing a category.
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Can I advertise
my site in multiple categories?
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Yes, so long as the multiple
categories are related to your site's content.
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Will my ad
appear in sub-categories?
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If you choose a category that
contains sub-categories, your ad will always appear in the main category you choose
and may appear in the categories below the one you have choosen - it depends on
availability in the sub-categories.
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Will my ad
appear above the fold?
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Yes all banner and micro button
ads will appear above the fold. Above the fold is that part of the page that can
be seen by visitors without having to scroll the page vertically.
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Banner & Button Specifications
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Are there
any banner or button specifications?
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Yes, you can view the banner
and button specifications by clicking here.
All banners and buttons are subject to review and approval by Top10Links editors.
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Can I add
ALT text to my banner or button?
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Yes, you can add ALT text to
both banners and buttons although there is a limit to the number of characters
that you can use.
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Can I add
a tagline under my banner or button?
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You can add a tagline under banners
but not micro buttons. Taglines cannot contain any scripting code and will automatically
be linked to the same URL the banner is linked to. There is a limit to the number
of characters allowed in taglines.
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What are
the maximum ad dimensions?
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Banners can be as large as 600x60
pixels but normally are industry standard 468x60 pixels. Micro buttons must be
88x31 pixels. Both must be originally sized, not resized.
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Can I add
a border to my banner or button?
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Yes you can add a border of 1,
although this practice is normally not done any longer.
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Can I specify
the target of the click through URL?
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Yes you can specify a target
of _top or _blank. A target of _top will open your click through URL in the same
window. A target of _blank will open your click through URL in a new window.
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Can I use
an HTML banner?
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Yes although for proper click
through tracking, we need to redirect the forms submission to a tracking page
on our site before it gets submitted to your site.
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Where are
the banners/buttons served from?
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To insure fast loading of advertisements,
all banners and buttons are served from our own dedicated server. Thus you must
upload your banner or button to our site from your local PC or a remote URL. This
can be done in the account center.
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Adding/Modifying Advertising
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Can I add
more banners/buttons?
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Yes, you can add multiple banners
or buttons for each campagin. Each banner or button can have the same or unique
click through URL. All added banners or buttons are subject to review and approval.
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Can I edit
my banners/buttons?
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Yes, you can edit any of your
campaigns banners or buttons. All edited banners or buttons are subject to review
and approval.
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Can I delete
my banners/buttons?
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While you cannot delete banners
or buttons you can disable any out of the rotation. While a disabled banner will
not appear on our site, its past statistics will still be available for review.
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Advertising Statistics
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What kind
of statistics do you provide?
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For your convienence, we provide
the following statistics available online 24/7 in the account center.
Impressions: The number of pages that have loaded that contain your advertisement.
Click Throughs: The number of times a click through has been recorded on your
advertisement.
Click Through Ratio: Total click throughs divided by total impressions.
ROI: If you choose to use this free tool, we will track, record and display the
number of click throughs that actually resulted in a purchase or registration
at your site.
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Where can
I access my statistics?
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You can access the statistics
by logging into your account and clicking the statistics link. To login click
the "Login" link at the bottom of any page on
our site.
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ROI tracking is a free optional
tool we offer to help you determine if the click throughs that are coming from
our site are converting into customers or registrations or whatever you are trying
to do.
It works by you adding a special line of code we provide in the account center
on the page of your site that people get sent to after ordering or registering
or inquiring.
When a visitor on your site loads that page, we record the visitors details. If
the details match with the details of one of our visitors that clicked on your
link, we display it otherwise we ignore it.
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Payment
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What methods
of payment do you accept?
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We use the secure online payment
processing services of PayPal. PayPal accepts
all major credit cards or you can pay with your checking account number.
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Is my payment
info secure?
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Yes, Top10Links uses the online
payment processing services of PayPal which
uses industry standard Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption technology to help
ensure security for your online orders. SSL is a protocol for securing data transmission
in commercial transactions on the Internet. All credit card and checking account
numbers and order information are protected by SSL technology.
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Once you submit your payment
information online, you are NOT eligible for a refund. This as well as other terms
and conditions to ordering advertising are specified in our terms
of service which must be read and agreed to before you may place your order.
If you are not satisfied with your campaigns performance, you may contact
us and request that any remaining balance be applied to a different advertising
campaign or a sponsored site campaign so long as your remaining balance meets
our $25 minimum order requirements.
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Currently we do not accept any
payments by mail. You may however provide your checking account number online
through our payment processor, PayPal, and
the fee will be deducted from your checking account.
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Do you accept
any form of barter?
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We do not accept any form of
barter (links, banners, services, products, etc...) in exchange for advertising.
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Unfortunately, we are unable
to offer any discounts on advertising. Ocassionally we offer existing customers
discounts on other services. Notices of these would appear in your account center.
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Who do I
contact for billing questions?
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You may contact support@kellypublishing.net
for assistance with any payment related issues.
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