Frequently Asked Questions
and other important information
also - tips for design and search engine optimization thru design
techniques.
Why do I need a 468 x 60 pixel banner?
A 468 x 60 pixel banner is the [standard size]
accepted by literally everyone on the internet. from Google™ to Yahoo™,
no matter where you want to advertise your site, you will find
a 468x60 pixel
banner is accepted and appreciated. Almost every banner exchange
on the web utilizes the 468x60 size as its primary banner rotation
size, you will find this common on most all advertising and media
related websites and networks.
If I buy a banner from you, do I own it?
Yes, you own it! We will give you the banner to do with whatever you
like. We will not sell or rent the banner to anyone else at anytime.
Our banners are expressly made for our customers and never reused,
unlike several websites which offer free banner templates which
get used over and over by many websites until it does not attract
any attention anymore. When you buy a banner from us, you can
be assured it is a one of a kind, unique banner made just for
you. And when you use it to advertise your website you will know
that you are using a professionally made one off masterpiece,
guaranteed to help attract new visitors to your website. Furthermore -
if you like, we will send you the [RAW] editable files for your
project, and you can redesign them yourself, or just poke
around the layers in your favorite image editor to teach yourself
some design, it's up to you...
Where can I advertise/promote my new banner?
For the lowest priced banner campaigns visit: Subscription-Pro or
Traffic-Grabber .
If your looking to save big on a BULK Banner Campaign, visit: Premium
Discounted Advertising .
Since you own the banner [your banner] you are free to use it anywhere
you want for any purpose. Google™, Yahoo™ or any banner
advertising service which allows a 468x60 pixel banner, which
is 99% of them.
What types of payments do you accept?
We no longer accept Stormpay for any of our services!
We accept PayPal™
and all major credit cards, checks,
e-checks and money
orders. NOTE - with an e-check or personal check payment, we
will have to wait until check clears to begin your project [usually
1-2 days]. We prefer Paypal™.
I don't have PayPal™ , can I use
my credit card?
YES!, Even if you do not have PayPal™,
you can still purchase from us with a major credit card. Use
the PayPal™ option [you do not need a PayPal™ account]
you can still use your credit card, and there is no fee. Credit
cards accepted are as follows; Visa™,
Mastercard™, Discover™ and American Express™. On
orders of 300.00 or more, will will require confirmed payment
of 50% before starting your project.
I want to pay with an e-check thru PayPal™, is this ok?
YES!, we do
except E-Checks thru PayPal™, however - there is a time period
[usually 2-3 days] for your e-check to clear. We will contact
you after your purchase
to let you know we received your e-check, then we will send you
the proper submit forms to submit your banner or website URL
information to us after your e-check has cleared. Many of our
customers have
used
e-checks before, feel free to use this payment method if you
prefer.
I want to pay with a personal check or money order, is this ok?
Yes, contact support HERE for
our mailing address. Note - there is a [2-3 day] waiting period
from our bank for your check to clear. And up to 7 days for international
checks and money orders. As soon as the check clears, we will
contact you via e-mail [the same e-mail address
you used
to make your purchase].
How do you generally go about making my banner?
Basically, we will contact you after your purchase via e-mail and
get ahold of your website url [address]. Then we will visit your
website to obtain any images or text or ideas for your banner[to
make sure your new banner matches your websites theme*], we will
retrieve what we need, and proceed on with your order. If you
don't have a website,
that's fine,
we will
find images
for you at no additional cost.
Does my site’s design really matter?
Yes, site design and design theme* can be
a determining factor in whether your website will make money
or attract visitors or not. I cannot stress this enough. Any
successful website always begins with
a professional design, that's a fact!
What’s a design theme*?
A design theme is a general
feel and color scheme for any website, usually there may be cetain
main images
which appear on every page, sometimes in the header or logo,
usually the intro page, main site, banners and all adverts are the
same design
theme.
How can you make all these designs so inexpensive?
We can make a static
banner in about 60 minutes for any customer in the highest quality
possible. We use these low priced banner orders of 14.95 and
so on to keep our designers busy and to show our new customers
how fast
and
professional our service really is. Sure - we are not getting
rich making banners and designs at these rates, but we do design
full time,
and we are doing what we love, and we have had hundreds of satisfied
banner and design logo etc, clients who have come back to us
time and time again to build them an entire website, it all works
out in the
end. Because of our low rates and fast professional service we
have been able to successfully remain in business for over 10
years now.
We are trying to fill the gap inbetween the ultra high priced
designers which nobody can afford, and the other option - no
design or poor design,
which we consider totally unacceptable.
I want something designed, but I dont see any examples of
it on your website, what should I do?
Contact customer service, we can do almost
any type of design or script work, and if we cannot, we will point
you to somewhone who can!
How Web Design Can Affect Search Engine Rankings By
John Metzler
Uniquely built web sites can create unique issues when being promoted
on the search engines. From a basic 3 page brochure site to a corporate
site with hundreds of dynamically generated pages, every web site needs
to have certain design aspects in order to achieve the full effects
of an SEO campaign. Below are a few points to take into consideration
when building or updating your web site.
1. Size Matters. The size of a web site can have a huge impact on
search engine rankings. Search engines love content, so if
you have only a few pages to your site and your competitors have dozens,
it's
difficult to see a top page ranking for your site. In some
cases it may be difficult to present several pages of information about
your
business or products, so you may need to think about adding
frëe
resources for visitors. It will help in broadening the scope
of your web site (which search engines like) as well as keep visitors
on your
site longer, possibly resulting in more sales.
2. Graphics-Based Web Sites. While web sites that offer the visitor
a more esthetically-pleasing experience may seem like the best choice
for someone searching for your product, they are the most difficult
to optimize. Since search engine robots cannot read text within graphics
or animation, what they see may be just a small amount of text. And
if we learned anything from point #-1, small amounts of content will
not result in top rankings. If you really must offer the visitor
a graphics-heavy or Flash web site, consider creating an html-based
side of your site that is also available to visitors. This site will
be much easier to promote on the search engines and your new found
visitors will also have the option to jump over to the nicer looking
part of your site.
3. Dynamic Web Pages. If most of your web site is generated by
a large database (such as a large book dealer with inventory that
is changing by the minute) you may find that some of your pages do
not get indexed by major search engines. If you look at the URL of
these pages they can be extremely long and have characters such as
?, #, &, %, or = along with huge amounts of seemingly random
numbers or letters. Since these pages are automatically generated
by the database as needed, the search engines have a tough time keeping
them up to date and relevant for search engine users. One way to
combat this problem is to offer a search engine friendly site map
listing all your static pages just to let them know that you do have
permanent content on your site. If search engines see links going
to and from these dynamic pages within a good internal linking system,
this may also lead to the pages getting indexed. The link popularity
of your site may carry more weïght in this case as well, so
if you can't offer as much static content as your competition, make
sure you have an aggressive link campaign on the go.
4. Proper Use of Html. There is quite a bit of sub-par web design
software out there. Word processors usually have a way to create
html documents which can be easily uploaded to a site via ftp. However,
in many cases the code that the search engine robots see is mostly
lines and lines of font and position formatting, not relevant content.
The more efficiently written web sites usually achieve higher rankings.
Our choice for web design software is Macromedia Dreamweaver, as
it is an industry standard. It also makes using CSS (Cascading Style
Sheets) a breeze, which can drastically cut down on the amount of
text formatting in html code. Hand-coding html to design sites is
also a good method if you are proficient enough. There are some no
brainers too: Web sites with abnormal amounts of hyperlinks, bold
or italicized text, improper use of heading, alt, or comment tags
can also expect to see low rankings.
5. Choosing a Domain Name. The golden rule to web development
of any kind is to keep your visitors in mind above all else - even
search engine optimization. When choosing a domain name, one should
pick either your business name (if you have a high-profile business
name such as Chapters or Coca-Cola) or a brief description of your
products. Domain names can always help with search engine optimization,
since it is another area of your web site in which important keywords
can appear. Forget about long-winded domains such as www.number-one-best-books-on-earth.com.
No one will ever remember it and it will be hard to print on business
cards or in ads. If you need to change your domain name for any reason
you obviously don't want to losë existing rankings. An easy
way to do this, and one that is currently supported by most search
engines, is the 301 redirect. It allows you to keep your existing
rankings for your old domain name, while forwarding visitors to your
new web site instantly.
6. Using Frames. Don't use frames. Frames are a thing of the
90's (and in the Internet world that is eons ago) and are not even
supported by some search engines. The search engines that are able
to index your site through frames will most likely frown upon them.
Whatever you are trying to accomplish by using frames can usually
be done with the help of PHP includes or CSS (Cascading Style Sheets).
Some browsers are not frames-compatible, so there is the danger of
some visitors not being able to see your site at all. Bookmarking
of individual pages within a frame becomes difficult without lengthly
scripts being written.
7. Update Your Information. Not only does information printed
two or three years ago reflect badly on your organization when it
is read by a visitor, it is also looked down upon by search engines.
Web sites that continuously update and grow their web sites usually
experience higher rankings than stagnant sites. When the trick to
SEO is offering visitors the most relevant information, you can bet
that the age of web pages is taken into consideration by search engines.
Consider creating a section of your site devoted to news within your
organization, or have a constantly updated resources area. Many shortfalls
of web sites can easily be attributed to designers who just don't
keep the user or search engines in mind. Search engine algorithms
are quickly improving to try and list the most user-friendly sites
higher, given that the content and link popularity are there to back
it up. So first and foremost, know your target market and make your
web site work for them before focusing on search engine optimization.
If you build it (properly), they will come.
What is copyright all about?
A Copyright is a form
of protection provided by the laws of the United States to authors
of "original works
of authorship," including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic,
and certain other intellectual works. This protection is available
to both published and unpublished works. Material not protected
by copyright (or otherwise protected) is available for use by
anyone, without the author's consent. On the other hand, an author
of
a copyrighted
work may prevent others from copying, performing or otherwise
using the work without the author's consent. Copyright is a form
of protection
provided by the laws of the United States (title 17, U.S. Code)
to the authors of "original works of authorship," including
literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual
works. This protection is available to both published and unpublished
works.
How much new art is truly original? Author(s): Michelle
Kaminsky
A new song we're listening to or a new book we're reading often reminds
us of something we've heard or read before. In the case of so-called "appropriated
art," our cases of déjà vu are right on. Appropriated
art is when an artist "borrows" another artist's copyrighted
work to create something new. But, is this legal? A federal district
court in New York had to battle with this very question. The source
of the controversy was a work by feminist artist Barbara Kruger. Kruger
is famous for her collages that combine photographs and words. The
work in question is a cropped image by the German photographer Thomas
Hoepker. Hoepker's photo of his friend Charlotte Dabney shows her holding
a magnifying glass over her right eye. Kruger added her signature red
block lettering over the image: "It's a small world but not if
you have to clean it." Hoepker's original photograph was entitled "Charlotte
As Seen By Thomas." The photograph had been published once in
1960 in the German magazine "Foto Prisma." Kruger created
her untitled work in 1990. She then sold it to the Los Angeles Museum
of Contemporary Art. The museum featured it as part of a larger Kruger
exhibit. The exhibit then showed for three months at New York's WhitneyMuseum.
In 2000, Hoepker sued Kruger, her dealer, and the museums that had
shown the work. The basis for his claim was copyright infringement.
Dabney joined Hoepker in his suit and sued Kruger for violation of
privacy. The court dismissed both claims. However, the court also explained
both decisions. Under the law at the time, Hoepker's copyright on the
photograph was for 28 years. This meant the photo of Charlotte fell
into the public domain in 1988. Kruger's 1990 creation was therefore
lawful. Then, in 1994, Congress extended copyright protection to foreign
works that had come into the public domain. This law offered 95 years
of protection from the time of creation. Under the revised 1994 law,
Hoepker's photograph is copyrighted until 2055. This seems to move
Kruger to the guilty side of the ledger. Well, not quite. In the legislation,
Congress anticipated those like Kruger who had relied on the old public
domain law. Kruger was only subject to infringement actions if the
copyright owner (Hoepker) notified her that the protection is reinstated
AND she continued to use the copyrighted piece after one year. And
Hoepker never notified Kruger about his restored copyright. So, the
court ruled that he had no claim against her. Kruger's case is a well-known
example. The bulk of potential copyright infringements about images
and photographs probably occur on a more basic, everyday level. Thanks
to the internet and image-manipulating software like Adobe Photoshop,
the art of appropriating has gotten much easier. Even major museums
that want to digitize their collections must consider copyright ownership
before reproducing images. To battle infringement, many museums encrypt
images. This allows users to view the images but not to download them.
Other common prevention measures include the use of low-resolution
images, the "burning" of contact and copyright information
directly onto the images, the use of watermarks, and software that
disables the right-click or fragments downloaded images. With the passage
of the Digital Millennium Act of 1998, the net of potential copyright
infringers has widened. Now, you can sue the infringing individual
and the internet service provider if it fails to immediately remove
the offending material. The Kruger case involved special copyright
circumstances. However, there are some basic things to keep in mind
about copyrights: An original work is protected for the life of the
creator plus 50 years before it enters the public domain. For older
works, rules differ, so check to see what law applies to the time of
copyright. Copyright protection is automatic. The advantage to registering
a copyright is that you may be able to sue for damages exceeding monetary
loss. So don't treat unregistered copyrights as part of the public
domain. The test for copyright infringement is "substantial similarity." Basically,
would another viewer recognize the work as a partial or entire copy?
This is shaky ground, so don't rely on this for a defense. The fair
use doctrine allows borrowing another's copyrighted work "for
purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, scholarship or
research." But there is no magical percentage for acceptable use.
Keep in mind that using someone else's work for commercial purposes
tends to be unfavorably received in the courtroom. If you're thinking
about using someone else's copyrighted work, you might want to protect
yourself by consulting an intellectual property attorney. Few artists
(and no judges) will accept the defense that "imitation is the
sincerest form of flattery."
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Design or any other related entity does not assume responsibility
for content
of
your or any of
your affiliates websites due to connection thru our banner or
traffic/link exchanges. CBC simply provides a means of advertising
and design services
for thousands of websites and users, but in no way assumes any
responsibility for website content. Banners will be screened
for innapropriate content,
so this should not be an issue. WWD reserves the right to remove
any banner or user from the system [without refund] for any of
the following
reasons: Users website/banner contains innapropriate content,
to see what is deemed innapropriate please read FAQ. - Users
banner or website
is not loading or has been edited to contain innapropriate content
after joining. - for guaranteed hit's sales, we will just set
your site to [waiting] so you will not loose all your purchased
hit's if
your server goes down. For banner clients - If your server goes
down, your banner will show as a dead image/alt link, if this
is not corrected
within a few days, we will suspend your account. This can be
avoided by not moving your banner from its location on your server
during your
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until the
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