Geek opinion please

[Big Dave]

Not for KB - another job - entertainment site.

What do you think is an reasonable file size limit* for banner and standard skyscaper ads?


* I was going to say 'in kb' but that only confuses the first sentence!
Nighthawk - 2kb is not reasonable.

[R6_kid]

256-500kb?

Are we talking animated gif's or flash animations?

Personally I hate the video advertising that comes up on certain sites, especially when you dont ask it to.

[riffer]

Don't really care. I'm one of the enlightened few on Telstra Broadband.

Unless your main demographic is Xtra clients you could look at 500kb easy.

[Boob Johnson]

Don't really care. I'm one of the enlightened few on Telstra Broadband
I too am an enlightened one

Yeah 500kb max should be sweet

[Big Dave]

Ha! - I was thinking 150kb was generous.

The banners on here average about 24kb.

Anyone know what the NZ Herald max is - without dl-ing the .pdf ?

[Gremlin]

As long as adblock stops it, I don't care what it is :done:

[NighthawkNZ]

500kb... :shit: fuck those on dial wouldn't even download those and it may choke the page...(could take up three to four minutes to download just the add not counting the page and content... depending on there connection speed) and they simply move on to another site... and believe or not there are still a lot of people on dialup . You may find most of those bigger tower ads are done in Flash which if done correctly can be a lot smaller

me ad blocker... so don't see your ad anyway. And on broadband so don't care...


Nighthawk - 2kb is not reasonable.
????


Ha! - I was thinking 150kb was generous.

yup I would agree there 100 - 150kb

[PuppetMaster]

500kb... :shit: fuck those on dial wouldn't even download those and it may choke the page...
yup I would agree there 100 - 150kb


Ya, i reckon. 500kb is a lot generous. 100kb or less. You want the advert to appear pretty quickly, not take 10 minutes to download. Plus make it change the home page and download some unwanted files to the profile and replace the desktop image with bigboobs.jpg



;I'm one of the enlightened few on Telstra Broadband.

Enlightened would be using cable. but, you'll get DSL2 in the near future so you can be even more enlightened.

[Marmoot]

Ad networks normally limit the size to between 15kb to 50kb for banners and skyscraper standard sizes, including:
760x120
728x90
300x250
250x250
160x600

Try to aim at around that filesize.

If you need ad exposure, get in contact with me with your budget and goals, and I might be able to recommend something.

[riffer]

Enlightened would be using cable. but, you'll get DSL2 in the near future so you can be even more enlightened.

Dude. Telstra Broadband IS cable. <_<

[Tank]

Dude. Telstra Broadband IS cable. <_<

Im getting wireless cable.

[TerminalAddict]

enlightened would be using cable. But, you'll get dsl2 in the near future so you can be even more enlightened.


pwnage !!!

[Tank]

pwnage !!!

Im guessing that kiwionline isnt your ISP huh.

[Whynot]

and believe or not there are still a lot of people on dialup

whats dialup ? :Pokey:

[NighthawkNZ]

whats dialup ? :Pokey:

Dunno just I term I have used from ages ago that has been lost in the thoughts of time.... :scratch:

It just seemed appropriate to use it here... dunno what it actually is... :scratch:

[Eddieb]

You need to take into consideration the total file size of all artifacts making up the page and the average connection speed of your target audience which gives you the download/page presentation time.

Are you going to piss off a large portion of your target audience by making the page as a whole too cumbersome to load within an acceptable period of time. Will people give up and go elsewhere or not stay in the site as long?

If the page loading times are already only just bearable then the graphic size needs to add as little overhead as possible. If page loading is good then larger/flasher & sparklier is possible.

Assigning an arbitrary value without some basis of reality behind it is pointless if it is going to alienate your users.

[NighthawkNZ]

You need to take into consideration the total file size of all artifacts making up the page and the average connection speed of your target audience which gives you the download/page presentation time.

Are you going to piss off a large portion of your target audience by making the page as a whole too cumbersome to load within an acceptable period of time. Will people give up and go elsewhere or not stay in the site as long?

If the page loading times are already only just bearable then the graphic size needs to add as little overhead as possible. If page loading is good then larger/flasher & sparklier is possible.


Good points... I went to a page the other day and it took 2 minutes to download a stupid flash file... (and I am on broadband)

[avgas]

i accept any page up to MAX! 5-10mb for whole lot (on 1 page).
ideally should be 1/3 that.....
banners suck......in general. And therefore should be purely txt based.

[Marmoot]

file size limit* for banner and standard skyscaper ads?

APN accepts certain types of ad creatives up to 100kb.
I think Google's maximum banner creatives is either 35kb or 50kb.

If you're making Flash banners, when importing a graphic (photo, etc) into your .fla try to use ones that are already optimally sized (e.g., reduce the size before copying the image, rather than pasting one and resizing it using Transform). This will keep your file size down.

[Big Dave]

Still UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
Nothing approved yet, But I'm thinking this way.

http://www.kiwirider.co.nz/newsite/advertise.html

[imdying]

whats dialup ? :Pokey:Sort of like that other horrid shite... cable driven speedos!

[Big Dave]

Sort of like that other horrid shite... cable driven speedos!


Meh - Unlike 'sender units' that fry malfunction when they get hot. DAMHIK.