Comments on: Window Sizes in Traffic Exchanges

By: Rebecca T

Rebecca T — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:44:03 +0000

To Mary above
Sad thing is, many of those companies have great products, but they're so busy giving Cady's and fat check awards to the top sellers (or recruiters), the newbie gets left in the dust.

By: Mary Bird

Mary Bird — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:24:42 +0000

The traffic exchanges with the big sizes are the only ones that old companys like Shakklee,Amway,Melaleuka and Watkins will fit. Wat and Mel. were great ,but they are not helping their distributers much. Old thinking.

By: Rebecca T

Rebecca T — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:01:04 +0000

Great tips Tim. I like the graphical illustration. Really puts things into perspective. Also helps me better understand why SX's browser size rule is so important. I'd hate for someone to see just a corner of my ad. ;-)

Also, regarding what John (above) said about cell phones. It would be great if you considered the mobile screen viewers. Mobile computing and web-surfing is increasing exponentially, as I'm sure you're well aware. For a while, a company having a mobile compatible site was purely recreational. But as time goes on, it could become essential.

Rebecca

By: John

John — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:22:44 +0000

Tim,

I assume the list of exchanges you tested includes those that use a script to maximize the viewing window at the start of surfing, or even on every page view.

That function can be switched off on some browsers - I always switch it off when surfing but I'm sure most people don't.

All in all, the ideal splash page need to look good on a small screen, but also on a large screen.

Another thought: if you ever aim at a cell-phone audience you need to re-think your page sizes entirely!

John

By: Patti/silverdark

Patti/silverdark — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:02:16 +0000

Very good Info here Tim!! I was never really sure what others see when they see my ads so sizing has been a problem especially since I didn't know how many pixels to a line or page. I am kinda curious about usint the percent way though...is there a difference?
Patti Barr/silverdark

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:05:25 +0000

To my view 600x300 is so tiny it looks almost comical.

May I ask why not use percent instead of px?

70% fits every monitor perfectly

or am I missing something?

By: Eric Smith

Eric Smith — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:03:34 +0000

Thanks for doing the boring research work for us Tim. It will be an interesting week because I just started using a page 650x425 and seems to cover both hot zones...we'll see what happens!

By: nancy radlinger

nancy radlinger — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:01:23 +0000

I agree with you on this and I have found that 600 x 300 works great for me - especially with the sites that have chat boxes as it fits the window great and the message is seen without having to scroll down.

Thanks for the info

By: Eric Smith

Eric Smith — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:01:15 +0000

Thanks for doing the boring research for us Tim! It will be an interesting week because I just started using a page that is 650x425...kind of covers both hot areas...we'll see how it works.

By: Winter Perkins

Winter Perkins — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:31:35 +0000

Well.... very interesting way to start the morning :) NOW I see what you were busy doing lol That's really very cool.

I wonder how you can fill up the page... maybe use a tiled background or something instead of a solid color, but yuck :P

I guess my sizing was close. Guess we better start making the CTA somewhere in the 250 range... very useful. Thanks Tim :)