Re: Ad/Banner Servers

From: Kyle Yamnitz <c598249_at_showme.missouri.edu>
Date: Mon 27 Nov 2000 14:10:53 -0500

GIL LAVIE <coffee_at_netvision.net.il> WROTE:
> Our site gets about 100K impressions per day and is
> growing fast. We currently don't have an adserving
> solution..
>
> I have heard the name Spinbox Classic thrown at me
> several times. Is that the best option for us?

A friend / partner used Spinbox for quite awhile. She
had a lot of problems with it though, and very often
she would just have broken images displayed. I can't
recommend it. Personally, I wouldn't use any software
that can't be run on my own server if I can avoid it.
By using SSI and running it on my own server, I have
great control over what ads appear where, and it's
also very fast. SSI is possible with Spinbox, but it
has to create a socket connection to the Spinbox
server, retrieve the ad code, and then the web server
can load the page after that long process.

I forgot to mention previously that there is a way to
server rich media ads through WebAdverts, but I
haven't used it myself. I don't think it's very
robust but it is supposed to work.

Later,
Kyle Yamnitz
The Lesson Plans Page:
http://www.LessonPlansPage.com





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