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Homepage Market Place Takeover (MKTP Takeover)
 
Submission Guidelines
Please read Submission Guidelines before proceeding.
Dimension
120 x 50 pixels
Format
GIF/ JPEG
File size
6kb for GIF/JPEG Banner
Animation limitation
No animation. Only static gifs/ jpegs
Textlink guidelines
Headline: 25-30 characters including spaces
Textlinks Copy: Max 80 characters including spaces.
Note

The Marketplace takeover consists of an image (topmost) Â with 4 text links. One textlink next to the image followed by 3 textlinks without images.

The Image must be relevant to the offer and must consist of the logo or logo and product shot. Must be a .gif or .jpeg. Must be on a transparent background. Must have a black border.

i. Each text link should redirect to a unique landing page
ii. Image must be on a transparent background (not white)
iii. Do not include Beacons (1x1 pixels)
iv. Do not include exclamation points/periods within text links
v. Do not include color in the text
vi. Do not include dot.com in the text
vii. Do not include all caps/unnecessary caps. The word FREE can never be used in all caps.
viii. No Pop-ups on the destination URL allowed
ix. Cannot use inexplicit verbage, such as "click now" or "click here".
xi. Do not include a *phone number within the text or image.
* Phone number as a registered trademark business name is acceptable in the image and one of three take over text link copies.
xii. Movie titles must have single quotes (example: In theaters today: ‘Matrix Reloaded’). If the title of the movie is the only component of the headline, the single quotes are not necessary. (example: Matrix Reloaded)

Submission Guidelines
 
Ads must conform to specifications outlined herein. Elements not meeting specifications will be returned for revision, which may delay the launch date.
Creatives submission must include the following:
  1) Yahoo! Insertion Order number
  2) Textlinks copy & logo image
  3) No spaces in between the banner title name. If required, use '_' (underscore) and not '-' (hyphen). Use only small letters instead of caps.
  4) Linking URL: Site must be live before campaign starts. It must be domain name based and cannot be an IP address (i.e., http://207.123.456.78 )
  5) Black border needs to be added on all the light/ white banner creatives – gif/ jpeg. Dark Coloured creatives can be without the border.
Creatives Material Deadline for India:-
 
- Standard (non-rich media - GIF/JPG and FLASH) are
  2 working days prior to start date
- Dhtml and Rich media is 4 working days prior to start
  date
- Front Page ads are min 4 working days prior to start
  date
- Banner ads leading to content/ promotion/ data
  collection pages on Yahoo! or client server need to be
  reviewed by the legal team, hence require a 4
  working days lead time prior to start date.
- Please submit creatives before 4.00 p.m.
Macromedia FLASH Player Statistics:
 
Macromedia FLASH Player is the world's most pervasive software platform, used by over 1 million professionals and reaching 98% of Internet-enabled desktops worldwide, as well as, a wide range of devices.
   

 

 
   
New Frontpage Specs
Floating Ad
Custom Ad
NP Expando
Fixed East
Eyebrow Textlink
Homepage Market Place (MKTP)
Homepage MarketPlace Takeover (MKTP Takeover)
Standard Ad Specs
Baby (EU)
East Keyword Search (E)
East (E)
Large Rectangle (LREC)
Monster (MON)
North/Super (N)
SKY (SKY)
South West (SW)
VREC (VREC)
Rectangle (REC)
West (W)
Form Based Banners
Form Based North
Form Based Monster
Form Based Sky
Form Based Lrec
Other Rich Media Ad Units
Page tear
DHTML North/Super
Rollover Ad
Ad Linking
Transition Ad
Messenger Specs
Messenger LREC
Half Banner (HB)