Banner ads are text and pictures typically placed on high traffic web sites. When you click on a banner ad, it sends you to the advertised web site. Banner ads are not the magic solution to your advertising needs, but in most cases they help.

We work banner ads different than most places. Generally if you purchase a banner ad on another website on the internet, you will pay for what is called impressions, or click rate. Impressions is nothing more that you pay for how many times your ad appears on the internet. You may pay $1000.00 for 2000 impressions. That means that 2000 people saw your ad. That may sound like a good amount of traffic, but that also means that you ad s only being seen for a few days. And not everyone that uses that site, will see your ad. A slightly better method of using a banner ad is click rate. Click rate means that you pay for every click on your banner. Again, your banner is most likely not going to be displaced for every visitor, but you do get a more targeted audience for your money. Click through prices are usually much higher than impression rates.

SimplyFredericksburg has what we feel is a better approach to banner ads. We display your ad everyday for every visitor on the page(s) you select. This means that everyone visiting those pages that your ad is on, will see your ad. We offer banner ads on just about every page on the SimplyFredericksburg. We have very few restriction on a banner ad, except that only the 100H x 200W. On the main page we offer both static ads and rotating banners. This is the only place we offer rotating ads. All ads must follow our rules and policies. The only other restriction we have on banner ads is placement of the ad. We have certain areas that we will place an ad.

Believe it or not, people are more likely to click on an ad if it is placed in certain locations. The "prize" spot for most business is the top of the page. The of the page offers a chance to be seen first, but may not be the location that draws the most attention. Placing an ad at the bottom of a page is probably the least likely location for an ad, but if the same ad is at the top and the bottom, studies show that the chances of the visitor clicking on the banner increases. Ads placed about 1/3 the way down on a page or on the right hand side of the page, near the bottom draw the greatest possibility of being clicked. Simply Web Services offers the top and bottom spots of every page, the left side of the page under the menu items, and on select pages 1/3 the way down and left bottom corner spots. Please contact SimplyFredericksburg if you have a location and page that interests you. All of our ads are placed on a first come first served manner. This means that if a spot is taken by another company, then they have have that spot for that month. The banner ads on the front page are on a monthly basis. All other banner ads are on a 3, 6 or 12 month basis.

We offer a 100 x 200 (height x width) on the front page (rotating banner) and a 40 x 200 (height x width) on the static ads at the bottom of the main page.

We offer three sizes on the other pages. All sizes are the same price.

        Icon banner
200 x 40 pixel graphic banner

                 Medium Banner
200 x 100 pixel graphic banner

  Large banner
468 x 60 pixel graphic banner

When preparing to place a banner ad, you will want to have in mind what you want your ad to look like. We suggest using an ad that keeps with the look and feel of your website and you company. Animated banner ads tend to be more effective than static ads.

Payment on all advertisements must be paid 100% up front.

We reserve the right to reject any ad based solely on our discretion.