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Pixel Advertising Increases Click Throughs

It is almost certain that at this point almost every business has heard, or even tried using, the new idea in advertising, Pixel Ads. Many web sites cell pixels with in their sites to businesses around the globe which are used to advertise company`s in a miniscule fashion. A business can purchase a few inches worth of pixels to place their company name for a fraction of the cost of normal advertising. The unique brand of advertising offered by new company Pixel Banner Ads has grown in popularity over the last month. Sign ups have increased dramatically, and with many new publishers on board they are now showing almost 10,000 ads a day. The service is similar to traditional banner advertising, but instead of banners consisting of text links or single large images, many "micro" ads are shown within a single banner.

The visual appeal of the banners drives click through rates to rise as the banners fill up. If your visitors are suffering from banner blindness, pixel banners will certainly cure them. Publishers can sign up with the site for free, and begin showing banners immediately on as many sites as they wish. Each period, which lasts 30 days, 80% of the site`s revenue is shared amongst the publishers based on how many click throughs each publisher received. The higher the click throughs, the larger the share. Publishers are provided with full statistics on their banners, allowing them to refine where and when they are shown for maximum return.

Recent improvements to the service have been well received by the advertising community. New larger ad sizes have been introduced to aid brand visibility with money off for larger ads being purchased, and subscription options offering further discounts. The banner serving technology behind the site has also been upgraded, with banners being generated up to 20 times faster than before. One key feature not provided by other pixel based schemes that Pixel Banner Ads offers is that of remote image linking, this allows advertisers to dynamically rotate the image used in the campaign, and possibly run several different ads through the same account. It is almost certain that the curiosity created by the appearance of the banners combined with relevant and targeted ads will produce some of the highest click through rates on the internet.