ADVERTISING RATE INFORMATION
For catsailor.com Web Site
Hard-copy advertising can be very effective. But, haven't you ever wondered exactly who was reading your ads? There is just no way of telling for sure.
Not so with advertising on the internet, and in particular on the www.catsailor.com Web Site. Our analysis software tells you exactly how many times your ad banner was viewed, how many people actually clicked on your ad, and the percentage of clicks per views. And this information is available at all times, any time -- We will give you a User Name and Password to check the activity of your account 24-hours a day, 7 days a week. You get Actual viewing! Actual interest! No guessing!
Ad Performance Analysis:
Suppose you are already running an ad with us and would like to see if a new and different ad would do better. If you want to check the effectiveness of a new ad, our system offers a great way to do so. Make up your new ad and submit it to us. We will place the new ad in the system. Then you can check to see if the new ad gets more click-thru traffic or less than your old ad.
Our advertisers are issued a User Name and Password so that you can visit anytime to find out your adbanner's stats --
- How Many Views (Gives you the number of times your ad was actually seen)
- How Many Click-Thrus (Tells you how many actually went to your website)
- Percentage of Click-Thrus (Gives the percentage of viewers to clickers -- good way to check how well your ad was designed)
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A common medium for advertising on the Internet
is the use of banner ads. This form of advertisement often combines
animation, sophisticated graphics, and even audio to endorse product
information. Currently the most extensively used measurement tool
for ad effectiveness is click-through rate. This rate is derived
by dividing the number of times an ad is clicked by the total number
of times the ad appears. |
For advertising in our dynamic magazine, Catamaran Sailor, click here.
Ad Banner Rates:
- Adbanner (460w x 55h pixels)-- $100 per month, and includes a FREE Button Banner (50w x 50h pixels)
- Button Banners (50w x 50h pixels) -- $25 per month
What You Need?
You should have an Ad Banner. a Web Page and an Address (URL) .
Ad Banners
An Ad Banner is a small, but attractive ad that will fit on our Web Site. And, like normal hard-copy magazine ads, it should be attractive and create interest. If not, no one will hit or click on the ad banner. You can make the ad banner yourself, or we can recommend someone that is very good at it.
Adbanner Size: no more than 460w x 55h pixels and we recommend less than 20K in size. Animated GIFs are fine, recommended no more than 4 cells. All banners must be in either GIF or JPEG format.
Sending your Adbanner: Send Site-Ready banner in GIF or JPEG format. Preferred delivery method is e-mail attachments to rick@catsailor.com (but be sure to refer to the attachment in the body of the e-mail - virus phobia, you know) Or, send diskette to Catsailor.com, PO Box 372060, Key Largo, FL 33037.
Web Page
A Web Page is not required, but highly recommended. You do not want the person clicking on your ad to merely give them your street address, telephone, or whatever. Remember, they clicked on your ad to get information about you and your product and/or services. If you don't have a web page, we can recommend someone, or you can design a page on your own.
An Address is your location on the World Wide Web. It is called a URL. (It will look something like this: http://www.mywebsite.com
About Us
- We are getting 5.5 million views per month
- We have been ranked 22,773rd in the world - the largest boating site in the world. See comparisons below!
- We are getting viewers from over 50 different countries from around the world
- Our viewers have recreational, boating, health, travel, political & investment interests
- The price for advertising can be compared to the cost of a fast-food lunch
You can't go wrong! Contact us today:
For more info contact advertising@catsailor.com
Rick White,Publisher, Editor & Webmaster
P.O. Box 372060, Key Largo, FL 33037
Phone: 305-451-3287
rick@catsailor.com
http://www.catsailor.com
Rankings as of August 14, 2001 (rankings are compiled the first of each week):
| Pos | URL | Site Definition | World Ranking |
| 1 | catsailor.com | Catamaran Sailor Magazine | 22,773 |
| 2 | boatus.com | Boat U.S. | 30,082 |
| 3 | sailingworld.com | Sailing World Magazine | 89,825 |
| 4 | sailing.org/hobie | Intl Hobie Cat Assn | 103,373 |
| 5 | sailingsource.com | Sailing Source, Once Largest Site | 137,157 |
| 6 | ussailing.org | US Sailing Site | 187,511 |
| 7 | hobie.com | Hobie Cat Company | 202,690 |
| 8 | asa.com | American Sailing Assn | 318,438 |
| 9 | apparentwind.com | Mark Rosenstein's Sailing Page | 331,461 |
| 10 | harken.com | Harken Blocks/Equipment | 388,458 |
| 11 | murrays.com | Large Catalog Company | 406,758 |
| 12 | www.layline.com | Large Catalog Company | 410,498 |
| 13 | yachting.com | Yachting Magazine | 412,591 |
| 14 | ronstan.com | Ronstan Blocks/Equipment | 578,583 |
| 15 | multihulls.com | Multihulls Magazine | 580,283 |
| 16 | Sail.com | Sail Magazine | 992,781 |
| 17 | ac95.org | America's Cup Site | 1,031,665 |
| 18 | a-h-d.com | Large European Windsurf Site | 1,294,491 |
| 19 | worrell1000.com | Official Worrell 1000 Website | 1,500,345 |
| 20 | topcat.de | Topcat Sailboats | 1,903,878 |
| 21 | isaf.org |
Intl Sailing Federation | 4,653,455 |
| 22 | tornado.org | Tornado Class Org | 4,857,848 |
| 23 | ilya.com | Inter-Lake Yachting Assn | 6,138,887 |