Large Rectangle

Ad Unit Dimensions File Size
GIF/JPEG
File Size
Flash Ad
File Size
Html Ad
Large Rectangle 300 x 250 20K max 30K max img size +2k html

Image Ad

Image Ads may be served directly by Yahoo! or by one of the following approved 3rd party servers.
Doubleclick, Mediaplex, Atlast DMT, Bluestreak.

Turnaround

3 working days

Dimension

See Chart Above

File size

See Chart Above

File Format

GIF or JPG

Alt Text

must be supplied, 30 characters max.

Required from Advertiser

  • GIF or JPG file
  • Clickthrough URL

HTML Ad

Turnaround

3 working days

File Size

2K html code + normal image/flash limit as above

File Format

html code + gifs/jpg, 2 images maximum

Alt Text

must be supplied, 30 characters max.

Required from Advertiser

  • GIF or JPG files
  • Clickthrough URL’s
  • Working HTML code with images referenced locally

Notes

Yahoo! does not allow 3rd party serving of HTML/JavaScript code. Approved Yahoo! 3rd Party Servers are only authorized to serve the alternate images and/or the click-thru urls.
Client-side imagemaps are acceptable and must be provided by the client.
Forms tags in the HTML code must use 'get' in the method.
CGIs referenced in the HTML code must be active at the time of ad submission for validating/testing the ad HTML code, and able to handle the traffic load. Ads with CGIs which are not active and/or cannot handle the projected traffic will not be accepted.
No CSS stylesheets are allowed - any styles used should embedded directly in the tags of your HTML.
If you require javascript functionality please see the Javascript/DHTML guidelines

Flash Ads

See the Flash Ads section for further information.

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