Common Questions
Can you have more than one ad on web site?
Yes. To create more than one advertisement, you will first need
to be logged into your account. From the navigation area on the
left, click on the "Add A New Listing" link under Ad Management.
How can I track traffic from your network?
You can view your logs for traffic, however, the referrer identified
may not be CAnet, but the partner site in which the ad was clicked
from.
To allow for tracking software, you can use a tracking URL in the URL To Link To (Destination URL).
Tracking software will allow you to not only verify the number of
visitors we are sending you, but can also allow you to track where
those visitors are going within your site. One software package
we recommend (available free) is called AXS. This CGI script can
let you track clicks from our or any other network, track footprints
within your site, and even tell you how long a user was on a specific
page.
For more information on the AXS Site Tracking System, visit the AXS Web Site
How do I access the statistics of my ad?
Statistics for your advertising is available when you are logged into your CANet account.
Once logged in, you are show a summary of all ads in the system.
You can view specific reports by clicking on the View Reports link for
each ad.
How do I add money to my account?
You can begin or renew a campaign immediately by adding funds to your account:
1. Click the Account Management
2. Click on Make Payment
3. Select your Payment Method and Amount
4. Enter Payment Information
5. Click Process Order
How do I change my ad copy?
From the Account Summary area, you can click on Edit for the corresponding campaign you wish to modify.
How do I delete an ad?
Ads cannot be deleted from your account due to the fact that it stores
historical data. You can, however, close the ad.
Closing an ad is the same thing ad deleting with the exception that it
is not removed from the system. When you log into your account,
closed ads are hidden. You can view these by clicking on the Show
/ Hide Closed button.
How do I stop or pause my ads?
If you need to pause your campaign, you can do so clicking on the Pause link on your Campaign Summary page.
How is my advertisements position determined?
Ad position is determined by a bid-for-placement system. All the
advertisers who choose a particular content category for their ad place
a bid on that content category. The highest bidder will have their ad
appear at the top of the list for that content category. The lowest
bidder will have their ad appear at the bottom of the list. To help you
determine an appropriate bid, you can view the current top twenty-five
bids on any content category from the Account Summary area of your
account.
The top six advertisers within a given category are Premier
Advertisers. These ads are seen the most and are given
preferential placement within the network.
How soon are my ads placed on the network?
Advertisements are placed on the network immediately.
How will I be charged for my advertising?
You will be required to post a payment to your account before your
campaigns will be shown on the network. This payment is referred
to as a deposit into your CANet account.
Your advertisements will run until the deposit amount is exhausted from
clicks to your site. When you have exhausted your deposit, you
may make another deposit to resume your advertising efforts.
Deposits can be made at any time.
Deposits are posted to your account immediately.
I am not able to login to my account.
To log into the system, you will need to use a four-digit Account
Number. An email was sent to all members with this
information. If you did not receive this message, you can use the
Lost Password / ID locator.
I am selling XXXX tags but my ZONE is listed as "YYYY". How do I change zones ?
To modify your zones/channels, log into your account and click on the ad you wish to edit.
You will have three options on the next screen, EDIT AD | EDIT SETTINGS
| REPORTS. Click on EDIT ADD and modify the advertisement as
needed.
I click on View Bids and nothing happens. Why can't I View Bids ?
The View Bids and Keyword Suggestions opens a separate window. If
you have a Pop-up advertisement blocker, it may be stopping this window
from appearing.
Turn of any pop-up stoppers to View Bids or use the Keyword Suggestions.
I do not yet have a website. Want to run ad without it. Your system will not accept this.
To utilize this system, you must have a web site to advertise.
I have 2 identical ads --
one under XXXX , the other under YYYY. The XXXX ad get's many
clicks, the YYYY ad gets absolutely none. Is there something
wrong with the system? Seems odd that the YYYY ad has gotten a
ZERO response...
Check your bid amount for the lower peforming ad as well as the
keywords selected. In many cases, adding additional keywords
and/or raising your cost per click amount will improve your ads
performance.
When I generate code I see the message that my account is under review. It has been over two weeks since i signed up
If your account has been under review for more than four business days,
please contact member support. This can be done by using the
Contact link located on the top of the web site.
You state that ads are geo targeted. I've done a test page but they're all in the USA. How do I target UK only?
To target your advertisement to a single country, you would edit or
create your ad by selecting the country you wish to target. This
effects who will see the advertisement.
Our system will "look" at the address of the visitor to determine the
country of origin. Once the country has been determined,
advertisements that have that country selected will be shown.
If you are a publisher, this occurs based on the person viewing the
page. While the system is very accurate, there are some instances
where we will not be able to determine the country of origin. In
these rare instances, no ads will be shown.
If you are a publisher viewing a page on your site from another country
and are seeing ads that look like they are in the wrong country,
contact our support team at admin@context-ads.net
Advertisement Guidelines
Summary of Advertiser Guidelines
The
most effective advertising communicates a clear message to a targeted
audience. You need to create ads that will inform your potential
customers about the products and services you offer. The Advertiser
Guidelines will help you create effective ads to generate sales and
meet your goals.
Underlying
all the Advertising Guidelines are two simple principles that have
worked for hundreds of advertisers already in the program:
Which countries do you service?
The CANet Network delivers advertising to users in the US, Canada, UK, India and Australia.
As an advertiser, you can select which countries of origin are allowed to see your advertisement.
For
Publishers, your country has to be written in English. We will deliver
ads based on the country of origin of the person viewing your site.
* Clearly and accurately describe your site.
* Emphasize the unique benefits of your product or service.
Our
ultimate goal is your success, and we believe that providing a great
user experience is the best way to ensure it. To run your ads on our
growing ad network of related sites, you must adhere to these
guidelines.
In
cases where only minor changes are required for an ad to comply with
our Advertising Guidelines, an CANet Editor may edit your ad for
you. Examples of the type of edits we may make for you include the
following: removing an exclamation point, removing or adding an extra
space, and fixing a spelling error. You must follow the Advertising
Guidelines to help ensure that your ads will continue running.
Display URL and Destination URL
The
Display URL is shown on some advertising creatives. This IS NOT the
URL that someone will go to when they click on your advertisement.
The
Destination URL is the URL the person will go to when they click on
your advertisement. For an effective campaign, sometimes it is better
to link directly to the product or service featured than to let your
visitor hunt for it within your site. You can also use this area for a
Tracking URL.
Use Correct Spelling
Check your advertisement to make sure all words are spelled correctly.
Use Standard Capitalization
* Ad text must be written with normal sentence capitalization.
* No excessive capitalization such as "FREE" or "VISIT TODAY."
* Capitalization of the first letter of each word within your Headline is permitted.
* Capitalization of the first letter of each word within your Ad Body is NOT permitted.
Use Standard Punctuation
* No repeated and unnecessary punctuation or symbols.
* Your ad text may only contain one exclamation point.
Why does my ad state the it "Requires Revision"? What must I change
All advertisements that are paused for "Requires Revision" are sent an email message with reason(s).
Pease refer to the email message you received from us regarding this advertisement.
If you did not receive this message, please check your email address in the Profile area.
Can I run a javascript ad tag with you guys?
When
creating and ad on our network, you are only able to provide
text. i.e.: Ad headline, body, display URL, and the
destination URL.
Does this cost me anything to use
CANet
is a Cost-per-Click advertising system in that you would pay for each
lead sent to your web site. The minimum amount required to fund your
account for the first time is $5.00. Each subsequent deposit into your
account must be at least $5.00. There is no monthly minimum to use CANet.
How can I change my ad and my URL destination.
To
change your URL, you will need to log into your account and edit your
advertisement. This will take you through the process of editing your
advertisement information.
How do I set up an ad?
The CANet account set up is divided to five sections:
1.
Naming the Campaign: This is an identifier that is used only through
administration. This name is show in your campaign list when you
first log in. As you create more campaigns, you can name them
differently to easily identify them.
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2. Ad Creation: The Ad
Creation area contains all the information regarding your
advertisement. The fields are as follows:
Headline - This is the first part of your ad.
Description - The body of your advertisement.
URL to display - The URL to display is the domain name of your site, NOT the page you are advertising.
URL
to link to - This is the URL that the visitor will see when they click
on your ad. This is provided to allow you to use click-tracking
utilities.
Channel Selection - This controls
what advertising channels your ad will be delivered. You may select
as many relevant categories as you see fit.
Target Countries - This area determines what countries your ad will be seen.
Keyword
Selection and Search Phrases - Enter as many keywords and phrases
that relate to your advertisement. On select partner sites, ads are
served based on search results and specific page content. This
segment is optional and not required.
3. Proof your
Advertising: Be sure everything is spelled correctly. If you submit
an ad that contains errors or does not follow our Advertiser
Guidelines, your ad will be paused for review.
4. Set Your Budgets: This area has two fields, a Daily Budget, and a Cost-per-Click.
Cost per Click - This is the cost per click you are going to spend.
Daily Budget - This is the maximum amount that will be applied per day to this campaign.
5. Activate Campaign: You can activate your campaign immediately, or start it later.
Which countries do you service?
The CANet Network delivers advertising to users in the US, Canada, UK, India, Australia, etc.
As an advertiser, you can select which countries of origin are allowed to see your advertisement.
For
Publishers, your country has to be written in English. We will deliver
ads based on the country of origin of the person viewing your site.
Publisher
Do you allow ads to be served on search results?
YES! Ads can be placed within search results of your site.
If you have the technical ability, you can pass the search information
to our code to deliver the most relevant advertisers.
How do I maximize my revenue?
1. Get started! If you have not used CANet, you have
left yourself out of a revenue stream for your site. If you so
much as have a small space on your site that is left unsold,
place CANet on it. Something is better than nothing!
2. Place our ad code within your content! As you add the
ad code into your site, we'll index your web site where the code is
placed to determine which ads are to be seen. Ads seen on
pages with closely related content receive higher click-throughs.
3. Provide a keyword whenever possible. While channel
ads are easy to set up, if you assign a keyword, click-through are higher (as well as conversions for our advertisers).
4. Place coding on pages with content. When ads are seen
on pages that have useful information, ads will have a higher probability of being read and clicked.
5. Don't cheat. Do not click on the CANet Ads on your
own site to increase your revenue. If you cheat, you will be
removed from our program and all payments will be forfeited.
How do I set up CANet ads as my Google Alternate Ads?
If you use the Google AdSense program, then you will definitely want to read this Frequently Asked Question.
As a member of the Google AdSense program, you know that from time to
time, Google will display public service ads (PSAs) when Google is
unable to provide AdWords ads. Since you would not get paid for
these PSAs, you can assign CANet to fill in the otherwise lost space.
What is an Alternate Ad?
Google has described the Alternate Ads in the AdSense FAQ as:
Alternate Ads allow you to monetize your ad space in the event that
Google is unable to serve targeted ads to your page. By specifying an
image or ad server of your choice, you can make sure that your
advertising space is always being used effectively, either by targeted
AdWords ads, or by your own choice of content. Alternate Ads count as
page impressions like any other ad. Google does not keep track of
clicks on alternate ads and you will not receive revenue for them.
Alternate Ads, if specified, will be shown when there are no targeted
ads available for your page. The ad space will not be branded as 'Ads
by Google.
To use CANet as the Alternate Ad provider, just follow these steps:
1. Determine which layout you are using. As of
this FAQ, CANet supports the Banner, Leaderboard, Skyscraper,
and Rectangle. For this example, we will use the
Skyscraper as our example.
2. Create an HTML page on your web site with
ONLY the corresponding ad code from CANet, in this case,
the Skyscraper. It should look like
this. We named this file skyscraper.html.
3. Update your Google AdSense Code. In the Google AdSense Code, you will add the following line:
google_alternate_ad_url = "http://yourdomain.com/thepagewecreated.html";
Your ad code should look something like this:
google_ad_client = "your_google_client_id";
google_alternate_ad_url = "http://yourdomain.com/thepagewecreated.html";
google_ad_width = 120;
google_ad_height = 600;
google_ad_format = "120x600_as";
4. You are done! When no ads are
available from the Google Network, CANet ads will be
displayed.
How do you pay publishers?
Payment are made by Check or PayPal.
How much will I earn with the CANet Publisher Program?
The ads you display on your web site are cost-per-click (CPC) ads. This
means that advertisers pay only when users click on ads. You'll receive
a portion of the amount paid for clicks on ads on your website. This
amount starts at 35% of the click value and increases based on your web
sites performance. We'll send you a check in US dollars for your
account balance within 30 days after the end of each calendar month
that CANet ads are running on your site if your earned balance is US
$25 or more.
You can view your earnings at any time by logging in to your CANet
Publisher account at http://context-ads.net and clicking the Traffic
Report link. You'll be able to see the total number of impressions,
clicks, , average earnings per ad, and your total earnings so you can
get an idea of how well the program is performing for you and how much
you can expect to earn over time in the program.
How often will I be paid?
Payments are posted by the 25th of each month for the previous months
activity. If the amount to be paid is less than $25.00, the
balance is carried to the following month and will continue to do so
until the $25 minimum is reached.
I am not able to login to my account.
Few days back, we performed a major software upgrade. As part of this upgrade, the login process has changed.
To log into the system, you will need to use a four-digit Account
Number. An email was sent to all members with this
information. If you did not receive this message, you can use the
Lost Password / ID locator.
I have a lot of traffic on
my site on a daily basis, and I know people are clicking through ads,
yet my revenue has stayed the same for quite some time now. What is
going on?!
After reviewing your statistics it looks like all clicks are being
tracked. Please keep in mind that repeat clicks are filtered out as
invalid clicks.
If you have any further questions regarding your account, please contact us by email using the Contact page on our web site.
I live in a country not
serviced by CANet. How can I see what US audiences see. I want to
make sure that my banner is attractive, appropriate and is working.
If you are viewing ads from outside our service area, you will see ads
from CANet. These ads follow the same formatting rules as paid
advertiser ads.
What is the CANet Publisher Program?
The CANet Publisher Program is a fast an easy way for web site owners
of related sites to display relevant, text-based advertisements on
their pages and earn money. Because ads are related to your site
content, you will be able to earn a revenue from your content pages.
The CANet Publisher Program is free, and CANet pays you for clicks
on ads served to your web site. Since this program is free, give
it a try!
We'll review your site and application within a couple of days and send
you an email regarding your application status. If you are
accepted, you can log into your account and get the HTML codes to place
within your web pages. Once the codes have been added, we'll
start serving ads within seconds.
Please note that CANet is only available for sites with English
content, and payments are made via check or PayPal in US Dollars.
What kind of web sites do you allow?
To become a publisher of the CANet Network, you must meet our minimum requirements:
1. Deliver at least 500 page views per month.
2. You must have a active web site.
3. Blogs will be given preference.
If you are not sure if your web site will qualify, click on our Live Support button.
What makes CANet different from the other ad networks?
Since 2005, CANet has been serving the advertisement industry with our
text-based online advertising solution. Because ads are related
to your content, interest is far greater.
Which countries do you service?
The CANet Network delivers advertising to users in the US, Canada, UK, India, Australia etc.
As an advertiser, you can select which countries of origin are allowed to see your advertisement.
For Publishers, your country has to be written in English. We
will deliver ads based on the country of origin of the person viewing
your site.
Why do I only see ads for CANet?
The most common reason you are seeing advertisements for CANet instead
of our advertisers is due to a country restriction. Publishers
that access their sites from a country we do not service will see only
house served ads (non-commissionable). This does not mean you are
only showing these ads. Every time a visitor views a page on your
site that contains the CANet Ad Code, we check their country of
origin. If the country is one we service, advertiser ads will be
shown in place of the CANet house ads.
You say to update codes, but I connot find where to get them. Where can I find updated codes.
Ad codes are located in the Publisher Control Panel.
Once you are logged into your account, codes are located under Integration Tools.
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