A graphic image used on websites to advertise a product or service. Banner ads, or simply "banners," are rectangles typically 468 pixels wide by 60 pixels high. They also come in other common sizes, including 460x60, 460x55 and 392x72. A much larger horizontal ad image called the "leaderboard" is 728x90, while "skyscraper ads" are narrow and vertically oriented, typically 120x600 and 160x600. See
trick banner,
dynamic rotation,
interstitial ad,
Shoshkele,
SUPERSTITIAL,
meta ad and
impression.
CLC's Banner Ad
This 468x60 pixel image is an earlier banner ad for this encyclopedia from The Computer Language Company.