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Advertising Banners & Buttons


This gives information about banners and buttons used in advertising:

Standard Banners and Buttons

Here are standard banner and button sizes listed by the IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau). Those in a lighter shade of gray are part of the IAB's Universal Ad Package.

Micro Bar Button 2 Button 1 Square Button Rectangle Square Popup Large Rectangle Half Banner Full Banner Big Banner Vertical Banner Skyscraper Wide Skyscraper Medium Rectangle Vertical Rectangle

The Interactive Advertising Bureau has published guidelines regarding rich media using many of the above standard banner sizes. A disturbing aspect of the guidelines is that recommended maximum file sizes are so high that pages would take excessively long to load, violating one of the key principles of good website design.

Visitors will leave a site if it has too much advertising. BurstMedia reported (Sep 2002) that 36% of North American visitors will leave a site with too many ads. [more...]

Other Banners and Buttons

These are older banner sizes that used to be common and which still are used:

400x40 392x72


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