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The specs below are for the Yahoo Mobile Wap pages as well as Mobile Partners Hutchinson (3), T-Mobile and Vodafone. This is for specific advertising on Yahoo's mobile site.
Ad Specs for Mobile Graphic Ads (WP position)

Four advertising images complete the one Mobile advertising asset. Mobile users have differing phones and hence differing screen sizes a complete Mobile ad set with the images sizes below must be submitted.

Ad Samples
Dimensions
File Size
Animation
File Format
300 x 50 pixels 5.0 KB

Max 4 frames

Max 0.33 frames/sec

JPG, GIF
216 x 36 pixels 3.0 KB JPG, GIF
168 x 28 pixels 2.0 KB JPG, GIF
120 x 20 pixels 1.0 KB JPG, GIF

Note: Alt text must be specified in the event an ad image fails to serve (8 characters)
*Graphics displayed on this slide are proportional to each other but they are not actual size.

WP2, WP3 and WP4 Marketplace ads

Details below apply to each of these positions:

Ad Samples
Image
Characters
File Size
Animation
File Format

20x20 pixels Max: 36 characters 4.0 KB No animation GIF, JPG
16x16 pixels Max: 36 characters 3.0 KB No animation GIF, JPG
14x14 pixels Max: 24 characters 3.0 KB No animation GIF, JPG
14x14 pixels Max: 24 characters 3.0 KB No animation GIF, JPG

Landing Page Specs

If a mobile landing page or mobile site is not present. Y! can build a a landing page in house.

Landing Page Sample
Dimensions
1.Graphic
Image width is the same as the banner images and cannot be adjusted. Image height can be extended a few pixels as indicated below:
Size 1 Ad: 120 x 20 pixels 1.0 KB JPG, GIF
Size 2 Ad: 168 x 28 pixels 2.0 KB JPG, GIF
Size 3 Ad: 216 x 36 pixels 3.0 KB JPG, GIF
Size 4 Ad: 300 x 50 pixels 5.0 KB JPG, GIF
2. Title
20 character maximum including spaces and punctuation.
3. Copy
150 character maximum including spaces and punctuation.
(Note: Font size and style is determined by the handset manufacturer’s OS fonts.)
4. Click-to-Actions for Yahoo-Hosted Landing Pages
Click-to-call and click-to-url are Mobile’s currently available click actions. The destination url must link to the advertiser’s wap site or a Yahoo-hosted landing page.

Example Phone#: 1-800-349-5275
Example Advertiser URL: http://wap.adidas.de or http://m.cars.com
The click-to-call action will appear as a hyperlink only on Yahoo-hosted landing pages.
Example Yahoo hosted landing page: http://us.wap.yahoo.com/p/lp?dsp=53
 

Additional Guidelines

 

 

Adult/Glamour

 

Gambling/Gaming

 

Alcohol

 

Mobile Content

Yahoo! Mobile

No.

Yes. Targeting 18+ years old required. Advertisement must adhere to current UK Gaming & Gambling legislation

Yes. Targeting 18+ years old required. Advertisement must adhere to current UK Alcohol legislation

No direct competitors.

 Vodafone

No.

Yes. 9pm-6am only. Targeting 18+ years old required. Advertisement must adhere to current UK Gaming & Gambling legislation

Yes. 9pm-6am only. Targeting 18+ years old required. Advertisement must adhere to current UK Alcohol legislation

No direct competitors.

Hutchinson

On restricted area only (subject to sign-off: watershed and age targeting may apply).

Yes. 9pm-5am only. Targeting 18+ years old required. Advertisement must adhere to current UK Gaming & Gambling legislation

Yes. 9pm-5am only. Targeting 18+ years old required. Advertisement must adhere to current UK Alcohol legislation

Yes.

T-Mobile

No.

Yes. 9pm-6am only. Targeting 18+ years old required. Advertisement must adhere to current UK Gaming & Gambling legislation

Yes. 9pm-6am only. Targeting 18+ years old required. Advertisement must adhere to current UK Alcohol legislation

Yes but subject to prior approval

Click to Call Comments

In accordance with our Yahoo! UK and Ireland Advertising Guidelines, there shall be no premium rate numbers used in association with a ‘Click to Call’ functionality on any advertisement appearing on Vodafone nor may a user be re-directed to a premium rate, non-UK, or any other number which might cause higher than expected call costs for the consumer.

The following text must be included clearly in the advertisements: “Please note this will be a chargeable call”.

Other Guidelines

Animated ads are accepted with a maximum of 4 frames and 0.333fps (1 frame every 3 seconds).
If being supplied to Y!, No special characters in the linking url (Ex: @, %, $, &, etc.)
No instant messaging
Must be WML and xHTML compliant. 
Landing pages cannot have links to download IM or VoIP
All campaigns will go through an internal testing process before launch

Turnaround

5 working days from receipt of all creative

Approval

All advertisements are subject to Yahoo!’s approval prior to placement on the site.

 

 

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