Advertising on HostingFu

Last Updated: 16 June 2008

Why Advertise on HostingFu?

HostingFu.com is a web hosting related blog authored by Scott Yang, a software developer living in Australia. This blog focuses on different aspect of web hosting — shared hosting, VPS, hosting business, etc — from a software developer’s point of view, i.e. someone who is outside the industry.

This blog is read by others looking for web hosting reviews or related information, and it can be a great way to promote your service by advertising on HostingFu. Currently (as of June 2008),

  • 500+ subscribers (source: FeedBurner)
  • 11,000+ visitors and 17,000+ page views over last 30 days (source: Google Analytics)
  • Page rank 4
  • Alexa rank 156,767 3 month average

Banner Advertisement Packages

Banner advertisement on HostingFu are sold on CPM model (cost per 1,000 impressions). There are currently two spots where advertisers can place banner ads.

Position Top-centre Right-most column
Creative Size Leaderboard (728x90) Skyscrapper (120x600)
Cost/1,000 Impressions USD$5.00 CPM USD$3.50 CPM
Availability 1 / 2 0 / 2

Minimum commitment is USD$20. You also get 15% more impressions allocated if you ordered $100 or more (which should get you around 3 months of top-centre banner placement if traffic level is constant).

Creatives can be in either JPEG/PNG/GIF or Flash format. Mild animation is allowed. Note if you are sending in a flash ads, please ensure you use clickTAG for tracking purposes. Ads will be served via Google Ad Manager.

I reserve the rights to refuse advertisement. All banner ads need to be manually examinated before going live.

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