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> From: Jamie Madden <jamie at bayou.com>
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> I've got a question about right side advertising.  I've seen a few sites 
> the are putting banner ads down the right side of a page and letting the 
> content fill 640x480 but you have to scroll to see the ads.  800x600 and up 
> gets it all.  I understand how to do this but I was wondering if anyone 
> else had noticed this trend and if anyone had any comments on it.  It 
> certainly would allow me to spread things out a little more.  16% of my 
> current visitors are running in the vicinity of 640x480.  800x600 is at 57% 
> and eveything else is up from there.  Any suggestions?

i'd say, given those numbers and the ultimate goal of the site, that 
that approach would be acceptable... yesterday i cited CNN as an 
example of someone who does something similar... i never see 
anything on the right because i surf in 640-wide windows (on a 
1280x1024 display), but i don't miss it...

so, if you choose to abandon 640x480, and you can't do it liquid, 
then that would be a logical next step, IMO...

although my opinion is often based on a magic eight ball...