A: The Internet is flush with traditional banner ads and users have become so accustomed to seeing them that they are clicking less often. This translates to less revenue for publishers. In-images ads are a new and exciting way to drive meaningful revenue to your website without compromising your existing inventory!
A: GumGum's in-image ad units include text ads, banner ads and flash ads. Depending on the size of the image, there are a variety of different units that could be displayed. Here is a complete list of supported ad sizes:
A: Absolutely! You can also prevent ads from showing by including "ggnoads" in the image source URL or div element. Please reference our Ad Suppression Instructions at http://gumgum.com/ad-suppression-instructions for more information.
A: Not at all! GumGum's ads are strictly overlays and can be closed out by users at any time. You can crop, edit, and/or stylize your images as desired.
A: Describing each photo with HTML alt text will improve our ability to target ads. Be as specific as possible. Telling us it is a picture of a "car" helps, but a "BMW sports car" is better. For more information, read "How To Get More Targeted Ads?".
A: GumGum has created a rich, user-friendly toolbar that assists in driving traffic back to your site through user sharing and viewing. To add the toolbar to your property, register at GumGum. For more information, read "How Do I Drive Additional Value From My Images?".
A: A Zone differentiates each tracking ID with a designated name. For example, each site will need a different zone name or sections within a site may need different zone names/codes in order to be tracked separately.
A: There may be a problem with your HTML which can interfere with our ability to position the ads within the images. Please check for errors by entering your page URL here. The most common errors are unclosed HTML elements
A: This is often caused by errors in the HTML or CSS source code of the web page. Try validating your page here and see if any errors are identified. It is also important to make sure that the GumGum embed code is positioned on the page immediately before the closing body tag.
A: Keyword ads are a type of in-image advertisement that we have noticed are quite successful. Even though each keyword ad has the same general format, each ad should have different keywords.
A: Problems like this are usually caused by invalid HTML on the page. Please try fixing some of the HTML errors on your page by entering your URL here.
A: To log in, confirm that you are using the correct email address and password. If the log in still doesn't work, it may be a password problem. Click on the "forgot password" button to reset your password. If that doesn't work, then it might be a login loop. To fix, please delete your browsers cache and cookies, restart your browser, then try again. If the problem still persists, contact us at support@gumgum.com with the error message and email address.
A: GumGum pays our publishers within 60 days after the month once you reach the $50 threshold. For example, if your account reached $50 in June you would receive payment by August 31st. All payments are sent through Paypal or Check. You can enter your payment information when you register or under the billing tab.
A: You will start earning revenue as soon as ads start displaying. Note however, there will be a short adjustment period while we determine the most relevant and highest-paying ads to display on your website.
A: Daily reporting is available through our Publisher Center. When you register an individual account will be created that will include access to earnings.
A: Yes! Please email us at sales@gumgum with your referral's name, email, and website. If the site isn't already registered, we'll generate an email that includes a link to our registration page where your referral can sign up. Once registered, you will earn 40% of your referral's first month's revenue!
A: At this time GumGum's self-service reporting system shows page views because our compensation structure runs on a CPM basis. We do not provide click information.
A: Our "Billing" page and our "Reporting" page often show different date ranges. The billing page shows earnings for each completed month. The reporting page has earnings for any time period, so it may show that you have made more money than you are seeing on the billing page since the billing page will not be updated until the end of the month.
