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TextAd Exchange Changes

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11 Mar 2002

There’s a new version of the code behind the TextAd Exchange. In addition to some small bugfixes, there are two new major features.

Ad Language. You can set the primary language of your site and then only ads in that language will appear on your site. Since most of the sites that belong to the network are in Spanish or English, those are the first two languages that I’m supporting. Sites in other languages are still allowed. Just use the "Other" category.

Multiple ads per site. Each site an have three ads. Each ad can have a different title, ad body, and link. The traffic reports show the traffic for each individual ad and the cummulative traffic for the site.

If you alread have a Textad account, take a look and set up your new ads. If you don’t have an account already, why not join today?

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