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Time for action – adding a zone to the website

In this section, we will add a zone to the website.

1. Click on Add new zone link on websites screen near our newly defined website name. Note that your website name differs from this sample.

2. We only need to fill in the Name field and choose the Size that is exactly the size of the banner we have provided before. As our banner size is 728×90, we do the same for zone size. The fi elds highlighted with a red rectangular border in the following screenshot show these fields:

3. Click Save Changes button to complete adding a zone for the website.

What just happened

We have learned how to add a zone for the newly added website definition. We defined a name for the zone and a size, which is the same size as the previously uploaded banner

Time for action – linking the Amazon banner to the zone

In this section, we will link the banner to the newly created zone

1. Click on the Linked Banners link near our zone definition.

2. Select Link individual banners option.

3. Let’s browse until we find our banner and let’s choose it.

4. Click the small arrow near the banner name.

   Now, we have completed linking the banner to our zone.

What just happened

We have learned how to link a banner to a website zone. We chose Link individual banners option, then browsed advertisers, campaign, and banners lists until we find and choose our banner from the list. Note that banner and zone sizes have to match in order to list the available banners in the linking screen.