Method and system for offering advertising services
View Patent ↗A method of offering advertising services to a client for advertising a client website on the Internet comprises the steps of identifying a web host, the web host receiving client information for establishing a client account with said web host for hosting the client website; cooperating with the web host to prompt the client as to whether an advertising account is desired; and, if an advertising account is desired, using the client information received by the web host to establish the advertising account. The invention also covers a related computer system for performing the method.
1. A method of offering advertising services to a client for advertising a client website on the Internet, said method comprising the steps of:
providing an advertising system of a first party, the advertising system having an advertising account database associated with the advertising system;
cooperating with a web host of a second party to have said web host prompt said client as to whether an advertising account on the advertising system is desired at the time of establishing a client account with said web host for hosting a new client website;
if an advertising account is desired, receiving, by the advertising system, the client information from the web host; and
writing the client information received from the web host to the advertising account database of the advertising system to establish said advertising account.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said web host receives said client information through a web host website having a client sign-up form.
3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein said web host website includes an input object through which said client indicates whether an advertising account is desired.
4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein said client sign-up form includes said input object.
5. The method according to claim 3 , wherein said input object is a checkbox.
6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of sharing revenue generated by said advertising account with said web host.
7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of assigning a username and a password to said advertising account.
8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising the step of informing said client of said username and said password.
9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein said step of informing said client is performed by way of electronic mail.
10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said advertising account is initially a free trial account.
11. A system for offering advertising services to a client for advertising a client website on the Internet, said system comprising:
a computer system having stored thereon:
a search engine website and an advertising account database associated with said search engine website;
the system being programmed to:
receive client information from a web host, the client information being sent by the web host at the time of establishing a client account with said web host for hosting a new client website; and
open an advertising account for promoting the client website by writing the received client information to the advertising account database.
12. The system according to claim 11 , wherein said computer system further stores programming code for prompting said client from said web host website as to whether an advertising account is desired, wherein said advertising account is opened and said client information is written to said advertising account database only of said client desires an advertising account.
13. The system according to claim 11 , wherein said computer system further stores programming code for assigning a username and a password to said advertising account.
14. The system according to claim 13 , wherein said computer system further stores programming code for sending an electronic mail message informing said client of said username and said password.