Advertise on AncientFaces

Updated: Jun 22, 2023

AncientFaces is a 100% free community that partners with advertisors to pay the bills.

See how advertisements works on AncientFaces. It's straightforward - no personally intrusive crazy techniques are ever utilized.

Share and discover the people and places from your past

Advertise on AncientFaces

AncientFaces Advertising

AncientFaces is a 100% free family history community that relies on partnerships with advertisers to remain a free service. AncientFaces began in 2000, and for over two decades has been reuniting family and friends through sharing our memories of our loved ones and ancestors. See What AncientFaces Does for more details.

Everyone is welcome to Join the AncientFaces Community with a free membership. This account will remain valid as long as the member follows the Family First Community Standards. Members do not need to click on advertisements to participate in all the features available on AncientFaces. In fact, when you follow any particular biography many of the advertisements will disappear.

Want to Advertise on AncientFaces?

Thank you for your interest in partnering with us and advertising on ancientfaces.com. Advertising Partners play a big role supporting our community and guarantee that our memories of our loved ones will be freely available for generations to come.

Overview

The AncientFaces Team is committed to our current advertisers and fostering partnerships with new advertisers to remain a 100% free family history community.

Audience

AncientFaces is a place to remember and discover more about our loved ones, friends, and ancestors. Our Community appeals to all genders and age groups, although we are heavily comprised of family genealogists. As of 2022, the AncientFaces Community has over 340,000 registered members and over 1 million unique sessions each month.

Advertising Specifications

We've been around since before online advertising was an industry. Over the years we've seen how truly intrusive advertising can be. At AncientFaces we do NOT employ aggressive advertisement techniques. This includes pop-ups, auto-play advertisements, most video ads, and other annoying advertisements.

AncientFaces accepts a limited number of IAB approved ad unit types and sizes which can be found on the Interactive Advertising Bureau website. The most common ad units include:

  • mrec: 300 x 250
  • leaderboard: 728 x 90
  • mobile banner: 320 x 50

In addition, we offer affiliate link placements. For unique cases, our sponsorship team specializes in developing unique advertising solutions including:

  • roadblocks
  • wallpaper
  • interstitial ads (rarely)
  • custom sponsorships

Get Started

There are two options to begin advertising on AncientFaces.com:

Google Adwords: This is if you want to test advertising on AncientFaces and want your ads online right away.

  • Sign in to your AdWords account.
  • Click the Tools and Analysis drop-down menu and select Placement Tool
  • Enter "Ancientfaces.com" under "website", click Search and available inventory will appear.
  • Select the checkboxes next to each placement you'd like to add and click Add to account drop-down menu and select "My placement ideas"
  • Choose a campaign and ad group where you'd like to add your placements and click Save and continue

Sponsorship Partners: Please Contact Us and select "Business Development" if you have a significant ad budget and high volume of impressions that you need to fulfill and require advanced targeting parameters. Sponsorship partners will work direct with our team and enjoy:

  • An account manager who will provide custom onboarding which includes initial setup, custom auto-generated weekly and monthly reports, provides analysis, and suggests ad modifications.
  • Custom ad targeting based on key demographics and geography.
  • Advertising specifications frequency, rate limiting and other parameters.
  • Guaranteed reach and impression packages available.

Contact us to begin advertising
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