Abstract: A method for distributing information to multiple users by a server via a network, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting notice information to a destination e-mail address of a registered user whose user information, including a unique user ID and the destination e-mail address, has been stored, the notice information containing the user ID (Step S1); transmitting a designated Web page when the registered user clicks a banner area that is displayed on the user terminal by receiving the notice information (Step S2); transmitting the notice information to the e-mail address of an unregistered user that is specified by the registered user as a forwarding address when a request for forwarding the notice information is made by the registered user via the Web page, the notice information containing the user ID (Step S3); acquiring the user ID of the registered user and transmitting the Web page when the unregistered user clicks a banner area that is displayed on the user terminal by receiving the notice

Abstract: An Internet advertising method comprising the steps of: upon request from a user terminal that has accessed a Web site, posting a banner advertisement on the Web site based on banner source code included in the source code of the Web site (Step S1); displaying an advertisement page on the user terminal when the banner advertisement on the user terminal is clicked (Step S2), and acquiring a first identification code included in the banner source code (Step S3); generating a second identification code in response to a banner advertisement posting request made from the user terminal through the advertisement page (Step S4), and storing information by which to associate the second identification code with the first identification code (Step S5); and incorporating the second identification code into the banner source code and sending it (Step S6).