JP2001266003A - Method and device for customizing home page, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To generate a page where a banner selected by a user is inserted. SOLUTION: A server 1 is comprised of a storage part 12 and a user page generation part 14. The user page generation part 14 transmits data of a page for user page generation to client 2 so that a manager page provided by the server 1 is customized to generate a user page. The user page generation part 14 transmits data of a banner page, where banners are collected. A user operates the client 2, to change the layout position of each item displayed in the manager page and selects a banner to be inserted to a user page. The user page generation part inserts the banner selected by the user into the manager page, changed by the user to generate the user page. The storage part 12 stores the data of the user page generated by the user page generation part 14.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a method for customizing a homepage. The present invention also relates to a homepage customizing device and a recording medium used for customizing a homepage.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, various services and information have been provided on Internet homepages. Some services allow a general user to customize an Internet homepage provided by a server. By using this customization service, the user can create his / her own page that summarizes services and necessary information that are always used on a homepage provided by the server, for example. In many cases, the operation of the server that provides the customization service as described above is performed with the advertisement income obtained by posting the banner on the homepage, and the banner is also posted on the page created by the user.

[0003]

However, a banner created on a user-specific page created by a user is determined by a server administrator or the like, and the user can select a banner according to his / her preference. Did not. For this reason,
In some cases, a banner that does not match the user's preference is posted on a user-specific page, and the advertising effect may be reduced. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a homepage customizing apparatus, a homepage customizing method, and a recording medium that can create a page with a high advertising effect. Another object of the present invention is to provide a homepage customizing apparatus for creating a page on which a banner selected by a user is posted. Still another object of the present invention is to provide a homepage customizing method and a recording medium on which a user can select a banner.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, a home page customizing apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention creates a user page by customizing a home page provided by a server according to a user's instruction. A page creation unit, and a storage unit for storing data of the created user page, wherein the page creation unit presents a plurality of banners to the user when customizing the homepage, and displays the banner selected by the user on the user page. To be posted. According to the present invention, it is possible to create a page on which a banner selected by a user is posted, so that the advertisement effect is high.

The storage means stores, for each banner, the number of times selected by the user when customizing the homepage, and a billing means for charging the provider of each banner with a fee corresponding to the number of selections stored in the storage means. May be further provided.

[0006] In response to a user page browsing request of the user, the apparatus further comprises page display means for retrieving user page data from the storage means and displaying the user page, wherein the storage means displays a banner posted on the user page. The number of clicks by the user may be stored for each banner, and the charging unit may charge a provider of each banner with a fee corresponding to the number of clicks stored in the storage unit.

[0007] The storage means stores the number of times the banner is displayed for each banner, and the billing means charges a fee for each banner according to the number of times of display stored in the storage means to a provider of each banner. Is also good.

[0008] The storage means stores data of a plurality of banners presented to the user at the time of customizing a homepage, and stores the data in the storage means when new banner data is provided by a provider of the banner to be updated. Updating means may be provided for updating the updated data of the updated banner and updating the updated banner displayed on the already created user page.

[0009] The billing means may cause the payment system to pay by transmitting billing data indicating a fee charged to each banner provider to a payment system used by each banner provider. .

[0010] A homepage customizing method according to a second aspect of the present invention includes a page creating step of creating a user page by customizing a homepage provided by a server in accordance with a user's instruction, and a user created in the page creating step. And a page data storage step of storing page data, wherein the page creation step,
Presenting a plurality of banners to a user and posting the banner selected by the user on a user page.

[0011] Each banner is further provided with a selection count storing step of storing the number of times selected by the user at the time of customizing the homepage, and a fee corresponding to the selection count stored in the selection count storage step is charged to a provider of each banner. The method may further include a charging step of performing the charging.

A page display step of displaying a user page in response to a user page browsing request of the user; and a click number storage step of storing the number of times a banner posted on the user page is clicked by the user for each banner. Further, the charging step may include a step of charging a fee corresponding to the number of clicks stored in the number-of-clicks storing step to a provider of each banner.

[0013] A display count storage step of storing the number of times the banner is displayed for each banner is further provided.
The method may further include a step of charging a fee corresponding to the number of display times stored in the display number storage step to a provider of each banner.

When new banner data is provided by the provider of the banner to be updated, the data of the banner to be updated is updated among the plurality of banners presented to the user at the time of customizing the homepage, and already created. An updating step of updating a banner to be updated posted on the user page thus set may be further provided.

[0015] The charging step includes a step of transmitting billing data indicating a fee charged to each banner provider to a payment system used by each banner provider, thereby causing the payment system to pay the fee. You may.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium comprising: a page creating unit for creating a user page by customizing a computer according to a user's instruction on a homepage provided by a server; Storage means for storing page data, wherein the page creation means presents a plurality of banners to a user when customizing a homepage,
A program for recording a banner selected by the user on a user page and functioning as a homepage customizing device is recorded.

[0017]

Next, a method of customizing a homepage according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the network system used for the homepage customizing method according to the first embodiment includes a server 1, a client 2, and a communication network 3.
The server 1 is connected to a plurality of clients 2 used by general users or advertisers who request advertisements (banners) via a communication network 3 and provides various services and information. Further, as described later, the server 1 creates a user page dedicated to the user by customizing the homepage (administrator page) created by the server administrator according to a user's instruction. As described above, the client 2 is a computer used by a general user or an advertiser, and is connected to the server 1 via the communication network 3 by a predetermined operation. Further, the client 2 receives a service or information supplied from the server 1 by a predetermined operation and displays it on the browser, transmits the latest data of the banner to the server 1, and posts the latest data on the administrator page and the user page. Updating banners.

Next, the configuration of the server 1 will be described. The server 1 includes, as shown in FIG.
, Storage unit 12, administrator page display unit 13, user page creation unit 14, user page display unit 15, UR
It comprises an L determining unit 16 and a banner updating unit 17. The communication control unit 11 controls transmission and reception of data between the plurality of clients 2 via the communication network 3. The storage unit 12 stores page data, ID / password data, banner data, and the like.

The page data is composed of a plurality of page data. Specifically, the page data includes data of an administrator page created by a server administrator, data of a user page created by changing the administrator page, and a page for creating a user page for a user to create a user page. Data, banner page data in which only banners are collected to allow the user to select a banner to be posted on the user page, and the
D and an ID / password input page data for inputting a password. The ID / password data is data indicating an ID issued to a user when a user page is created and a password corresponding to the ID. The banner data is banner data provided by an advertiser for posting on the administrator page and the user page. The data of the administrator page and the data of the user page each refer to the banner data by the file name in order to display the banner.

The administrator page display unit 13 extracts the data of the administrator page from the storage unit 12, transmits the data to the client 2, and displays the administrator page on the browser of the client 2. The user page creation unit 14 extracts the data of the user page creation page from the storage unit 12, transmits the data to the client 2, and displays the user page creation page on the browser of the client 2. Further, the user page creation unit 14 extracts the banner page data obtained by collecting the banners from the storage unit 12 and transmits the data to the client 2, and displays the banner page on the browser of the client 2. Thereby, the user page creation unit 14 allows the user to select a banner to be posted on the user page. Further, after creating the user page, the user page creating unit 14 gives the user an ID.
And password, user page, ID, and
The storage unit 12 stores the passwords in association with each other.

The user page display unit 15 takes out the data of the ID / password input page from the storage unit 12 and transmits it to the client 2, and sends the data to the browser of the client 2.
D. Display the password input page. The user page display unit 15 determines whether or not the ID and password input by the user match the ID and password stored in the storage unit 12 so that the user uses the user page corresponding to the ID. It is determined whether or not it is possible. Then, when the user page display unit 15 determines that they match, that is, when it determines that they can be used,
The data of the user page corresponding to the input ID is retrieved from the storage unit 12 and transmitted to the client 2, and the user page is displayed on the browser of the client 2. on the other hand,
If it is determined that they do not match, that is, if it is determined that they cannot be used, the user page display unit 15 transmits a message to the effect that the user must input the ID and password again after registration and transmits the message to the client 2. To be displayed on the browser.

The URL discriminator 16 converts a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) from the data transmitted from the client 2.
or) is detected, and it is determined whether the URL designates an administrator page, a user page creation page, or a user page. Then, the URL determination unit 1
6. If it is determined that the administrator page is specified,
A display instruction signal is output to the administrator page display unit 13 to display the administrator page, and when it is determined that the user page creation page is designated, a display instruction signal is output to the user page creation unit 14. When the user page creation page is displayed and it is determined that the user page is specified,
A display instruction signal is output to the user page display unit 15 to display a user page.

The banner updating unit 17 receives the latest data of the banner transmitted from the advertiser via the communication network 3 via the communication control unit 11, and updates the banner to be updated stored in the storage unit 12. Update data. Also,
If the file name of the updated banner data is different from the file name before the update, the banner updating unit 17 changes the file name of the banner included in the page data stored in the storage unit 12. As a result, in synchronization with the updating of the banner data, the banners that are already posted on the administrator page and the user page that have been created are also updated.

Next, a method of customizing a home page performed in the network system configured as described above will be described. First, the user starts up the browser by a predetermined operation, connects the client 2 to the communication network 3, and displays the URL of the administrator page on the browser.
Select or enter. As a result, the client 2 is connected to the server 1 and transmits the URL of the administrator page to the server 1. The URL determination unit 16 of the server 1 detects the URL transmitted from the client 2 via the communication control unit 11, and the URL designates any one of the administrator page, the user page creation page, and the user page. Is determined. As described above, since the client 2 has transmitted the URL of the administrator page, the URL determination unit 16
L determines that the administrator page is designated, and outputs a display instruction signal to the administrator page display unit 13.

The administrator page display section 13 extracts the data of the administrator page from the storage section 12 and transmits it to the client 2 in response to the display instruction signal from the URL determination section 16. The client 2 displays the administrator page on the browser based on the administrator page data transmitted from the server 1. In the administrator page, for example, as shown in FIG. 2,
Various service and information items provided by the server, user page creation items, banners, and the like are displayed. Each item or banner is linked to a page that displays the content of each item or a page of an advertiser. When the user clicks each item or banner, the URL indicating the linked page is displayed on the client 2. Sent from Also,
When the user clicks the banner, a click signal indicating the type of the clicked banner is transmitted to the client 2.
To the server 1.

Next, the user clicks a user page creation item displayed on the browser to create his or her own user page. As a result, the URL of the user page creation page is transmitted from the client 2 to the server 1. The URL determination unit 16 of the server 1 detects the URL transmitted from the client 2 via the communication control unit 11, and determines which of the administrator page, the user page creation page, and the user page the URL specifies. Determine. As described above, the user page creation page U
Since the RL has been transmitted, the URL determination unit 16 determines that the URL specifies a user creation page, and outputs a display instruction signal to the user page creation unit 14.

The user page creation section 14 takes out the data of the user page creation page from the storage section 12 and sends it to the client 2. Also, the user page creation unit 14
Retrieves the banner page data from the storage unit 12 and sends it to the client 2. Thereby, the client 2 displays the user page creation page and the banner page on the browser. The user page creation page and the banner page may be displayed in separate windows, or the same window may be divided and displayed in different frames.

The user page creation page displays, for example, a list of items displayed on the administrator page, and allows the arrangement position of each item to be freely changed. As shown in FIG. 3, the user freely changes the layout and the like of the user page on the user page creation page displayed on the browser. Specifically, the user first selects an item to be displayed on the user page from the items posted on the administrator page. Next, the user selects a banner to be posted on the user page by, for example, clicking on the banner displayed on the banner page. Then, the user determines the arrangement of the selected items and the banner on the user page creation page. Note that this layout is determined by, for example, clicking a layout determination button displayed on a user page creation page.
The user page creation unit 14 of the server 1 is notified. Thus, the layout change is completed.

After the layout is changed, the user page creating unit 14 issues an ID and a password to the user, and stores the user page, the ID, and the password in the storage unit 12 in association with each other. Thus, the creation of the user page ends. The URL of the user page created as described above is, for example, a URL indicating an administrator page.
Is changed to the ID of the user. And the URL of this user page is
For example, after completion of the user page, the user page creation unit 14
Is displayed on the browser of the client 2 or registered in the browser. As described above, since the user can freely change the layout of the user page and freely select a banner to be posted on the user page, the user can create a user page that satisfies his / her preference.

When browsing the user page created as described above, the user starts the browser in the same manner as described above and connects the client 2 to the communication network 3. Then, the user selects or inputs a URL indicating his or her user page on the browser. Thereby, the client 2 is connected to the server 1 and the UR of the user page is
L is transmitted to the server 1. URL determination unit 1 of server 1
Reference numeral 6 detects a URL transmitted from the client 2 via the communication control unit 11, and determines which of the administrator page, the user page creation page, and the user page the URL specifies. Since the client 2 has transmitted the URL of the user page as described above, the URL discriminating unit 1
6 determines that the URL specifies a user page,
The display instruction signal is output to the user page display unit 15.

The user page display unit 15 responds to the display instruction signal from the URL discrimination unit 16 and transmits the I
D. Take out the data of the password input page and send it to the client 2, and send the ID /
Display the password input page. The user enters the ID and password on the ID / password input page displayed on the browser.
And password. Accordingly, the client 2 transmits the ID and the password input by the user to the server 1 via the communication network 3. The user page display unit 15 determines whether or not the ID and password transmitted from the client 2 match the ID and password stored in the storage unit 12 so that the user
It is determined whether the user page corresponding to D is available.

If it is determined that the ID and password cannot be used, the user page display unit 15 transmits a message to the effect that the user must input the ID and password again after registration, and displays the message on the browser of the client 2. If it is determined that the user ID is available, the user page display unit 15 retrieves the data of the user page corresponding to the input ID from the storage unit 12, transmits the data to the client 2, and displays the data on the browser of the client 2. As described above, the user can browse the user page in which the administrator page is customized. Further, as described above, the banner selected by the user according to his / her own preference is always posted on the user page, so that the advertisement effect is high.

Next, a charging method according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The charging method according to the second embodiment is obtained by allowing a user to freely select a banner to be posted on a user page, as described in the first embodiment. The network system used for the accounting method according to the second embodiment includes a server 1, a client 2, and a communication network 3, as in the first embodiment. The client 2 and the communication network 3
Is substantially the same as in the first embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 4, the server 1 includes a communication control unit 11, a storage unit 12, an administrator page display unit 13,
User page creation unit 14 and user page display unit 15
, A URL determining unit 16, a banner updating unit 17, and a billing data analyzing unit 18. Note that the communication control unit 11, the URL determination unit 16, and the banner update unit 17
Is substantially the same as in the first embodiment. Storage unit 1
Reference numeral 2 stores billing data for calculating an advertisement fee to be charged to an advertiser, in addition to the contents described in the first embodiment. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the billing data includes, for each banner (for each type of banner), the number of times the user has selected to post on his or her own user page, the number of times the user has been displayed, and the user clicked on the user page. This is data indicating the number of times, the number of times the user has clicked on the administrator page, and the like. The administrator page display unit 13 detects the click signal transmitted from the client 2 when the user clicks the banner in addition to the operation described in the first embodiment, and clicks on the administrator page. Determine the type of banner. Then, the administrator page display unit 13 increases the number of clicks on the administrator page of the determined banner among the banners included in the billing data in the storage unit 12 by one.

The user page creation section 14 detects the click signal transmitted from the client 2 to the server 1 in addition to the operation described in the first embodiment, and selects the user when creating the user page. Determine the type of banner. Then, the user page creating unit 14 increases the number of times the selected banner is selected from among the banners included in the billing data in the storage unit 12 by one. The user page display unit 15 determines the type of banner posted on the displayed user page every time the user page is displayed, in addition to the operation described in the first embodiment. Then, the user page display unit 15 increases the number of display times of the determined banner among the banners included in the billing data by one. Further, the user page display unit 15 detects a click signal transmitted from the client 2 to the server 1, and determines the type of the banner clicked on the user page. Then, the user page display unit 15 increases the number of clicks on the user page of the determined banner among the banners included in the billing data in the storage unit 12 by one.

The billing data analysis unit 18 obtains an advertisement fee to be charged to the advertiser at predetermined intervals based on the billing data stored in the storage unit 12. The advertisement fee is composed of, for example, a basic fee, a selection fee, a display fee, and a click fee. The basic fee is a fee generated by placing a banner on an administrator page in response to a request from an advertiser. The selection fee is a fee generated by a user selecting a banner when creating a user page. The display fee is a fee generated by displaying a banner on a user page. The click fee is a fee generated when a user clicks a banner on an administrator page or a user page. The billing data analysis unit 18 calculates the selection fee from the number of selections of the billing data, calculates the display fee from the number of display times, and calculates the click fee from the number of clicks on the user page and the number of clicks on the administrator page. I do. Then, the billing data analysis unit 18 obtains the advertisement fee for each banner by adding the basic fee and the calculated fee, and transmits billing data of the advertisement fee to the client 2 of the advertiser via the communication control unit 11. .

Next, the operation of the network system configured as described above will be described. In the following,
A case where a user customizes an administrator page to create his / her own user page and a case where a user clicks a banner posted on the user page will be described. First, in the same manner as in the first embodiment, the user starts a browser to create a user page, and causes the browser to display a user page creation page and a banner page. As in the first embodiment, the user selects an item to be displayed on the user page on the user page creation page, and selects a banner to be displayed on the user page on the banner page, for example, by clicking. When the user selects a banner to be displayed on his or her user page, a click signal indicating the type of the clicked banner is transmitted from the client 2 to the server 1.

The user page creation section 14 of the server 1 detects the click signal transmitted from the client 2 and determines the banner selected by the user. Then, the user page creation unit 14 increases the number of times the selected banner is selected from among the banners included in the billing data stored in the storage unit 12 by one. Thereby, for each banner, the number of times selected by the user when creating the user page can be recorded. Thereafter, as in the first embodiment, the user page creation unit 14 issues an ID and a password to the user, stores the user page, the ID, and the password in the storage unit 12 in association with each other. To complete. When browsing the user page created as described above, the user starts up the browser in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and enters the ID / password input page.
Enter D and password to display the user page. At this time, the user page display unit 15 of the server 1 determines a banner posted on the displayed user page,
Among the banners included in the billing data stored in the storage unit 12, the number of times the determined banner is displayed is increased by one. As a result, the number of times that each banner is displayed can be recorded.

When the user wants to know the details of the advertisement indicated by the banner posted on the user page, the user clicks the banner to display the home page of the advertiser who is the provider of the banner. At this time, a click signal indicating the type of the clicked banner is transmitted from the client 2 to the server 1. The user page display unit 15 of the server 1 detects the click signal transmitted from the client 2 and determines the banner clicked by the user. Then, the user page display unit 15 increases the number of clicks on the user page of the determined banner among the banners included in the billing data stored in the storage unit 12 by one. Thereby, for each banner, the number of times the user has clicked on the user page can be recorded.
By the same operation as described above, the number of times the user has clicked the banner on the administrator page can be recorded in the charging data of the storage unit 12.

The billing data analysis unit 18 of the server 1 charges each advertiser who is the banner provider from the billing data stored in the storage unit 12 as described above at predetermined intervals. Calculate the advertising fee of. Then, the charging data analysis unit 18 transmits the calculated advertisement charge data to the client 2 of each advertiser via the communication control unit 11. The client 2 used by each advertiser receives the billing data supplied from the server 1 and, in order to pay the amount indicated by the billing data, sends the advertiser's account to the server 1 Instructs payment (transfer) to the account specified by. After performing a predetermined authentication process or the like, the account management system of the financial institution moves a predetermined amount from the account of the advertiser to the account designated by the administrator of the server 1 according to the instruction of the client 2 used by the advertiser. (Transfer). Thereby, the administrator of the server 1 can collect the advertisement fee, and can operate the server 1 and the like. As described above, by allowing the user to freely select a banner to be posted on the user page, a new advertisement business using the banner can be constructed.

It should be noted that the billing data analysis unit 18 shown in the second embodiment stores in the storage unit 12 every predetermined period.
May be used to analyze the user's preferences by collecting statistics such as the type of banner pasted on the user page and the number of times the banner was pasted, using the billing data recorded in. By providing the statistical result and the analysis result obtained by the charging data analysis unit 18 to the advertiser in this way, an information provision fee may be collected. At this time, the client 2 of the advertiser may pay the information providing fee to a predetermined account in the same manner as described above. Also,
The user may access the advertiser's homepage via a banner posted on the administrator page, request a material from the advertiser, or charge an advertisement fee when purchasing a product.

The server 1 does not need to use a dedicated device, and can be realized by an ordinary computer. For example, by recording and distributing a program and data for causing a computer to execute the above-described processing on a recording medium (floppy (registered trademark) disk, CD-ROM, or the like), installing the program and executing the program on an OS, realizable. The distribution of programs and data is not limited to a CD-ROM or the like, and may be performed via a communication network or the like.

[0043]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, a page having a banner selected by a user can be created, and a page having a high advertising effect can be created.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a network system according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an administrator page.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a layout is changed on a user page creation page.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a network system according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of billing data stored in a storage unit provided in a server configuring the network system illustrated in FIG. 4;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 server 2 client 3 communication network 11 communication control unit 12 storage unit 13 administrator page display unit 14 user page creation unit 15 user page display unit 16 URL determination unit 17 banner update unit 18 billing data analysis unit

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Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. A page creating means for creating a user page by customizing a homepage provided by a server in accordance with a user's instruction, and a storage means for storing data of the created user page. A homepage customizing apparatus, which presents a plurality of banners to a user when customizing a homepage, and posts a banner selected by the user on a user page. 2. The storage means stores, for each banner, the number of times selected by a user when customizing a homepage, and charges a fee corresponding to the number of selections stored in the storage means to a provider of each banner. The homepage customizing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a charging unit. 3. A system according to claim 1, further comprising: a page display unit that retrieves user page data from the storage unit and displays the user page in response to a user page browsing request of the user, wherein the storage unit is displayed on the user page. The number of times a banner is clicked by a user is stored for each banner, and the billing unit charges a fee corresponding to the number of clicks stored in the storage unit to a provider of each banner. Item 2. The homepage customizing device according to item 2. 4. The storage means stores, for each banner, the number of times a banner has been displayed, and the billing means bills a provider corresponding to the number of times of display stored in the storage means to a provider of each banner. The homepage customizing device according to claim 2 or 3, wherein 5. The storage means stores data of a plurality of banners presented to a user when customizing a homepage, and when the data of a new banner is provided by a provider of a banner to be updated, the storage means. And updating means for updating the data of the banner to be updated stored in the user page and updating the banner to be updated which is already posted on the created user page.
5. The homepage customizing device according to any one of claims 4 to 4. 6. The billing means transmits billing data indicating a fee to be charged to a provider of each banner to a payment system used by a provider of each banner, thereby causing the payment system to pay the fee. The homepage customizing apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein: 7. A page creation step of creating a user page by customizing a homepage provided by a server according to a user's instruction; a page data storage step of storing data of the user page created in the page creation step; The page creation step includes a step of presenting a plurality of banners to a user and posting a banner selected by the user on a user page. 8. A method according to claim 8, further comprising the step of storing the number of times selected by the user when customizing the home page for each banner, wherein a charge corresponding to the number of selections stored in said step of storing the number of selections is provided by a provider of each banner. The homepage customizing method according to claim 7, further comprising a charging step for charging the homepage. 9. A page display step of displaying a user page in response to a user page browsing request of the user, a click number storage step of storing the number of times a banner posted on the user page is clicked by the user for each banner. The homepage according to claim 8, further comprising: charging the charge to the provider of each banner according to the number of clicks stored in the number-of-clicks storage step. Customization method. 10. A display count storage step of storing the number of times a banner is displayed for each banner, wherein the billing step provides a charge corresponding to the number of display times stored in the display count storage step to each banner. The method for customizing a homepage according to claim 8 or 9, further comprising a step of charging a user. 11. When a new banner data is provided from a provider of a banner to be updated, the data of the banner to be updated is updated among a plurality of banners presented to the user when the homepage is customized. The homepage customizing method according to any one of claims 7 to 10, further comprising an updating step of updating a banner to be updated, which is already posted on a user page that has been created. 12. The charging step includes transmitting billing data indicating a fee charged to each banner provider to a payment system used by each banner provider, thereby causing the payment system to pay the fee. The homepage customizing method according to any one of claims 8 to 11, further comprising: 13. A computer comprising: a page creating means for creating a user page by customizing a home page provided by a server in accordance with a user's instruction; and a storage means for storing data of the created user page. The creating means is a computer-readable recording medium that records a program for functioning as a homepage customizing apparatus, which presents a plurality of banners to a user when customizing a homepage, and posts a banner selected by the user on a user page.