The first banner ad ever

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Have you ever wondered how the first banner ad looked like?

HotWired was the first web site to sell banner ads in large quantities to a wide range of major corporate advertisers. The first web banner sold by HotWired was paid for by AT&T, and was put online on October 25, 1994.

This is how it looked like:

the first banner ad - The first banner ad ever


UPDATE: Apparently adblock blocks the first banner ad ever as well. You will need to disable adblock for a moment to see this ad.

Source: wikipedia


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Posted: 2008-03-30 13:17:02
Psst.

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illpro
illpro
Rank: #956
Hell, I almost did. That was a lot of color for 94'
Posted: 2008-04-03 17:39:11 Report Reply
I wonder how long it took to download a banner like this with these old school modems back in 94'
Posted: 2008-05-14 12:38:21 Report Reply
sowhat
sowhat
Rank: #60
"Have you ever clicked your mouse right HERE? You will"

I bet they did.
Posted: 2008-04-02 12:17:09 Report Reply
I clicked too. Felt like time travel.
Posted: 2008-06-14 17:15:18 Report Reply
i clicked damn time warp.
Posted: 2009-10-19 10:39:18 Report Reply
Jozzoh
Jozzoh
Rank: #102
I clicked it. It was just so inviting
Posted: 2009-11-06 00:50:47 Report Reply
PHPLab
PHPLab
Rank: #324
Hell they did :P I mean, I would lol :D
Posted: 2008-04-23 14:09:32 Report Reply
Paul
Paul
Rank: #24
I actually clicked on it even though it's just an uploaded image. Silly me :)
Posted: 2008-04-23 14:12:12 Report Reply
PHPLab
PHPLab
Rank: #324
Wahaha poor chap :P
Posted: 2008-04-23 14:13:58 Report Reply
wolfman
wolfman
Rank: #154
and seeing as he's one of the creators of sharenator, that makes it all the more amusing.
Posted: 2009-11-16 15:45:19 Report Reply
hey, don't hate - I did too...
Posted: 2009-12-22 03:19:18 Report Reply
i DID!
Posted: 2009-10-19 10:38:55 Report Reply
wertz3
wertz3
Rank: #321
Ha that's funny
Posted: 2009-11-02 15:47:50 Report Reply
Anonyman
Anonyman
Rank: #639
That's a nice piece of Internet history.
Posted: 2009-02-26 08:44:45 Report Reply
almost clicked it.
lol
Posted: 2009-03-13 07:32:02 Report Reply
AT&T was one of a number of firsts. Volvo, MCI and Club Med, all Euro RSCG clients were three of the first.
Posted: 2009-04-22 08:43:14 Report Reply
pretty neat info..
Posted: 2009-05-06 05:22:20 Report Reply
Crazium
Crazium
Rank: #614
That was the banner for my forum for a while.
Posted: 2009-10-15 21:42:16 Report Reply
SkinnyBill
SkinnyBill
Rank: #19
lol yeah adblock does block it :D
i think one of the features is images of certain sizes are auto blocked
Posted: 2009-12-23 11:16:22 Report Reply
tyduran13
tyduran13
Rank: #82
Lol Thats awesome +3
Posted: 2009-12-23 11:19:21 Report Reply
peace
peace
Rank: #56
lol I did
Posted: 2010-01-16 08:28:37 Report Reply

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