The first banner ad ever
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:
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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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:
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
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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 Reply
lol yeah adblock does block it :D
i think one of the features is images of certain sizes are auto blocked
i think one of the features is images of certain sizes are auto blocked
Posted: 2009-12-23 11:16:22 Reply
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