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A cheeky reminder to carry out one of those mundane perhaps dreaded tasks that a lot of men like to avoid. The vital message is cleverly postponed until after the user has had a chance to play

As you could imagine, not too many men would embrace the ad if just said “don’t forget to check your testicles”.  The light heartedness of the game encourages a more welcoming approach toward the ultimate idea.Checkyours.org

Another great banner Ad @ imdb.com

Austar a subscription television provider in regional and rural Australia launched it’s massive Banner Ad on the Ineternet Movie Database home page. It seems the IMDB web site has begun using geotargeting with their advertising campaigns to increase the likelyhood of clicks and revenue.

Austar’s banner advertising here seems to take up most of IMDB’s home page without degrading the quailty of their own. A very effective eye catching Ad on Austars part.

However the banners with people appearing to be sitting in a theater seen on the sides of the page can only be seen on screens larger than 1024 x 768 pixels; these banners were not clickable and did not move while scrolling. Althought they would have added effect to Austar’s Banner Ads and the IMDB site itself.

An effective segmented banner @ smh.com.au

Here’s a banner which has stolen the page for itself. Research has shown that when an ad is combined with several companion spots for the same product, independent recollection of the brand is enhanced by at least 20%. However, this divided dog banner, which appeared on the left and right side of the Sydney Morning Herald homepage seems to have trounced that percentage.

As soon as you land on the page, your eyes move left towards the dogs’ tails and you think “what the?”. The picture automatically guides your eyes to the right, where you find the rest of their bodies, a picture which wouldn’t normally appear on that web page or any other page for that matter. It succeeds at capturing your attention very effectively. As you move away from the computer screen, all you focus on is what’s behind the page.

This creative imagery has no doubt made this banner campaign a success. Rather than having two synchronized animated banners showcasing an offer, the technique used here with static divided creativity rouses curiosity and steals you away from the page.

Well done!

Today marks the 15th anniversary of the earliest advertising Banner Ads appearing on the internet. The banners were placed on the web’s first commercial digital magazine hotwired.com. They received a massive 78% click through rate – which is unheard of these days.

The campaign, which launched in 1994, involved six companies placing banner ads on the website. These were MCI, Volvo, ClubMed, 1-800-Collect, AT&T and Zima. As you can imagine, the graphics were very basic. AT&T’s call to action was “Have you ever clicked your mouse right HERE? You will!”

Online display advertising has progressed immensely since these first creations. Banner Ads now involve animation, sound, video and human interaction. They expand, scroll, pop up, peel over or even float and hover over the web page. How interesting, the first reluctant online Banner Advertising campaign started a $24 billion dollar industry

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