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The first banner ad online: 15 years of digital advertising
Posted by Cleartag in online advertising on October 29, 2009
Frank D’Angelo a contributor to Advertising Age, a story about the first banner ads on the web.
On October 27, 1994 the first big corporate advertising campaign was launched on hotwired.com.
This is a screenshot of the hotwired.com homepage in October 94:
Hotwired homepage on October 94
The original campaign included 6 companies, including AT&T, Volvo, MCI, and Club Med. This the banner of AT&T, which generated 78% click through rate!
First Banner Ad Online
The online advertising industry is 24 billion dollar business and evolved from ugly banners to rollover banners and multimedia advertising.