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The World's First Banner Ad

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the it-didn't-need-to-blink dept.

An anonymous reader submitted a link to what they claim is the the internet's first banner ad. It comes from 1994 HotWired, paid for by AT&T. It's ugly, but no animation, no popups. It makes me a little nostalgic.

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  1. Can't see it by adrianbaugh · · Score: 3, Funny

    I went to have a look, out of curiosity, but privoxy killed it by size... Ho hum :-)

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  2. Gotcha! by toofast · · Score: 5, Funny

    I AdBlocked it just before I was tempted to click on it. Bastards won't get me that easily.

    1. Re:Gotcha! by Malicious · · Score: 2, Funny

      Adblock.. right.. that's why I can't see it :D

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  3. In CBG's voice... by truthsearch · · Score: 3, Funny

    Could this domain name BEEEE more annoying?

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    1. Re:In CBG's voice... by netfool · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm thinking of registering theevenlongerlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdoma innameatlonglast.com, just out of spite.

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    2. Re:In CBG's voice... by FidelCatsro · · Score: 2, Funny

      It could be in 1337
      http://tehl0ng35tl1st0vtehl0ng35t5tuffattehl0ngest zorzd0ma1nn4mea7l0nglast.com/PWNZORZ
      Much more annoying

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  4. Click Through Rate? by mikesmind · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wonder what percentage of people who click from Slashdot will buy today?

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  5. Domain name by Joey+Patterson · · Score: 0, Funny

    http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongest domainnameatlonglast.com/first66.html

    The World's Longest Domain Name?

  6. Buffer overflow! by caluml · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hmm! That domain name overflowed a buffer in Firefox, and now I have teams of Hungarian hackers fighting Russian hackers for control of my Linux box. Don't click it!!

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    1. Re:Buffer overflow! by ndansmith · · Score: 4, Funny

      How do you type "pwn3d" in Cyrillic? I've always wondered.

    2. Re:Buffer overflow! by Stradenko · · Score: 2, Funny

      I looked at that and saw "Rossner" ... your last two letters are too backwards to make any sense (to me) ;)

    3. Re:Buffer overflow! by Joe+Random · · Score: 2, Funny
      How do you type "pwn3d" in Cyrillic? I've always wondered.
      In Soviet Russia, Cyrillic pwn3z you!
  7. And just think.... by beyond_the_blue · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...they've gotten MORE obnoxious since that.

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  8. LOL, I can't believe I licked on thelink! by photovoltaics · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can't believe I clicked on the link... to a banner ad!

  9. More Retarded Links by 31415926535897 · · Score: 2, Funny
    Since we're posting stupid stuff from stupid websites, here are a few more from that website:

    A Slashdotter Can Dream

    Stuff You Already Know (but is likely wrong now)

    Hey, This one actually has a computer reference

    You Have Them All Memorized, Right?

    Yes, The Creators of This Website Are Morons

  10. IMP by dotpavan · · Score: 2, Funny

    dont forget to use tinyurl for people to get there

  11. Screw this by dada21 · · Score: 4, Funny

    If I can't punch a monkey, shoot a duck or try to slash the ninja, I'm not clicking!

    How far we've come in 12 years!

    1. Re:Screw this by timster121 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Unforunatly, you can't find good mortgage rates, either :(

  12. Nostalgic indeed by thePowerOfGrayskull · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ah, those were the days. It doesn't flash, or Flash, or move, or make noise, or anything. It just... sits there.

    /me wipes away a tear.

  13. Which word are you supposed to click on? by digitaldc · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are you supposed to click on HERE? or are you supposed to click on YOU WILL?

    I mean if you click one word or the other they will take you to different internets.

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  14. Dammit, firefox! by lilmouse · · Score: 4, Funny

    My installation of Firefox isn't blocking it :-(

    Stupid firefox, I'm gonna get a *real* web browser, like Lynx - Lynx wouldn't show me the banner ad!!

    --LWM

    PS My god, it's ugly! We've come a long way! Not sure if that's good or bad...

  15. Re:Phooey. Prodigy used 'em circa 1987. by marco.antonio.costa · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ok grandpa... sure.. time for your medicine. :)

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  16. One big ad by MikeTheMan · · Score: 2, Funny

    An article about a site with a banner ad on it?

    If this isn't a Slashvertisement, I don't know what is ;-)

  17. Am I the only one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    who has Slashdot's RSS feed at the top of their Gmail inbox, and thus saw this as:

    Slashdot - The World's First Banner Ad - 3 hours ago

  18. Re:468x60 by Puggs · · Score: 2, Funny

    Took me a while to figure out you meant dimensions - I thought you were talking about some bastardisation of Intel and Motorola processors... ;-)

  19. Re:Previously covered by "ClickZ" in 2004 by oliana · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's TEN YEARS OLD. Of course it's been covered before.

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  20. Re:AT&T's "You Will" campaign by RobertB-DC · · Score: 2, Funny

    or the O-S-C-A-R M-A-Y-E-R commercials teaching me how to spell my first word B-O-L-O-N-G-A.

    In an early variation of targeted advertising, possibly by region, my Oscar Mayer ads taught me B-O-L-O-G-N-A.

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