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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. First spam email in 1978? by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 4, Interesting

    First spam email in 1978?
    http://www.templetons.com/brad/spamreact.html

  2. Museum of Internet Atrocities? by Caspian · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Perhaps, some day, stuff like this will be presented in a Museum of Internet Atrocities, collecting the history of spam, banner ads, pop-unders, Flash ads, DDoS attacks, tubgirl and goatse?

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    With spending like this, exactly what are "conservatives" conserving?
  3. I find this... by Billosaur · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ...more interesting. The World's First Patent

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    GetOuttaMySpace - The Anti-Social Network
  4. 468x60 by Bender+Unit+22 · · Score: 1, Interesting

    So they defined 468x60?

  5. Re:In CBG's voice... by prockcore · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You can't. The limit is 63 characters, and they're at 63 characters exactly.