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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. 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.

  2. Re:um by tpgp · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's genuine.

    Was a bit in the news last year on the 10th anniversary.

    The comments on this adblog post have a little more info.

    And its bloody depressing that this image is linking to crap you don't want to look at 10+ years on....

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  3. 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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