Archive for October, 2007

As predicted – Banner ads take over the internet

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Banner ads take over the internet (small)

Click on the image for the full sized version.

And if you don’t believe me – here’s the evidence: http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/read/450703.htm

The International War Crimes tribunal is probably not the right place to report atrocities such as this, but I’m sure it breaks some part of the Geneva Convention.

And why do so many people blame Flash when they see a page like this? Flash is just the tool, not the actual tool who thought it was a good idea to combine a floating ad, an expanding ad, two video ads, and three banner ads on the top of a single page (and there is more if you scroll down).

There are so many guilty parties involved – including the webmaster, the online advertisers, and especially the person who invented the eyeblaster.

Rant over and out,

Dom