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Article: The Battle of the Banner Ads.(Internet/Web advertising)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
- Article from:
- Black Issues in Higher Education
- Article date:
- May 10, 2001
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A battle is raging between those who feel Internet users should control their own time online and those trying to wrest that control away. The battlefield is advertising.
The Web can be an ideal medium for putting your message out, with its space flexibility and multimedia possibilities. But new developments in Web advertising are making it an equally ideal medium for putting your foot in your mouth.
The Web standard for enticing people to visit your site is the banner ad, the typically small, rectangular box that Web sites place on other Web sites. It's the banner ad that allows the bulk of the Web to be free, just as the TV commercial allows network ...