Hubspot

AUGUST 2, 2018

That was the click-through-rate of the first ever banner ad , purchased by AT&T on HotWired.com in 1994. Nowadays, this ad would be considered the scum of clickbait. Fortunately, online advertising has rapidly evolved since the 90’s, so you don’t have to rely on attention-repellent banner ads anymore.

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

The ads we were being presented with lacked context and value, and as a result, many of us were quick to deem them untrustworthy. At HubSpot, we held onto this notion for a while. There was just something about paying for an irrelevant banner ad that didn't sit well with us. But then things started to change.

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

1994: The first banner ads appear. The age of banner ads had officially begun. Wired magazine's former online off-shoot HotWired for introducing the world to the enduringly ubiquitous banner ad. AT&T paid HotWired $30,000 to place the banner ad above on their site for three months.

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