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What is Banner Blindness? How Can You Avoid It?

Hubspot

This routine has led me to mostly ignore what's usually right underneath the navigation bar: a banner ad. What I'm participating in — by mentally blocking out this banner ad — is called banner blindness, and may be a reason why your banner ads are underperforming. What is banner blindness, and why should you care?

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Does Marketing Have A Marketing Problem?

Marketing Insider Group

Traditional advertising campaigns from the 1950s and 60s were translated into banner ads which was fine when click-through rates saw double digit percent. Today, we see banner ad click through rates averaging.06%. Banners have 99 problems and click ain’t one ! Measure and Present ROI. Source: SmartInsights.com.

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Banner Ads Work; Really

NuSpark Consulting

As a business, there’s always a question on the effectiveness of banner ad campaigns (or online display) as a portion of an online media mix. The doubters are aware of the low click-through (CTR) rates banner ads receive, the amount of clutter, the lack of creativity, etc.

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Media 2020: The Marketer’s Guide to the Present and Future of the Internet

Contently

The commercial internet as we know it began 22 years ago when AT&T ran the first banner ad in Wired’s online presence HotWired. The creator of that first banner ad in HotWired claims it had a 44 percent click-through rate (CTR). Banner ads still exist, but CTRs are far lower. Today, digital marketing is much different.

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How We Doubled Webinar Leads By Becoming Our Own Biggest Advertiser

Contently

The year is 1994, and people are excited about— checks notes —banner ads. “We came with the attitude that this was a sacred ground,” Joe McCambley, who helped create one of the first banner ads, told Fast Company. percent for banner ads these days—and most of those clicks are accidental. No, seriously.

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Media 2020: The Marketer’s Guide to the Present and Future of the Internet

Contently

The commercial internet as we know it began 22 years ago when AT&T ran the first banner ad in Wired’s online presence HotWired. The creator of the banner claims that first banner ad in HotWired had a 44 percent click-through rate (CTR). Banner ads still exist, but CTRs are far lower.

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The State of Banner Ads

Bluetext

October 26, 1994 is a day that will be forgotten by few…it was the first day a banner ad (or any ad for that matter) was posted on the internet. AT&T paid $30,000 for the appearance of the first banner ad. Banner ads are rectangular displays that appear on web pages but can vary in appearance, theme, and content.