Banner ads turn ten years old. They've evolved, become flashy, carry sound, blink worse than the blink tag ever did and given birth to far more discreet things called TextAds.
So what did the first banner look like? Appropriately enough it was a future-predicting ad from AT&T in their "you will" campaign from 1994, according to the website that collects old banners and celebrates the tenth anniversary 10jahreonlinewerbung [1].
Care to see the commercials that go with it? Robblink gathered them together, just read more for handy links.
(obvious: click on the images to view the films.)
AT&T – You Will/Market (1994) 0:30 (USA)
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AT&T – You Will/Class (1994) 0:30 (USA)
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AT&T – You Will/License (1994) 0:30 (USA)
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AT&T – You Will/Toll (1993) 0:30 (USA)
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AT&T – You Will/Movie (1993) 0:30 (USA)
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AT&T – You Will/Door (1993) 0:30 (USA)
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---- note!
Via boingboing: Wired News Editor Kourosh Karimkhany says, "BTW, the first site to run that ad (actually, to inspire AT&T to create those ads) was Hotwired. As it happens, today the ol' timers are getting together for the 10th anniversary of Hotwired."
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