61. Not only does it give them control over the marketing messages they receive, it also speeds up Internet performance by eliminating clunky banner ads and graphics. 62. Online shopping and Web surfing feel more and more like a giant conspiracy to reduce people to narrowly pigeonholed targets for banner ads and spam mail. 63. On the other hand, media sites are loath to give up affiliate earnings as a source of revenue, particularly since advertisers are paying less for banner ads. 64. Online banner ads, which command a prominent position on many Web sites, are facts of life in the cyber-marketplace. 65. Rather than the sort of banner ads that sites like Yahoo offer, AOL specializes in joint promotions that are more akin to direct mail programs. 66. Rather than flashing banner ads, he offers glamorous advertising images shot by people like Bruce Weber, which, he hopes, will keep eyes lingering longer. 67. Seiger and Safdar, who clued me in to this site, said they planned to recommend that their political clients buy banner ads linked to this data. 68. Sales of T-shirts and other paraphernalia, along with banner ads, account for much of the revenue. 69. Since there are no joining fees, the only cost is maintaining banner ads and product information on their own sites. 70. So far there are no banner ads on wireless services, but the Web sites are looking for ways to weave advertising in somewhere. |