1.   A banner ad for NewsPage, a personalized Internet news service, appeared on part of the screen.

2.   Banner ads are becoming more sophisticated.

3.   Part of the screen was taken up by a banner ad for TotalNews sponsor NewsPage, a personalized Internet news service.

4.   That banner ad obscured an ad on the Time site for PointCast, which competes with NewsPage.

5.   Although some studies have shown that static banner ads can increase brand awareness, the stigma remains.

6.   Also, NetRatings has a head start in measuring the effectiveness of specific banner ads, something Media Metrix has not started doing, he noted.

7.   An Internet-based poster shop in Boston agreed to sponsor the site, and for the first time Brooks began earning a small income from banner ads.

8.   And recently he began running paid banner ads on the sites.

9.   And when I called up a Web page that included a banner ad, half to two-thirds of the screen was filled with blinking, animated commercials.

10.   AOL users see the interactive banner ads when they log on.