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Subject: Banner Ads - What grabs you?

Acadia opened this issue on Jan 18, 2006 · 15 posts
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Acadia ( ) posted Wed, 18 January 2006 at 9:23 AM · edited Sun, 16 February 2025 at 6:54 AM

I don't block the banner ads at the top of the forum, and so many times I see a banner that I just have to click. Some examples of what makes me click a banner: 1. Eyes. If I see a banner with drop dead gorgeous eyes, I can't resist clicking the banner. Sometimes I find that the rest of the image doesn't live up to the banner render, but usually if I love the eyes of a character, I'm sold and she goes in my wish list :) While not all, most of my character addons have been purchased becauase of the eyes, or facial features. 2. Colour. I find I'm attracted to a bright mix of colours, or things that lend itself to looking "magical" and "mystical" in nature. A good example of what I refer to as colour, is the banner for Antje's sparkle pdf packages. Colourful and magical in nature. 3. Comedy. I saw a banner last year that said "Need a friend?" or something along that line, and when I clicked the banner I was presented with a package for an alien creature with one eye. I have forgotten the name of him, but he was sure cute. Because of the banner and the way it was presented, I couldn't help fall in love with the ugly little guy, LOL I didn't buy him because I wouldn't have used it, but I sure looked at the image often because it made me smile. So what in a banner will make you click it?

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randym77 ( ) posted Wed, 18 January 2006 at 9:31 AM

Nothing animated, because I block those. Too distracting, so I block animated GIFs and Flash banners on this site.

Generally, I will click on a banner if it's beautiful. Usually hoping to see the whole image.

I will also click on a banner if it shows something I need. A particular type of character, a particular type of texture, etc.

BARTWORX ( ) posted Wed, 18 January 2006 at 9:36 AM

Banner that say "Ton's of free stuf Here" :} I make a lot of banners for different style of site's And for as far as i know there no "Super Banner" that make everybody click it :{ If there was one i would like to make e'm... To me a good banner is like a good looking girl in lingerie... It show you something but it hide's the best parts. Thats what make people click em... Just MHO... Chris

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KateTheShrew ( ) posted Wed, 18 January 2006 at 9:52 AM

Nothing. I don't click on banner ads. I just ignore them since I find them annoying.

Eurion ( ) posted Wed, 18 January 2006 at 10:22 AM

Its hard to tell what makes me click a banner. The overall appearence I guess. Sometimes I see a banner advertising something I would have searched for and have not because sometimes I find the search stuff annoying. However I made some very nice purchases after clicking a banner - and I found lots of stuff I did not buy for several reasons. You never can tell...

Angelouscuitry ( ) posted Wed, 18 January 2006 at 11:03 AM

Animation - Sometimes I just can't believe how much data some people compress into thier banners, given the size restriction. Fancy Borders - I like animations that interact with thier edges, so you can't always tell where the page stops and the banner begins. BTW - How do you block banners?

Khai ( ) posted Wed, 18 January 2006 at 11:08 AM

get Firefox and the addon 'Adblock' lets you block the ad's here with a simple rule : http://www.renderosity.com/photos/BannerAd*.* blocks most of the ad's right off....

randym77 ( ) posted Wed, 18 January 2006 at 12:30 PM

I just block *.gif and *.swf, because I enjoy the static banners, and only want to block the animated ones.

Though at work I block them all, because some of them look like pr0n. Wouldn't want anyone to get the wrong idea. ;-)

Khai ( ) posted Wed, 18 January 2006 at 12:37 PM · edited Wed, 18 January 2006 at 12:42 PM

I block 'em all.. not cos I don't like adds, but because I dislike the sheer amount of space the adverts, forum banner, rendo logo and other crud takes up on the screen... by blocking them I don't have to start scrolling soon as I click a thread... just to see the bloody thread...

edit to add : even with all the ad's, banners etc blocked, the threads STILL start halfway down a 1280x1024 window.... such a load of wasted space...

Message edited on: 01/18/2006 12:42

JHoagland ( ) posted Wed, 18 January 2006 at 1:39 PM

I block them all because when I browse Renderosity at work (during my lunch hour), I don't want a co-worker wandering by and asking why I'm on a site with advertising lingerie. And, yes, I know not every banner is for lingerie, but why take the chance? --John


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dadt ( ) posted Wed, 18 January 2006 at 1:52 PM

Never even look at them.

pakled ( ) posted Wed, 18 January 2006 at 3:13 PM

what banner ads?..;) too many years on the Web, sorry..;)

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onimusha ( ) posted Wed, 18 January 2006 at 3:18 PM

Clothing... if it's clothing...

templargfx ( ) posted Wed, 18 January 2006 at 10:09 PM

Realism, if the image of a character has incredible realism, Ill click it. although I wont buy it 99% of the time, I will look to see if it was postwork on the banner, or good use of lighting. most of all, simple uncluttered banners

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Francemi ( ) posted Thu, 19 January 2006 at 12:11 AM

I never noticed there were banners or ads here before I read this post. lolll I don't block them, I just don't see them.

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