Re: ONLINE-ADS>> obligatory ad viewing--good idea or bad?

travagt (travagt_at_commercial-directory.com)
Fri, 14 Feb 1997 01:53:37 -0500 (EST)

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On Thu, 13 Feb 1997, Donna Dolezal Zelzer wrote:
>
> Why not design ads that draw people in, rather than forcing people to look
> at them for a period of time?
>

How about making the "forced" ad a banner on the bottom of the
article/information that the user is looking at, it wont delay the user,
and it wont "get in the way" and I for one would not object, and if I am
interested I will consider clicking on their info-file.

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