Re: FN-FORUM: banner magic give away

date posted 1st March 2008 15:07

On 1 Mar 2008, at 12:31, Punters Power wrote:

> here I go again!
>
> www.bannermagic.net is begging to be used by creatives!
>
> I will provide all the hosting and SEO for the site in return for
> 'nothing'
>
> add your banners and creatives all banners must set sizes and you
> can point
> them direct to your own site

"Fake factor Many of the very successful banner ads of late have
incorporated some kind of fake elements in them. There are various
fake element's banner designers can use, such as fake scroll bars,
fake text links, fake selection boxes, fake text boxes, fake submit
buttons to mention just a few. Banners with fake elements perform so
well because people think there clicking on a link to go to another
page on the current site (as in the fake text links) or they think
they are click on a button, but in fact they are actually clicking on
a banner with a picture of a button and text link."

Do you seriously endorse these kind of "fake banners"? Do you really
think it's wise to recommend them and suggest how to make them?
Haven't we seen enough of them? Do you believe people will stay more
than 2 seconds on a site they where tricked into getting into? I
really didn't want to reply to this post to keep the thread short,
but my jaw dropped when I read that paragraph.

I just realized you copied the text from another website I found in
Google. Did you read the tips before posting them on your site? These
"tips" where written in 1999. LOL


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