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The following banner, found on a MySpace page, is a perfect example of how NOT to advertise online.

Why? Well, firstly because it’s pretty annoying, and secondly, it never stops eating all my CPU’s resources.

I’m going to insert the more attribute before the banner since I don’t want it on the main page. Click “Read the rest of this entry” on your own risk.

Ta-daa:

Note that the banner’s original size was 728×90, but I’ve resized it to fit the blog’s theme.

Here are some printscreens of my processor struggling:

I work with a Pentium 4 2.40 GHz processor. It’s not the latest generation. It’s not dual core, nor quad core. But let’s face it: not all your customers dispose of the latest technology. So the safe thing to do is to assume that not all computers in the world are very powerful and design your banner ads accordingly. Follow the IAB’s standards and you’ll be fine.

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