Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Trick Banners

TRICK BANNERS

Banner Ads are NO new to people of them being a web savvy or a normal internet user. They are the Ads generally displayed on the top of a web page or on the either sides of a webpage, depending on the requirement and on the type of the Ad.

Trick Banners
They sound a bit different, but yes they are definitely tricky. These Trick Banners are so smart and are generally presented by disguising the fact that they are actually Ads or advertisements. They perfectly overcome the banner blindness and trick the users to click and come to their websit, usually by imitating as an operating system or software error/action message. The aim main aim behind such Trick banners is to increase CTR (Click-Through-Rate). Trick Banners are also sometimes called as Trick-through


Examples of Trick Banners




Effects of Trick Banners

They might get more number of first time users to their site but are prone to loose User Loyalty. As the user clicks considering it as a system error and gets redirected to a new website, he tries to click BACK button. This might make him feel that the website has tricked them for hits and this might develop a kind of ill-will. So webmasters should beware of such Ads and should develop a user-friendly website which can gan more organic traffic.



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