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Tailgate is helping the banner ad make a fresh new comeback

Tailgate is helping the banner ad make a fresh new comebackWe have learned to pay little attention to those banner ads that loom at the top and sides of websites everywhere. But brewing deep in London, England a team of eCommerce junkies are making the giant leap to revive them, giving them the street cred they lost many moons ago.

Tailgate has developed an intriguing way to spice up those traditional banner ads that for some were a no-click zone. Their new system incorporates the ability to buy directly from the ads, without clicking away to another website. Do your transaction, credit card details and all, while continuing to browse on the site you are on. Check out a sample and see for yourself.

What are your thoughts; will this revolutionize the banner ad yet again? Would you feel comfortable purchasing directly from an ad? It's a nice fresh look at the banner ad, however, personally I like to check out the online companies I deal with, and do a little background checking of my own before purchasing.

[via techcrunch]

Filed under: Internet, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Windows Mobile, Symbian, Palm, Web services, Social Software

Flickr Profile Widget banner generator

Flickr Profile Widget banner generator
Here is yet another Flickr toy to add to your arsenal, hailing from flagrantdisregard.com's extensive Flickr Toys section: the Flickr Profile Widget banner generator. You have a nice array of options to specify, such as which of your photos to show (most recent, most interesting, random recent, random interesting), and you can chose whether to show the photo count I have pictured here. As expected, you can also specify the background's color, as well as the username text color. It all comes together to generate a slick banner image that measures 500 x 100 (I had to downsize mine per Download Squad formatting specifications), complete with just a touch of drop shadow. Nice.

[via electicism]

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The World's Hardest Game 2.0 - Time Waster

So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do. Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game. The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...

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