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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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With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet. They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...

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