This website BuzzOffer has a very simple yet interesting banner that grabs the viewer’s attention. I thought the color was used very well because it was consistent with the rest of the website and was also bright and fun to look at. The texts along with the animated images were also used to catch reader’s attention while explaining a little about the benefits of the website. I liked the way some effects were used to introduce characters or objects into the scene. For instance, the money and falling pennies helped to make the messages more visual and promoted different free offers that the website provides.
http://www.bannerblog.com.au/2007/11/apple_sign.php
This is also another eye-catching banner. I thought they used a very creative concept. In this case, Mac was speaking with PC/Vista and asking about the button PC is holding, and PC tried to make all the lights that spell out “Don’t Give Up on Vista” go on but it never worked. On the actual websites this banner was shown, the words were placed on the top of the site’s homepage while the PC and Mac guy were speaking on the lower right corner with no background. I liked this banner ad a lot because it was very different from what a banner usually look like. The design was very simple and straight to the point.
http://contentmanagementsoftwares.net/flash_banner_designing.htm
This banner is not as effective as the previous ones. Although the visual idea was simple and pretty it did not really deliver the content or the message of the ad. The color choice was good, red was very eye catching but somehow I didn’t think the gift box make sense. I thought the banner would work much better if there was an image of a globe or a phone to represent that’s it’s for international calls. The visuals used didn’t connect with the texts.