The impact of content and design elements on banner advertising click-through rates

This study investigates the impact of content and design elements on the click-through rates of banner advertisements using data from 8,725 real banner advertisements.

The Impact Of Content And Design Elements On Banner Advertising Click-Through Rates

Ritu Lothia and Naveen Donthu Georgia State UniversityEdmund K. Hershberger University at Edwardsville

In 1994, the now ubiquitous banner advertise­ment was first introduced. In the eight years since, the internet advertising industry has exploded. According to the Interactive Advertising Bureau (TAB: www.iab.net), internet advertising in 2001 was approximately a $7.2 billion industry in the United States alone. About 35 percent of that was accounted for by banner...

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