Animated ads bad, part 23
Steve Outing, critiquing animated ads: "As we observed in Eyetrack when we looked at website banner advertising, the typical amount of time that people spend looking at an ad is usually less than a second -- when it's viewed at all. It varies based on ad content, size, and placement, but even the biggest ads only got a second and a half of viewing time in our study."

Old advertising and New York advertising
Great database of old advertising. Ads are the economy's diary. And speaking of advertising, Time Out New York now has ads on our New York blogs. This is our first metro-specific order. Expect lots more.