These cryptic words, presented in a 468-by-60-pixel image, appeared 30 years ago in the online edition of Wired magazine. This first banner ad invited users to “click” in an era when advertising was ...

“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Will Braithwaite, marketing manager at Jun ...

Monique Danao is a highly experienced journalist, editor, and copywriter with an extensive background in B2B SaaS technology. Her work has been published in Forbes Advisor, Decential, Canva, 99Designs ...

On October 27, 1994, I watched history unfold as the first-ever digital banner ads ran on HotWired.com. Roughly a dozen ads went live that day, catapulting the world of advertising into a new era. As ...

Crack open a bottle of Zima -- one of 14 brands that simultaneously served the first banner ad on Wired.com (then Hotwired) on Oct. 27, 1994 -- and celebrate digital advertising’s silver anniversary.