12/19/2007

ASCII Art + Search

mietwagen.jpg

German car rental company Sixt found a way to turn Google paid search results into a rudimentary- but highly effective- form of banner placement.  They used the three lines of text to create ASCII art, in this case of their rental cars (mietwagen). The case study is here:

http://www.bannerblog.com.au/2007/12/sixt_ascii_text_ads.php

If you go to Google.de the campaign is no longer active, so it appears Google has already banned future uses.  Thanks to Jacob Ford.

Misha Cornes

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Oops. Fixed. Thanks for the heads-up.

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