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Saturday, August 22, 2009

I’m referring, of course, to the hypnotic, gyrating, seizure-inducing Flash ads like this one:

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Screen shot of an ad from LowerMyBills.com

During the credit bubble, these ads were everywhere. Fan sites and blogs sprang up in devotion (or annoyance). Then as the credit markets began to freeze up, Experian/LowerMyBills began cutting its advertising.

Up until today, I hadn’t seen these once-ubiquitous ads in about a year. But I just had a sighting on Calculated Risk, which ran a happy-lender-dance banner ad reading, “Obama Backs Insurance Regulation.” Still, it may be too soon to know whether the ads — like the economy and credit markets they’re intertwined with — are truly staging a comeback.
Posted by Jay at 9:50 AM

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