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Wow, that's pretty.

I like this sort of advertisement. It's just a useful thing that people using PayPal will discover at some point and start playing around with. Naturally, they'll realize that they should get themselves a merchant account and... hey whaddayaknow, that link up at the top takes me to a place where I can get one.

I think the earliest and most successful implementation of this idea was that "What's your political affiliation" test from the 90's that framed all the questions so that you'd end up discovering that you were a Libertarian. Who knew? Better follow this link that tells me who I should be voting for...



Exactly, I love this type of advertising. It's useful, pretty, non-intrusive and works well. It's the same way Mint advertises by having large infographics. They're pretty to look at and advertise Mint at the same time.




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