How Matching Ad Design to Context Improved Conversion by 127%

Content advertising has become a staple of online paid advertising. In fact, presuming Google AdSense is reflective of the marketplace, of the more than $6.7B spent on search-related online advertising in 2006 according to March, 2007 IAB figures, about 37% or $2.5B will go to content ads. Does whether a content ad or offer link stands out from or blends into the host site's native content make a difference in its performance? New Marketing Experiments research suggests that the answer is...