Arpanet—Commercial Free

When the Internet was first developed in 1967, no one dreamed that Spam would become part of computing vocabulary, much less a low point in the history of Internet advertising.  The only Spam that existed at that point in computer history Internet was the luncheon meat and the stuff the Vikings sang about in that famous Monty Python sketch.  The Arpanet was developed by academics as a way to communicate back and forth, and no one realized what the Internet would turn into.  Few expected computer and Internet history would be about the development of advertising and jobs for millions of people worldwide.

1994:  that Pivotal Year

Computer history Internet took off in 1994 with the development of America Online and CompuServe, which where among the first service providers.  The Internet was a new and amazing device, dubbed “The information superhighway” by then Vice President Al Gore.  The history of Internet advertising took off with search engines, e-commerce, online auctions, and a website for virtually everyone.  Since advertising is the main way of profiting from the Internet, the history of Internet advertising developed alongside the growth of the medium itself.  While the initial banner ads were as humdrum as a dull billboard, Maytag and United Airlines were among the pioneers in banner ads, developing the artwork to make them more pleasing to the eye.  The Maytag repairman was not so lonely anymore, thanks to his role in computer and Internet history.

Spam, Spam, Spam!

With computer history Internet developed Spam, a name taken from the Monty Python sketch to indicate a kind of product which was put on your plate whether you liked it or not.  Any e-mail account would invariably attract Spam, and spamming became, and still is, a big business in the history of Internet advertising.  While a working definition of Spam is still vague, those who obtain information and e-mail addresses are called spammers.  There are plenty of technologies that block Spam, but the spammers also get cleverer.  While early in the days of computer history Internet, no one imagined e-mail addresses would be lucrative; they eventually became a hot commodity.

Google Ads

Google became the biggest developer of ads in the history of Internet advertising, and so far, no one has been able to match Google.  Using certain key words, small ads appear in e-mails and on websites.  These ads, unlike pop ups, are less intrusive and contain information relevant to the browser.  Google is fast leaving its competitors in the dust because of its role in the history of Internet advertising.