re. Has anyone ever bought anything on the strength of a web advert?
Unfortunately, while I don't have solid proof (figures), the statistics go against your personal experience (and mine). And I very much doubt the marketing / ad business would be able to lie about those figures on such a massive, world scale to fool those that pay dearly to have their products / services adertised year, after year after year. Sadly, marketing, adverts, do work. Even more sad that they do work, apparently on those that believe the ads don't work on them.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
