Performancing launches ad creation tool – who will use it?
Apparently there are people using Performancing that need tools to make an ad to run in the Partners-network (125×125 pixel buttons), that’€™s according to Chris Garrett’€™s post. So Performancing launches Easy Ads, an online tool that makes image ads with a hover effect and all.
Sounds good? Well, it isn’€™t. Don’€™t get me wrong, it works and all, but making an ad consisting of border, background and text color, one font, one positioning and, err, that’€™s it. It looks like shit.
I played around a bit, of course, and made this ad for Bloggertalks:
Impressed? Neither am I. Easy Ads might be better in the future, but at the moment you’€™re better off downloading The Gimp, Paint.NET or any other free image software. I can assure you that it’€™s just as simple to make a lousy ad there, as it is in this lame excuse of a tool.
Thord Daniel Hedengren is a designer, writer, and blogger, and also the former editor of The Blog Herald. He used to be a hotshot in the gaming industry in Sweden, but sold everything and went International. Most recently he wrote a book called Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog, and does loads of kickass design.
lol. You’re right on target. The ads are pretty lame. If someone would come up with a halfway decent ad creation tool that includes text and maybe some graphics, it would be a massive hit!
I second the notion — it looks teh lame. ;)