peel-back ad

Definition

A rich media format where a page corner appears to curl, revealing an ad when users hover over it. Peak 2000s internet design that somehow still exists like a digital cockroach.

Example Usage

The client insists on a peel-back ad despite CTRs below 0.01% and universal user hatred documented by every UX study ever conducted.

Origin

Emerged in early 2000s rich media advertising, inspired by physical magazine page-flaps

Fun Fact

Peel-back ads are specifically listed in multiple ad-blocking software as user-hostile formats worth blocking by default.

Source: Display advertising and rich media terminology

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