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Advertising in Tokyo, Japan, (2005)

An advertisement (or ad for short) is anything that draws good attention towards a product, service or person. Ads appear on television, as well as radio, newspapers, magazines and as billboards in streets and cities. They try to get people to buy their products, by showing them the good rather than bad of their products.

Types of advertisement

Advertising is done in a lot of different ways. For example: Newspaper adverts, Pamphlets, Point of sale displays, TV, Radio ECT

Television advertisements

Television advertisements (commercials, or "advert" in United Kingdom) are advertisements between television shows. They are usually for products, other television shows or movies and are normally around 30 seconds long.

Internet advertisements

Internet advertisements (also known as a "banner ad" or "popup") are advertisements on a website. They are often still images or flash animations.

The owner of the website will get money when a user clicks on the advertisement. Sometimes they will get a percentage of the money if they buy a product.

Radio advertisements

Radio advertisements are audio advertisements that play between music on a radio station. They normally last 15 seconds in length.

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