Online banner advertising began in the early 1990s as page owners sought additional revenue streams to support their content Commercial online service Prodigy displayed banners at the bottom of the screen to promote Sears product The first clickable web ad was sold by Global Network Navigator in 1993 to a Silicon Valley law firm In 1994 web banner advertising became mainstream when HotWired the online component of Wired Magazine and Time Warner's Pathfinder website sold banner ads to AT&T and other companies The first AT&T ad on HotWired had a 44% click-through rate and instead of directing clickers to AT&T's website the ad linked to an online tour of seven of the world's most acclaimed art museums