Pricerunner banners

It seems to blend in too much with the background and I'm not sure what the pic is trying to do. The "pricerunner.com" symbol is nice. It works really well due to its simplicity and basic shapes and imagery. The flags in the bottom right hand corner stand out well and good use of movement and colour is involved. The man with the glasses is a bit matrix-esque which is good I think. The flags give information as to which languages they support. ...

Upon first viewing the "pricerunner" banner I got the impression the subject matter had to do with working out. I don't relate running with shopping.I feel they should associate shopping with pleasure, relaxation and relative to everyone. I am a fitness minded person so I was attracted to what they may be advertising, however someone not of the same mind frame would probably have no interest in clicking this banner, which is unfortunate as it deals with products that everyone would have an interest in. ...

Well here goes for another of my opinions on banners, this time I have decided upon doing one for Pricerunner as it seems to be the one I keep seeing today. I have to say that this banner is so dull to say the least, they certainly wasn't having a very imaginative day when they thought this one up. The banner is a series of rotations if you can call it that and basically apart from a small amount of text changing with very limited information the is not much happening at all. The main colour scheme to this banner is blue but is teamed up with some yucky orange text, which in my opinion is a definite No,No!! To the right you will see a guys ...