I noticed that when I went to the Yahoo story on the new IE 5.2.1 download, Nortel Networks has a simple, animated banner ad at the top. As a former Nortel employee, I was moderately intrigued.
1. Is Nortel interested in the Microsoft audience?
2. Is Nortel interested in the Mac audience?
3. Is Nortel thinking that banner ads will garner some attention? (last close on NASDAQ: NT was at $1.65)
4. If you're paying that much for banner space, don't just put your logo there, put up a message. Push your brand when times are good. Push your products when they're not.
Who knows what they're up to, but for the sake of a lot of my friends, I hope they figure it out soon. – andy