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Affiliate links / ads existed in the 90s. I ran a Nintendo fan site and made like $100 a month on my ads which I was ecstatic about.

• teddyh 4y ago
  Note the word “mostly”. The now-normal kind of ads were unusual.
  • chrisco255 4y ago
    They were not unusual. In the 90s and early 00s, websites were littered with banner ads, popups, and toolbar downloads. They may have been unusual in the very earliest days of the web, but it didn't take long for sites to monetize with ads (was normal by late 90s).
    • teddyh 4y ago
      Ads using these buttons or on individual user’s personal web pages were unusual.