Location Based Advertising is a new form of marketing communication that uses location-tracking technology in mobile networks to target consumers with location-specific advertising on their mobile phones (Unni & Harmon, 2007). Because of the mobility that these devices have nowadays, advertisements can be personalized for specific consumers and sent to them based on their geographical location (Gratton, 2002). Previous research into using LBA for marketing messages are rather scarce and have focused on technological issues, for instance the research by Ververidis and Polyzos (2002) who developed a software prototype and an information system for LBA. Other related research has focused on the success or acceptance of LBA by consumers as compared to traditional media. Heinonen and Strandvik (2003) found that consumers are open to this new form of advertising but their research showed lower responses towards LBA than towards
traditional media. One perspective that has not yet been used often in the research into LBA is the design and amount of
information presented in such advertisements. The mobile advertisements that most of today’s smartphone users know consist of a one-page screen. Almost all of these LBAs are non-interactive and on one page all the information is given about the promoted item. Schrum, Lowrey and Liu (2009) explain that when consumers view a banner ad on a website, they can, depending on the level of interest, either ignore the advertisement completely, notice and view the advertisement without taking any further steps or they can click on the advertisement to access a deeper layer of information.