It&'s the most wonderful time of the year! Yes, Christmas has come early again this season with the launch of Jimmy Wales&' annual appeal for Wikimedia Foundation donations. Wales&' ubiquitous banner ad is now in its seventh year and the company is shooting for $16 million dollars to keep their impressive collaborative encyclopedia afloat ad free.

And while Wikipedia tested out different banners for the 2010 launch, none came close to the effectiveness (a 3% click through rate!) of the unintentionally hilarious image of Wikipedia founder Wales gazing at you intently.a4s‚ The image is so beloved that someone actually created a Google Chrome extension that allows you to take the Wales banner with you wherever you go online. And so we did.

You can download the extension here.

Thanks: Zorgloob