As I read through this article on the NY Times today, coincidently about online advertising, my eyes wandered to the Google Adsense module. Now mind you, the article is about ad networks.
You know, I can look the other way on the praying upon the weight challenged people ad. After all, that’s a significant percentage of all Americans so hey, odds are it’ll work. Venture capital? Well, sure. There’s no question the Financial community reads the NYT.
What really irks me is the text ad for a Russian news site which headline reads. “Iraq chaos: 130 dead”. Love the second line, “…Watch Video!” No evidence of any such story on the site and quite revolting marketing (call to action). What’s next? “Come watch the carnage in Darfur via our live streaming video!”
Way to go on that Adsense moderation algorithm Google! Jeez.
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