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NY Times goes on Russian diet, to be funded by Iraqi venture capital.

25Apr08

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 [...]


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I read therefore I can dunk, run a 4.7 40 and have a 370 batting average.

24Apr08

Today’s gem comes to us courtesy of Yahoo! There’s nothing like curling up with a great audio book (huh?) like “The Call of The Wild” and having dreams of becoming an NCAA athlete. I’m sure that’s what Jack London had in mind when he penned this classic.
This was almost too easy. Every ad [...]


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Hillary Clinton needs teeth whitening and has bad credit?

23Apr08

Here’s a great example of non contextual text advertisements. The snappy copy was delivered by quigo, using their AdSonar network and displayed on Fox News.
The article is titled, “Clinton Claims ‘Tide is Turning’ After After Defeating Obama in Pennsylvania”
Poor Hillary, just when she’s getting ready to party in Pennsylvania, this is thrown in her [...]


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