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Adsense: Flooded by Weight-Loss Ads

December 11th, 2009 Jobe Roberts No comments
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Update: *editorial corrections marked in brackets [as such]. It has been decided by the SensoryMetrics marketing advisory sub-committee (SMMASC) that Google Adsense will be turned off on this site.  Um, that is, turned off and deactivated, (just as soon as we figure out how to close our account). I know, so many of you will miss our ...

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Fake Ads: Best to keep some Windows (7) closed

October 22nd, 2009 Mitch Brisebois No comments
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In honour of the Windows 7 launch "non-event" today, we bring you this quirky ad from Symantec (the PC world's guardian angel.) Despite its intended message, the bad photoshopping makes it kind of amusing. That poor girl seems to have a cramped zombie hand - someone should buy her a mouse! There's also some ...

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Little Pink Watches

March 29th, 2009 Jobe Roberts No comments

Watching robotic machines do work is magical, fascinating, and a little creepy.  The idea of a pizza vending machine seems sad and depressing.  Even though someone has to maintain and fix these machines when they break, there's something wonderfully menacing and disquieting about the way they move.  The continuously running assembly line and all the ...

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My Virtual Summer Vacation…

August 13th, 2007 Baxter 1 comment
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In case you haven't been on the web for the past couple of months, you've missed a whole lot and you'll never catch up to the rest of us so just give up. For one, YouTube is no longer the only choice for watching video. In fact, on our last count there were ...

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Google ads that degrade the Facebook UX

August 10th, 2007 Jobe Roberts No comments
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Facebook has been doing its best to fight off spam. In particular, they've been keeping a close eye on their API developers. I'm quite happy to hear this. Way to go Facebook! Unfortunately, they have not been so diligent with regards to the Google ads that they have on their site. ...

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TigerDirect.ca beats Amazon to YouTube Ads

April 18th, 2007 Jobe Roberts 1 comment
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Well, it was rumoured here not very long ago by Baxter that Amazon was in the process of linking in YouTube commercials for their products. Noticed this week, TigerDirect.ca now have YouTube video commercials for some of their products such as this Pentax Camera. It's a wonderful idea since they drive traffic to their site ...

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Rumour: YouTube to host video ads for Amazon Products

April 8th, 2007 Baxter 2 comments
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Rumour has it that text reviews are simply not enough any more for Amazon. "You just cannot convey in text what you can with video." So YouTube will be hosting advertisements for Amazon products. The rumour also states that there are now over one hundred products on Amazon with video clips on their pages. Manufacturers ...

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