Entries Tagged 'Advertising' ↓

in his blog, Micro Persuasion: Character Blogs are a Complete Waste of Time. Waste of time, sure, but, even more, a waste of an opportunity.

Most Hated Advertising Techniques. What’s your least favourite advertising technique? For me it has to be auto-playing any sound whatsoever when I visit a site.

founder of Gawker Media, announces Contract Publications, aka special advertising sections or supplements. I think this is a great use for weblogs, and in other areas of the web it has been done for years without much controversy.

Google has clarified its policies surrounding GMail. Matthew Haughey sums the whole situation up very well: “it boggles my mind that they even have to go to such great lengths to explain how their subtle ads aren’t the new red menace.”

a state senator in California is attempting to block Google’s Gmail service via legislation. She objects to the targetting of advertising based on the content of email. This is one of the most ill-informed and ridiculous things I’ve heard of from a lawmaker.