GGP Post Inspiration for The Lab Rat
I wrote an article last week referring to the Lab Rat’s choice of advertisements on his blog. Which I might add; try as I might I can not replicate… However I digress. The post that I wrote provided some inspiration for Keith to write a post about ads on blogs and the services supplied by providers.
In reality, we make bugger all (read zip) from our work both here and I dare say on Keith’s blog. We may include some advertising and sponsorship that may cover hosting or part there of for our blogs or a bit of pocket money to buy the next oil babes wrestling video. But reality is that we are not becoming millionaires. But what we do; we enjoy, a lot. We have to otherwise we would not do it.
Our reputation therefore is very important, we don’t have much else. These companies can damage that good reputation. I agree with Keith that if they were to make these contextual “errors” on a regular basis then our reps could get a little tarnished. We don’t want the ads that people associate with sleazy porn sites on ours. Period.
Keith brings up an interesting point about contextual advertising and the impact either negative or positive for our sites. In this instance, while I made the post for a laugh I certainly hope that it did not damage his reputation. I know that Keith knows it was in good faith and humor.
To illustrate the point of just how bizarre contextual advertising and potentially damaging it can be I have included one of my own experiences here. This ad showed up in my Gmail (which I hardly ever use because I utilize their POP service). I would like to add that none of my emails had any references to the ad in question. I snapped this ages ago thinking that I could use it one day:
So how say you? You had any bad advertising experiences, or maybe some tips for how you can do advertising better?
Dave
February 18th, 2008 at 11:14 am
I block most advertisements because 99.897% of the time I have no interest in whatever is being advertised. And the rest of the time, I wouldn’t be looking for those sorts of services from a random Google search.
Yet somehow Facebook manages to slip in “Looking for women over 35 in your area?” adverts into my news feed, which is annoying as hell… Especially when the advert comes with a photo of a scantily clad 20-something who is obviously (a) not interested in 35+ men, and (b) probably just a model.
The rest of the time, I pretty much just ignore the ads…
February 18th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Im with Herne, I block most adds and flash items.
I must admit i have never clicked onto adds, if i want something, ill look for it at my normal places. Howeever, I have watched others that buy based on adds, so obviously they work.
@ Herne, your wrong. A 20 something would be into you, even when 35+, provided you have the $$. Just ask one ex beatle.
February 18th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Edit**** I can’t spell.
February 18th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
If I had Sir Paul’s money, I’d know a helluva lot better… Besides, with that kinda money, you could rent ‘em by the dozen!
February 18th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
hmm.. a funnel ey … Aussies are very very strange people. Dave Stop licking toads .
February 21st, 2008 at 3:25 am
I’ll explain the funnel thing for Knightwise.
See, sometimes when women are traveling or camping it is difficult for them to for an appropriate rest stop. If you buy one of these funnels–sometimes they come in a waxed paper variety or a plastic variety with a pouch for easy transport–then you can “go” standing up as a man would.
How do I know these things? I used to do wilderness camping with womens…