- Yahoo Ads Shoot Self in Foot
- Posted by Roy Schestowitz on March 26th, 2006
By serendipity, I have just stumbled upon a proof that Yahoo just can't get
it right. So, I snatched a sreenshot.
http://www.schestowitz.com/temp/scre...google_ads.jpg
To clarify, Flickr are a Yahoo company. Also, a couple of days ago I read the
following:
http://ideas.4brad.com/node/380
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| Yahoo publisher?s blog ads, which some of you are seeing in the RSS
| feed have been a miserable failure, and will be removed next software
| upgrade. They are poorly targetted and have earned me, literally, not
| even a dollar.
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- Posted by MGW on March 26th, 2006
On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 12:27:36 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
<newsgroups@schestowitz.com> scrawled:
Also, read:
The Yahoos at Yahoo
by Randy Cassingham
http://www.crankycustomer.com/
(I posted this in another thread yesterday, but it's more appropriate
for here.)
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- Posted by Roy Schestowitz on March 26th, 2006
__/ [ MGW ] on Sunday 26 March 2006 15:46 \__
Intersting read, MGW. I might as well add a couple of past stories:
* Google got sued for displaying competitive ads among content that did not
fit the ad (an adversity). For example, search for 'linux', get
microsoft.com on the top; or write a Linux page and have AdSense embed
Windows ads in this page (this can be prevented manually by domain
exclusion).
* For quite a while after Yahoo had acquired Flickr, the site continued to
use AdSense for revenue. This invalidated the value of Yahoo's advertisement
program, on its very own turf.
Based on some inside information, MSN will rely on user spying on his/her
desktop to deliver targetted ads. Much like in Minority Report.
Best wishes,
Roy
- Posted by Toby Inkster on March 26th, 2006
Roy Schestowitz wrote:
MSN will be using three bald freaks in a paddling pool to deliver
targetted ads?
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- Posted by Roy Schestowitz on March 26th, 2006
__/ [ Toby Inkster ] on Sunday 26 March 2006 18:09 \__
classic, that one):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/910000...79_cake150.jpg
Best wishes,
Roy
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- Posted by Toby Inkster on March 26th, 2006
Roy Schestowitz wrote:
Not seen that before, but this one's good:
http://www.ntk.net/ballmer/mirrors.html
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- Posted by Roy Schestowitz on March 27th, 2006
__/ [ Toby Inkster ] on Sunday 26 March 2006 20:41 \__
*LOL* I have already seen enough of that. Enough to the point where it no
longer makes me giggle. That man is *mad*. Mad enough to have a whole
augmented Wikipedia section on his character:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ballmer#Personality
Best wishes,
Roy
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