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Background Wrap Ad on Digg

Advertising Lab  Nov 07 09

Oh, wow. So much for the subtlety of the new ad format -- just bumped into a background wrap on Digg promoting a video game. ---------------- I'm reading The Advertising Research Handbook. Full story...

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Get a Free iPad (or Nine) Here

Advertising Lab  less than a day ago

There's no point in this post other than general amusement, but I saw my first "testers wanted" banner ad today and got inspired to gather screenshots of nine different sites promising a free - FREE! - iPad after you buy a bunch of other stuff.

Jerzify Your Avatarized Self

Advertising Lab  4 days ago

Too meta. See what your Na'vi Avatar would look like as a cast member of Jersey Shore at Jerzify Yourself.

Get Cheap Tickets For Oceanic 815

Advertising Lab  Jan 28 10

Awesome! Price-comparison engine Kayak "shows" tickets for the Sydney-LAX Oceanic 815 flight prior to the premier of Lost's sixth and last season.

Loose Lips Sink iPad Deals?

Advertising Lab  Jan 28 10

So how come McGraw-Hill's logo wasn't up on that Keynote slide of publishing partners that had cut distribution deals with Apple for the iBooks ebook store? Because of this interview by the publisher' CEO?  As an LA Times' blog put it, "Terry McGraw shouldn't be surprised if he wakes up tomorrow with a horse's head in his bed.

Telling A Story With Fantasy Interfaces

Advertising Lab  Jan 26 10

Here's a recent quick interview on NPR with Mark Coleran, the designer behind FUI (fictional user interfaces) that have appeared in many well-known movies: "What [a movie character] sees on that monitor looks nothing like what you have on your home computer.

Checkmarks vs. Crosses

Advertising Lab  Jan 25 10

Seen on a price comparison page of a web design outfit -- why not use green checkmarks instead of red Xs? Xs here are supposed to mean that the feature is available, right? ---------------- I'm reading The Advertising Research Handbook.

Avatarize Yourself Until You Are Blue In the Face

Advertising Lab  Jan 21 10

Na'vi editor of Pandora's AdLab I was about to say that this new tie-in from McDonald's will cheer up all those people who got depressed "because they long to enjoy the beauty of the alien world Pandora," but after uploading my own mug shot I'm not so sure.

Video of Moscow's Billboard Porn Hack [NSFW]

Advertising Lab  Jan 21 10

Pics or it didn't happen. By now, you have probably seen the AP story from Moscow about how a billboard on a highway near Kremlin was hacked to show porn.

How Many People Print Out Articles?

Advertising Lab  Jan 21 10

A rare and useful data point: "For a typical news site, about 0.5% of all visitors print out news reports.

Coin-Op Newspapers: Popular Content Should Cost More

Advertising Lab  Jan 21 10

Here's a thought regarding the New York Times' upcoming metered model:  instead of taxing its most loyal readers, the newspaper might consider charging more for the articles that are in high demand by everyone.



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