Tag: advertising
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Ad Infinitum
An excellent article by Matthias Ott describes Google's promised AI-first search experience, which dispenses with search results entirely and just uses an LLM (plus sponsored content seamlessly woven in), keeping you entirely within the search giant's ecosystem and minimising how much they cite their sources. As you might imagine, I have some Opinions too.
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Who Is the Winking Chef?
Scott Wiener - who is even more pizza-obsessed than me - noticed the 'winking chef' image that's common on pizza boxes. Then he traced its origin, and wrote a blog post to share the story of the artwork. Delightful.
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Somebody's doing a kickass job with these adverts on the Tube.
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Photo of a parody advertisement on a London Underground train, showing Elon Musk doing a Nazi salute. The fake ad is for 'Elon's Musk', 'parfum de 1939'.
Found via https://bsky.app/profile/strictlychristo.bsky.social/post/3ljobtnidrk2s; there are other examples in that thread.
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How to Monetize a Blog
Tyler's written about How To Monetize A Blog, and it's excellent reading for anybody w̵͓͒h̶̤̉o̵̩͘ ̸̮̀h̷̗̓a̴̫͆s̶̢̓ ̷͔̏ȩ̴͛v̷͍̐ĕ̵̟r̷̤̈́ ̷͖̎c̴̟̓o̵͉̚ñ̴̮s̸͈̊i̴̞͆d̵̳̀ẹ̸̀r̷͉̃e̷̫͛d̶̘̈́ t̷̖͇̭̭̠͙̭̙̓̇̾̒̂͝ḩ̴̨̱͙͇͉̫̘̻̎̔į̴̛̲̪̜͈̜̻͉͖̲̰̥̘̩͕͒̈͑͂̔̆̆̍̊̕͜r̵̼͇̲͎̰̓̅͂͛̅͗͜d̷̞̃̀͊͜͝-̴̛̖̱̬̣͍͙̠̰̽̂͌̈̉̆͊̈́͘͝p̷̲̅̀̑̈́̕͝a̵̢̙͉̱͈̬͈̝̲̪͈͉̺̣̤̎̓͑͊͂͝r̸̹̳͇̦̫̿̽̈́̑͗̀͒̎̚͘͝t̵̢̖͈̺̺̻̳͔̹̩̀̐̀̿͛͛͒͂̂̌͝y̶̨̹̗̹̐͗̍͊̐̏̏̾͂̀͆͋̇̀͊ ̷̡̺̩̫̣̦̤̹͓̺̬̑͜ã̵̺͔̬̟̭̻͉̺̘̖͉̜̹̳͎̲̌͋̂͆͋̄͝d̸̢̨̢̳̗̭͍̞̣̗̯̖͚͇͔͊̉͒̓͂s̸̡̨̛̰̘̠̘̣̦̘̼͇̫͔̹͇͛̾͊͘͝͝ ̴̥̗͙̣̈́̐́̐͛̓͗͛̈́͋̇̊̐̕͘a̴̲̼͎͍̮̪͑̂̀̇̿̿͛͝ ̸̨̘̼̤̭̱̩̱̞͋̿̓̕͘g̷͉͇̰̰̰̰̻͖̫̠̹͖̅ơ̴̻̩̹̹͂̂́̇̈́̏͒́́̃̓͗͝͝͝͠ó̷̤̝͔̞͙̽̍̌͐́̈͘͠ͅd̵̼̂̀̃͒͂͐̏͌̅̈̈̒̈́ ̵̡̢͎̬̠̭̪̭̪̼̭̠̰͍̠̜̓̈́̓̀͑̍͒̏̌͂̀͂̀i̴̡̜͕͇͖̤̬̜̼̹̟͇̤̞̝̪͐́͑̋͠d̷̟̬͛͛̉̀̇̐͊̈͒͒̈́̅̽͝ę̸̛̛̹̦͇̰̱͚̮͎̟̞͇̙͖̎̐̂̌̅͊͑̐͛̈́͝ȁ̷̠̳͙̊̈̌͋͂̎́̌̌̐͝.̷͖͓͉̠͍̝̭̘́̋̈͛͒̔̂͝͝ͅ.
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Do you think the 80s/90s advertisement campaign for Sarson's vinegar - "Don't say vinegar, say Sarson's" - ever worked?
Like: have you ever heard anybody ask you to "pass the Sarson's"?
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Axe Feather 2021
Dan recreates a 16-year old Flash-based interactive ad using modern web technologies.
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Banners Begone!
Dan shares a progressive web-based clicker game he played recently.
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Pay Up, Or We'll Make Google Ban Your Ads
Brian Krebs writes about a new trend of Web extortion, based on threatening to get a victim's website's ads demonetised by pretending to be the victim and attempting to exploit them.
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30 Years in the making | The All-New Renault CLIO
If Renault had wanted Dan to buy a Clio instead of the new Zoe, they should have shown him THIS ad. All the feels!
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Stellar Rescue
The survivors of the mining ship Red Dwarf sell out to take part in an advertisement for the AA. Which is awesome.
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"Stop Thinking About Consent: It Isn’t Possible and It Isn’t Right"
For a philosopher, Helen Nissenbaum is a surprisingly active participant in shaping how we collect, use, and protect personal data. Nissenbaum, who earned her PhD from Stanford, is a professor of information science at Cornell Tech, New York City, where she focuses on the intersection of politics, ethics, and values in technology and digital media …
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The thing about ad-blocker popups
I’ve been, in the past, a firm distruster of ad blocking software. I still am, to a large extent. I don’t trust any company whose finance model is based on inserting exceptions for advertisers they like. But I installed Ghostery, whose model is to use the stats of what gets blocked to offer consultancy to …
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Child Abuse Ad Uses Lenticular Printing to Help Children While Remaining Invisible to Adults
Child Abuse Ad Uses Lenticular Printing to Help Children While Remaining Invisible to Adults (Laughing Squid) The ANAR Foundation and Grey Group Spain have created a unique advertising campaign that only kids can see. The ad campaign uses lenticular printing to show individuals below a certain height — children, in this case — a certain …
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I thought that I was already playing in HD, but now they want to sell me this add-on pack to give me HD vision. What gives?
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Signs Seen in Service Stations
After a few motorway service station visits, Dan wonders how to drink alcohol in a parallel dimension, and whether its okay for Costa to make light of addictions.