September 6th, 2007
Anthony
Lately, I’ve been seeing a lot of spam along the lines of:
Subject: man, who filmed this thing?
If your dad sees this video you made, he is going to kill you. Go look at it: http://www.youtube.com/……
Then the youtube link goes off to a IP-based website, no doubt to install some spyware or something. I certainly didn’t click it.
Can you imagine how many kids will see this email, think “Oh shit, who had a camera at that last party…” and click the link?
May 28th, 2007
Anthony
WebProNews mentioned today that Google signed an agreement with Clear Channel, which is the “largest radio station group owner in the U.S.” [more info] This has been mentioned before, but I haven’t really payed a lot of attention to it.
I’ve been of the mind that Google Ads have mostly been effective because they’re so transparent and streamlined with search results. When I initially heard about Audio Ads, I figured there’d be little “Play Now” buttons in the SERPs instead of textual advertising. I tuned the subject out of that, as I wasn’t interested. Ooops.
The ability to push radio ads is actually really good. Usually this can be very expensive. With Google having reserved a “portion of guaranteed, premium 30-second advertising inventory on 675 Clear Channel AM and FM stations”, I imagine they’ll be very cost-effective. Read the rest of this entry »