We discuss web browser ad-blockers like Safari Adblock here from time to time, and since I use one routinely I enjoy a pretty much ad-free environment … so of course the heat is on to find ways to get around it. Here’s the Huffington Post’s latest attempt … ‘sponsor generated content‘:
Slipped through the Safari adblocker...
Still, without Safari Adblock look how much real estate is sacrificed to ads (Chrome) …
How is a ‘free’ web media service to operate with cheapskates like me eschewing the distraction of interruption marketing?
It’s a conundrum, huh?
– P
One glaring observation about your example… Did everyone even notice that since it was a Sponsor Selected ad… the Huffington Post chose a Hunk of a man with a six-pack that looked somewhat similar to Obama in the same story setting? I don’t think that was an accident… the Huffington Post is selling a Hunky Obama on the Page. Ok… back to your main point… I don’t really mind the sneaky ads… I know just like “regular” TV, it’s either ads that pay or I pay. I would rather let the advertisers pay the bill. I can always say NO… except when Hunks are being thrown at me in the ads!!!
Hmpf! So you think Old Spice guy is designed to remind us of Barack Obama? Now that’s a theory I hadn’t considered.
You can see more of ‘the Hunk’ in this post:
http://www.thepaepae.com/old-and-new-media-romps-in/10495/
He’s phenomenally successful, with million$ invested in marketing…
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