MetaTalk posts tagged with advertising

FREE ENERGY!

jsonic — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:42:52 -0800

The ▼●B≠0 thread is generating a timecube-esque Google-ad that is selling a Perpetual Motion Machine. I'm guessing Metafilter would rather not be involved in violating the first law of thermodynamics. Log out, disable adblock temporarily, and bask in the glory of free energy generation.

So whats with PageFlakes?

wheelieman — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 06:54:56 -0800

What's with the PageFlakes ads? I dont really care if they are there, I just posted this so some other people can vent if needed.

Cthulhu Blue

adamgreenfield — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:26:42 -0800

I smell a shitty viral campaign!

Metafilter + bacon = delicious/WTF?

Pastabagel — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:57:44 -0800

Sorry if this has been addressed before, but I am logged in and see ads from fmpub.net on the front page. The ad presently displayed invites me to "chew the fat at serious eats". It's the same ad after multiple refreshes also. While I am a fan of bacon, I don't normally see ads when I'm logged in. This is all the more curious given that I'm using adblock plus and don't usually see ads on any site. Is this a temporary thing, or is bacon now an integral part of the site?

Profile URLs

felix betachat — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 00:35:01 -0800

I know the issue of commercial urls in user profiles has been discussed and neither Matt nor Jess give a damn. But really, this is too much.

MeFi Advertising

JPowers — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 19:04:16 -0800

Would a MeFi-The Deck marriage be a nice fit?

A Google news alert has clued me into Federated Media.

tellurian — Thu, 04 May 2006 16:38:07 -0800

A Google news alert has clued me into Federated Media. No criticism. I wasn't aware of this and working on the fringes of advertising I found it interesting and thought others might too.

Ads on user profiles

mrgrimm — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 16:00:22 -0800

Has anyone ever been propositioned to put ads on their Mefi profile page? I was shocked. Well, not really. (mi)

What happened to the web ads?

warbaby — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 08:11:46 -0800

What happended to the web ads?

Jewelboxing ad

mwhybark — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 12:00:39 -0800

I heart the Jewelboxing flash ad in the Blue sidebar! I have wasted many happy seconds mousing over the case to watch in infantile fascination! ...open the case... close the case! ...open the case... close the case!

a way to replace the SG revenue

stupidsexyFlanders — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 12:22:27 -0800

Matt's clearly not being compensated adequately for the time and $$ he spends on this place, and the avenues open to him are apparently distasteful to many of us. As fun as it is to complain about SG, it might be even more fun coming up with a way to replace the SG revenue ourselves. -->

Suicide Girls TextAds

mathowie — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 00:27:12 -0800

So yeah, suicide girls. After some teeth gnashing, and asking all my female friends about taking on suicide girls image ads on mefi, I decided to take them (they seem tasteful to me -- I dropped the ones showing too much skin) with the caveat that a simple click and anyone could hide them forever. Here's what I said when I took their first textad long ago and the same applies here. They are as racy as I will go, and this won't start a slippery slope as they're the exception to the rule.

37signals blue

kirkaracha — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 06:51:55 -0800

I'm a fan of 37signals, but I don't think we need to do their advertising for them. [more inside]

Where's the line on product-related content?

cosmonik — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:06:40 -0800

MetaShillter: there's never been a deficit of accusations regarding the use of MeFi to push product. Many legitimate Best o' the Web posts contain product-related content. While it's clearly contra-Matt if you profit from a post, where's the fine line?

does this look more like an advertisement than a genuine post?

frykitty — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 13:48:31 -0800

Am I seeing what's not there, or does this look more like an advertisement than a genuine post?

Advertising policy and spammers

robcorr — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 00:46:27 -0800

I have a question about Metafilter's Textad policy. In general, I find the ads relevant and useful --- I'm far more likely to click through here than on other sites.

However, I noticed today that there's an ad running that asks people to "Play Texas Hold'em", posted by checknraise. Those of you who run Movable Type or Wordpress blogs might have noticed a recent wave of comment spam advertising "Texas Hold'em".

If I had ads on my blog, I wouldn't accept them from people who are also spammers. Does Metafilter have a policy on this type of thing, and is there any way to dump the "Texas Hold'em" ads?

Ads on MetaFilter.

reklaw — Tue, 01 Jun 2004 17:53:59 -0800

A thousand dollars? Are you serious?

Bad Impressions

y6y6y6 — Wed, 08 Oct 2003 14:52:34 -0800

Text Ads. Broken? Or just worthless? [more inside]

Why the title change?

111 — Wed, 23 Jul 2003 10:27:26 -0800

Matt, don't you like Jello Biafra? Because the original title of the ADL thread was actually an excerpt from a famous anti-Nazi DK song, as noticed by talos.
BTW, since we're here, let me ask again: is it wise to run the tinyninjas ad even though they sell Iron Cross apparel?

Advertising posts

cadastral — Sat, 25 Jan 2003 15:55:05 -0800

Let's recommit ourselves to keeping advertising
separate from content.

Questionable use of Ellen Feiss' likeness in this ad

machaus — Sun, 01 Sep 2002 11:30:19 -0800

While the fad still exists, does anyone else have an issue with the textad for the Ellen Feiss parody? (scroll to nearly the end of the page) I'm not crazy about promoting profit from the theft of someone's likeness without their permission, but then again, this isn't my site. Should the bylaws of the textads merely weed out offensive material, or should they extend to intellectual property issues as well? While they may be two different things, a recent story on NPR highlighted that cafepress is deleting "Ellen Feiss" related stores as fast as they are created.

Any update on the No Talent Ass Clown idea?

Su — Fri, 08 Mar 2002 13:58:51 -0800

Spotted T3's "Give my ass a job" textad today(find it yourself), and it reminded me of something. Matt: Any news on the notalentassclown idea?
This has been your daily trainspotting moment.

Ad Farm is a text advertising network that has recently sprung up

owillis — Tue, 01 Jan 2002 22:23:16 -0800

Ad Farm is a text advertising network that has recently sprung up. It remains to be seen whether they're repeating the same old mistakes, making brand new ones or doing something cool.

Micro advertising

owillis — Fri, 26 Oct 2001 00:44:25 -0800

Micro Advertising - a way to make niche internet publishing profitable?: "It's all about targeted micro buys of advertising space - the old principle of getting the right message in front of the right group of people. Buying 10,000 impressions of your message in front of a very targeted audience for a low fee. " Thomas has created a Yahoo group to hash out the issues further, if anyone's interested.

You got a problem with Text Ads?

toddshot — Mon, 22 Oct 2001 00:06:38 -0800

TextAds. As Matt promised, unobtrusive and inoffensive. I certainly don't have a problem with these. What does everyone else think?