Advertising Is Good For You

Today's most eyebrow-raising headline

There it is, right below the "two-way" line.

Click here if you want to read the article at NPR's website.

Jimmy Wales is a douche — and a lot worse — according to Wikipedia

When you search for 'douche' on Wikipedia, this is what you get:

Hats off to Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal for pointing this out on Google+.

Of course, there's no reason one has to stop at 'douche.'

Click here to see another example of unfortunate contextual advertising that is not at all funny.

BMW billboard kicks Audi billboard's ass

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Personally, I think Audi doomed itself as soon as it decided to run a billboard in which its competitor's name is larger than its own.

Via Alicam's Coolinks

Happy Father's Day from Arnold Schwarzenegger

My Father's Day gift to you. Enjoy.

Via Adweek

Regrettable results

Yesterday, I discovered a website that appealed to my warped sense of humor: FMyLife.

It's a crowdsourced site that lists anecdotes contributors submit to exemplify how their life sucks. Visitors to the site can vote "I agree, your life sucks" or "you totally deserved it."

Rather than tragic, the site is strangely uplifting.

Except when the banner ad is such a heartbreaking example of contextual advertising gone awry. (Click image to enlarge.)

Contextual Advertising: not all the epic FAILS are on the Internet

Found at Roger Gastman

Contextual Advertising: burn, patty, burn

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Thank you to Connie McCabe of McCabe and Duval for finding this.

Contextual Advertising: showdown between Carmen Electra and Emma Thompson

Carmen Electra sells a diet next to an article about Emma Thompson's disdain for dieting.

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Found online yesterday at the Daily Mail.

Tragically inappropriate contextual ads

Business Insider has put together a collection of Google contextual ads that illustrate the drawback of the medium.

 CLICK HERE to see Business Insider's complete collection of unfortunate contextual ads.

CLICK HERE to see another troubling example I posted earlier this year.

Contextual advertising is mean to baby squirrels

I was watching a heartwarming video of a mama cat feeding the baby squirrels she had adopted when an ad for "Squirrel Removal Services" popped up.

Next, an ad for "Louisianna Cajun Foods, shipper of meats, seafood, sweets" appeared.

Contextual advertising can be scary.

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If you love animals even when they're not on your plate, you can watch the video HERE.

Maine in June

Source: Dave's Redneck Photos

Unfortunate Contextual Advertising by I. P. Phreeley

Source: shindohd

You may be sick of turkey sooner than you think

CMM News posted this unfortunate juxtaposition of advertising and news from last week's Daily Mail.

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