tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9554091.post115917803246758280..comments2023-10-12T11:32:27.836-04:00Comments on paulconley: Mediaweek blurs the lines between ads, editorialUnknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07278569290198583553noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9554091.post-1159365330271784482006-09-27T09:55:00.000-04:002006-09-27T09:55:00.000-04:00Hi Mark,Thanks for the comment.I have to say I dis...Hi Mark,<BR/>Thanks for the comment.<BR/>I have to say I dislike the Amazon Product Preview links as much as I dislike the IntelliTXT links, and for the very same reason: <BR/>Ads don’t belong in the editorial. <BR/>The truth is that I don’t care how most people do or don’t make money on the Web. Folks are free to try and game Google, send spam, or fill their sites with IntelliTXT links or AmazonUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07278569290198583553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9554091.post-1159341217392855472006-09-27T03:13:00.001-04:002006-09-27T03:13:00.001-04:00Hi Paul. I'd like to hear your and your readers' ...Hi Paul. I'd like to hear your and your readers' thoughts about the value of the Amazon Associates Program's Product Previews vs. IntelliTXT ads.<BR/><BR/>In case you haven't heard of Amazon's Product Previews, here's a description from their Web site. "Product previews are a portal into Amazon.com - directly on your Web site. When users hover over a preview-enhanced link, a small window Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9554091.post-1159293688458239872006-09-26T14:01:00.000-04:002006-09-26T14:01:00.000-04:00Go for it, Paul. A bit of history (if I weren't on...Go for it, Paul. A bit of history (if I weren't on vacation, I'd do some googling for you). This is much like the plan Microsoft tried years ago -- wish I could remember the name -- that got universally slammed. Earlier still, Jay Chiat (after he retired) helped fund a startup that was going to offer "contextual advertising" that was, in some instances, sponsored links. I'm not sure where it Rex Hammockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00667413349249748323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9554091.post-1159196775412462422006-09-25T11:06:00.000-04:002006-09-25T11:06:00.000-04:00Hi folks,Thanks for your comments.This has been a ...Hi folks,<BR/>Thanks for your comments.<BR/>This has been a strange morning. I've added two addendums to the original post. One to say that Mediaweek had pulled the ads; a second to say that Mediaweek had apparently put the ads back (Thanks for the tip, Tish!)<BR/>I'll keep updating as I learn more.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07278569290198583553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9554091.post-1159195908071198202006-09-25T10:51:00.000-04:002006-09-25T10:51:00.000-04:00Hi Paul...just checked that Mediaweek story, and t...Hi Paul...just checked that Mediaweek story, and the link is still there. When I moved the mouse over the underlined word "advertisers" the ad popped up. <BR/><BR/>I've seen this before, on a British tech newsblog and found it amazingly unethical. We look to hyperlinks to lead us to further information, not to a ad. Some folks might think that ads are information, but they're certainly not Tish Grierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15657229618222899908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9554091.post-1159195452310315632006-09-25T10:44:00.000-04:002006-09-25T10:44:00.000-04:00Paul, there are lots of 'news' sites running the s...Paul, there are lots of 'news' sites running the same sort of in-text link ads. <BR/><BR/>And I hate it. <BR/><BR/>In fact, I usually won't read stories that have that sort of advertising laced into them, because I feel like I must be looking at some derivative splog site or something, not original content.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9554091.post-1159194786411545112006-09-25T10:33:00.000-04:002006-09-25T10:33:00.000-04:00This is an issue that's just not going to go away....This is an issue that's just not going to go away. The problem I see is that revenue-generating products have a much shorter life span online than in print. Advertisers are always looking for the next new thing. As revenue falls off from the last new product, the marketing staff scrambles to replace that revenue with something new to ballyhoo. The result is poorly conceived ideas like this one. <Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com