Get Fat Eating Mexican Food, Then Lose the Weight

The latest in a series of contextual advertising fun. Here is a story on a competitive eater entering a burrito eating contest. The picture is pretty disgusting, but so are the competitions. I recommend you watch one if you are thinking about losing weight. The sight will put you off...

Yahoo! Snaps up Blue Lithium for $300 Million

Yup, another one gone. ">Yahoo! just bought one of the largest independent ad networks for a cool $300 million cash. Blue Lithium advertises itself as the 5th largest ad network in the US, but that is likely marketing double-speak. I'd put them an honest 12th, with over 6 billion monthly...

Anyone Can Win $10,737,418.24

I got a questionable email from someone I had never heard of inviting me to "join an exclusive beta test for a new web entertainment project that is preparing to launch across North America." I checked it out and yes, they are touting that you can really win over ten...

Microsoft Machinima Makes My Mind Melt

I always keep my eye out for clever and interesting ads. There have been a few that I have not commented on that maybe I'll try to find, but I caught one today that really got to me when reading a story at eWeek. Microsoft of all companies has used...

Who's Got Cat Sick? eBay Does!

After watching some great videos of Newscasters screwing up this morning, I decided to go and read some "Odd News" stories. I'm not sure which was more strange, the stories or the ads around them. The first article on today's list was pretty obvious (Why People Have Sex: It Feels...

Tag, I'm It! Now Shave Your Head

I've been tagged at least four times (by Rosalind Gardner, Jim Kurkral, Heather Paulson, and Evalyn Grazini) as far as I know by Anik's "1 Thing" chain letter. I don't normally participate in a tag game like this, and I even have one or two more posts in process that...

Catholic High School Girls in Trouble

There have already been enough debates on the idea of sex and marketing and the idea of booth babes to attract traffic to your trade show booth. Affiliate Summit has had it's share, but I'd only accuse one exhibitor of using this tactic. I understand the idea and reasons, and...

AffiliateSummit Day 1 Summary - Make That Day 2

Here it is day two - strike that, day three - of AffiliateSummit and I'm still having trouble remembering what day it is. I arrived at the hotel this morning and was thinking about what I would be doing here for the second day when I realized that is was...

Frankly My Ze, I Don't Give a Dance

Ze Frank gave a very entertaining keynote address, taking the first half hour to get us into the mood before going into how he got into the Internet. Based on his experience flying and observing the oddities of imparting information through safety cards. With examples of humorous graphics and what...