Comments on: Yes, we have Google ads here in the blog

By: Mike Higdon

Mike Higdon — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:00:12 +0000

Seriously?

PS. I’m offended by the Captcha word. It’s “Mortised” and I think Mortising is a horrendous design practice. I’m never reading this newspaper — err, blog again. Until tomorrowish around the same bat time.

By: Francie

Francie — Mon, 04 May 2009 03:52:57 +0000

I’m not offended by it. And I’m a Jew. I know you’re not advocating it.
I’m getting my masters right now in marketing communications, and I’m actually in a new media class this semester. Most online ads today are targeted according to hot words in a post. Don’t know why a Christian journalist association showed up with Pearls Before Swine, but the robots at Google probably picked up on “journalism.”
Click-through ads actually have a high ROI, compared to banners and other forms of online advertising.
Think of it this way: if the ad was from Hobby Lobby wishing you a Happy Easter with a quote from Scripture and it appeared in your newspaper, and you didn’t like it, would you throw the newspaper away? Probably not. Although you may think twice about shopping at Hobby Lobby.
Same here: Charles isn’t advocating for this organization. It just happened to appear below his post. It’s the fine line between advertising and editorial. Get over yourself.

By: Tim McCormick

Tim McCormick — Mon, 04 May 2009 01:41:57 +0000

So Charles, you don’t use a wife-blocker? Just curious.
And when can the rugby team use the guest bedroom?

By: Sharon Apple

Sharon Apple — Mon, 04 May 2009 01:22:59 +0000

Charles

Maybe if you spent more time cleaning your junk out of the guest bedroom and less time on the internet you wouldn’t always be in the hot seat.