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Hilariously Sleazy Site of the Month - November 30th, 2009

Today I was pleasantly surprised when I checked Twitter and noticed that I had been followed by @Mirage234, which upon closer inspection, proved to be extremely LOL worthy — and then some. Yes, those are “stacks” of “benjamins.” His Twitter page was hilarious enough as it was without the G-Money MySpace retard-shot he has plastered [...]

Tags: fail, lol, marketing, scams, twitter
Posted in fail, lol, social-networking, twitter

 

The End of the World as We Know It - November 6th, 2009

Yep. It really happened. An ad appeared on the Google homepage.  

Tags: ads, droid, google, marketing, verizon
Posted in google

 

Facebook Lite: Already Getting Trashy - September 21st, 2009

When Facebook Lite launched just under two weeks ago, my immediate reaction was a sigh of relief, followed by the question “how long will it take them to trash up this one, too?” When I asked that question, I fully expected to find out by Christmas. I thought wrong.

Tags: ads, facebook, facebook lite, fail, marketing
Posted in fail

 

Microsoft – Drinking the Tears of Children - September 6th, 2009

Sound a bit harsh? Check out Gizmodo’s post on this seriously wrong move, the latest by Microsoft: This vile competition is on the level of tearing a teddy bear out of a child’s arms and then ripping it apart into a pile of fuzzy remains on the spot. – Rosa Golijan To sum it up, [...]

Tags: bad PR, fail, marketing, microsoft
Posted in fail, microsoft

 

Facebook Using YOUR Face for Ads - July 15th, 2009

[UPDATE]: Facebook has since responded to me regarding this issue, see that post for updates. Image: Culture Smith Consulting “Peter” in this case is the Facebook user logged in to his account. The woman in the “Hot Singles” ad is his own wife. According to Facebook, these ads “respect all privacy rules.” Personally, I think [...]

Tags: facebook, fail, marketing, news, social-media
Posted in fail, news, social-media

 

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