Posts Tagged “marketing”

Hilariously Sleazy Site of the Month

Posted on November 30th, 2009 by primatage

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 as a [...]

The End of the World as We Know It

Posted on November 6th, 2009 by primatage

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

Facebook Lite: Already Getting Trashy

Posted on September 21st, 2009 by primatage

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.

Microsoft – Drinking the Tears of Children

Posted on September 6th, 2009 by primatage

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, what could have [...]

Facebook Using YOUR Face for Ads

Posted on July 15th, 2009 by primatage

[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 it’s [...]