http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/10/01/publishers-dont-use-crappy-ad-links/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/10/01/publishers-dont-use-crappy-ad-links/comment-page-1/#comment-343175 Mathew Ingram on crappy ad links: they look like ass ¦ Online Media Cultist Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:16:32 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2739#comment-343175 [...] fully in agreement with David Churbuck and Mathew Ingram on what Mathew Ingram wonderfully describes as “crappy ad links”: they are crappy, and [...] [...] fully in agreement with David Churbuck and Mathew Ingram on what Mathew Ingram wonderfully describes as “crappy ad links”: they are crappy, and [...]

]]> http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/10/01/publishers-dont-use-crappy-ad-links/comment-page-1/#comment-374876 Daniel Gibbons Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:30:00 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2739#comment-374876 Totally agree. However, we do use Amazon's context links, but with the settings tweaked so that it only links specific product names to a matching product on Amazon. In the past we'd manually link a book title; now the context links js handles it. Our readers don't seem to mind at all, but I'm sure they would if they started seeing links to bottom-feeding advertisers. Totally agree. However, we do use Amazon's context links, but with the settings tweaked so that it only links specific product names to a matching product on Amazon. In the past we'd manually link a book title; now the context links js handles it. Our readers don't seem to mind at all, but I'm sure they would if they started seeing links to bottom-feeding advertisers.

]]> http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/10/01/publishers-dont-use-crappy-ad-links/comment-page-1/#comment-374875 mathewi Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:54:05 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2739#comment-374875 My mistake, David -- thanks for letting me know. My mistake, David — thanks for letting me know.

]]> http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/10/01/publishers-dont-use-crappy-ad-links/comment-page-1/#comment-374874 David Churbuck Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:49:40 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2739#comment-374874 Correction -- I was long gone from <a href="http://Forbes.com" rel="nofollow">Forbes.com</a> when they experimented with IntelliTxt/Vibrant. Glad we agree. Correction — I was long gone from Forbes.com when they experimented with IntelliTxt/Vibrant. Glad we agree.

]]> http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/10/01/publishers-dont-use-crappy-ad-links/comment-page-1/#comment-343155 Daniel Gibbons Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:30:00 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2739#comment-343155 Totally agree. However, we do use Amazon's context links, but with the settings tweaked so that it only links specific product names to a matching product on Amazon. In the past we'd manually link a book title; now the context links js handles it. Our readers don't seem to mind at all, but I'm sure they would if they started seeing links to bottom-feeding advertisers. Totally agree. However, we do use Amazon's context links, but with the settings tweaked so that it only links specific product names to a matching product on Amazon. In the past we'd manually link a book title; now the context links js handles it. Our readers don't seem to mind at all, but I'm sure they would if they started seeing links to bottom-feeding advertisers.

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