Unfortunate Banner Placement of the Week

Banner Faux Pas = Griss

Mark Webber celebrates about the impending Children’s Pageants coming to Australia. Original Qantas banner here https://adsfac.info/ads/QAN355/198799.0.0.swf

100% Smiles…. about Norway killings

This is another sad example (of many) of why news sites should turn off ads for stories of mass killings. Why should they profit from tragedy? What brand wants to risk a contextual message disaster? As found on News.com.au

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Media Placement of the Week: The Grey

I love it when a media plan comes together…. no wait wrong film.

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Media Placement of the Week: The Grey

I love it when a media plan comes together…. no wait wrong film.

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100% Smiles…. about Norway killings

This is another sad example (of many) of why news sites should turn off ads for stories of mass killings. Why should they profit from tragedy? What brand wants to risk a contextual message disaster? As found on News.com.au

news-normay-100-percent-smiles.jpg

Unfortunate Banner Placement of the Week

Banner Faux Pas = Griss

Mark Webber celebrates about the impending Children’s Pageants coming to Australia. Original Qantas banner here http://adsfac.info/ads/QAN355/198799.0.0.swf

When contextual ads go wrong!

Aside from the fact the headline would put Dr. Seuss to shame, the context of ad and story really couldn’t get much worse…

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Reverse Racism?

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Contextual Mishap : Hutchinson 3

There is a seemingly endless supply of contextual ad mishaps, and this is a particularly good example found by David Johnson. It’s also an excuse to get a Corey Worthington story on Bannerblog, since every other media outlet is flogging it.


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