http://www.mikeonads.com/2007/03/01/punch-the-monkey/ Ramblings about online advertising, ad networks & other techie randomness Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:31:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.mikeonads.com/2007/03/01/punch-the-monkey/comment-page-1/#comment-114021 AdHack Blog – Anatomy of a Lego Person: Best Animated GIF Ever Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:53:22 +0000 http://www.mikeonads.com/2007/03/01/punch-the-monkey/#comment-114021 [...] that animated GIFs are a dead media type. They were overused in the days of banner ads like ‘Punch the Monkey‘ and now get frowned [...] [...] that animated GIFs are a dead media type. They were overused in the days of banner ads like ‘Punch the Monkey‘ and now get frowned [...]

]]> http://www.mikeonads.com/2007/03/01/punch-the-monkey/comment-page-1/#comment-113971 Top 5 Most Annoying Online Ads // Which One Do You Despise? | Mostly (New) Media - Definitely Digital Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:34:54 +0000 http://www.mikeonads.com/2007/03/01/punch-the-monkey/#comment-113971 [...] ads get under your skin? Over here at the GigaOM Network, Simon at WebWorkerDaily can’t stand the “punch the monkey” ads and Chris at NewTeeVee gets miffed over credit score ads. Share what you think in the comments [...] [...] ads get under your skin? Over here at the GigaOM Network, Simon at WebWorkerDaily can’t stand the “punch the monkey” ads and Chris at NewTeeVee gets miffed over credit score ads. Share what you think in the comments [...]

]]> http://www.mikeonads.com/2007/03/01/punch-the-monkey/comment-page-1/#comment-113967 Top 5 Most Annoying Online Ads Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:03:19 +0000 http://www.mikeonads.com/2007/03/01/punch-the-monkey/#comment-113967 [...] get under your skin? Over here at the GigaOM Network, Simon at WebWorkerDaily can’t stand the “punch the monkey” ads and Chris at NewTeeVee gets miffed over credit score ads. Share what you think in the comments [...] [...] get under your skin? Over here at the GigaOM Network, Simon at WebWorkerDaily can’t stand the “punch the monkey” ads and Chris at NewTeeVee gets miffed over credit score ads. Share what you think in the comments [...]

]]> http://www.mikeonads.com/2007/03/01/punch-the-monkey/comment-page-1/#comment-81141 Trafficspaces: Self-service Ad Management Platform Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:27:15 +0000 http://www.mikeonads.com/2007/03/01/punch-the-monkey/#comment-81141 [...] engine, Gmail, Facebook, and possibly even Twitter will be unsustainable. I shudder at every “Catch the Monkey” ad like everyone else so I’ve been particularly intrigued to discover if there is a middle [...] [...] engine, Gmail, Facebook, and possibly even Twitter will be unsustainable. I shudder at every “Catch the Monkey” ad like everyone else so I’ve been particularly intrigued to discover if there is a middle [...]

]]> http://www.mikeonads.com/2007/03/01/punch-the-monkey/comment-page-1/#comment-59076 Mike Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:25:32 +0000 http://www.mikeonads.com/2007/03/01/punch-the-monkey/#comment-59076 Oh absolutely. Your email address gets sold for $2 because you just "opted in" to a whole bunch of mailing lists! Oh absolutely. Your email address gets sold for $2 because you just “opted in” to a whole bunch of mailing lists!

]]> http://www.mikeonads.com/2007/03/01/punch-the-monkey/comment-page-1/#comment-59074 Hu Mi? Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:21:05 +0000 http://www.mikeonads.com/2007/03/01/punch-the-monkey/#comment-59074 These can also be spam fest sites, the first page that asked for information just asked for my email address. After _just_ filling that out and stopping, my level of spam went from ~2 a day to >100 a day. These can also be spam fest sites, the first page that asked for information just asked for my email address. After _just_ filling that out and stopping, my level of spam went from ~2 a day to >100 a day.

]]> http://www.mikeonads.com/2007/03/01/punch-the-monkey/comment-page-1/#comment-58332 MashupAds: the Banner Strikes Back « The Alter Egozi Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:30:35 +0000 http://www.mikeonads.com/2007/03/01/punch-the-monkey/#comment-58332 [...] grace and color to your pages. But we all came to think of banners as irrelevant, annoying “punch the monkey” stuff, and relevant banner designs take costly creative efforts, thus we all let AdSense [...] [...] grace and color to your pages. But we all came to think of banners as irrelevant, annoying “punch the monkey” stuff, and relevant banner designs take costly creative efforts, thus we all let AdSense [...]

]]> http://www.mikeonads.com/2007/03/01/punch-the-monkey/comment-page-1/#comment-31673 Introducing Slidie: My Silverlight 2.0 project is posted! Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:57:59 +0000 http://www.mikeonads.com/2007/03/01/punch-the-monkey/#comment-31673 [...] what are we going to do with it? Wouldn't it be a shame if all it was ever used for was stupid "punch the monkey" banner ads? No! And again I say, NO! We have a real programming environment, so let's build real [...] [...] what are we going to do with it? Wouldn’t it be a shame if all it was ever used for was stupid “punch the monkey” banner ads? No! And again I say, NO! We have a real programming environment, so let’s build real [...]

]]> http://www.mikeonads.com/2007/03/01/punch-the-monkey/comment-page-1/#comment-707 Bronte Media » Free Ipods! Wed, 23 May 2007 14:13:20 +0000 http://www.mikeonads.com/2007/03/01/punch-the-monkey/#comment-707 [...] If you don’t know what a ‘free ipod’ offer and its many incarnations are, go read this great post describing exactly how they work. [...] [...] If you don’t know what a ‘free ipod’ offer and its many incarnations are, go read this great post describing exactly how they work. [...]

]]> http://www.mikeonads.com/2007/03/01/punch-the-monkey/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Mike On Ads » Blog Archive » Should public companies participate in “giveaways” Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:00:50 +0000 http://www.mikeonads.com/2007/03/01/punch-the-monkey/#comment-42 [...] you don’t know what a “giveaway” offer is — read my Punch the Monkey post [...] [...] you don’t know what a “giveaway” offer is — read my Punch the Monkey post [...]

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