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Online Advertising without Douchebaggery (powazek.com)
44 points by brm on Dec 6, 2008 | hide | past | favorite | 9 comments



> Bike Hero’s fake ad has chalked up 1.6 million views. The EA Tiger Woods video scored 2.5 million. Maybe honesty really is the best policy.

Or maybe one has one of the most famous celebrities in the world in it doing something really funny? I wouldn't draw any deep conclusions based on their YouTube views.

And which had a better ROI? I'll bet it was Bike Hero.


What if EA has planted "kid's mocking video"?


They did, of course.


More likely, they planted the bug in the game.


The original and the reply are separated by about a year. If it was a plant they've taken their time.


I'm surprised that a text praising an advertisement ends with the sentence 'Maybe honesty really is the best policy'.

Honesty would be not to advertise.


Chiseled in stone old. But a great ad.


I can't stop laughing.


amazing.




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