Comments on: Google Allows Ads Mocking Suicide

By: geld lenen

geld lenen — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:30:43 +0000

Maybe the ad campaign should rather tell people the store has got low prices (or something like that). Making fun of other people’s bad financial situation isn’t very sophisticated is it?

By: Sam Freedom's Internet Marketing Controversy Blog

Sam Freedom's Internet Marketing Controversy Blog — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:58:45 +0000

I think you’ve just earned yourself a backlink buddy. That was some funny sh*t… survival of the fittest bro.

By: Duarte Canario

Duarte Canario — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:27:47 +0000

Do you know when had an AdWords Management overdose?
When you look at that ad and the first thing you think is:

“What are these guys doing?! You cant continue a sentence from the Title to the Description Lines!”

By: Michael VanDeMar

Michael VanDeMar — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:08:12 +0000

If anything, we need some comic relief right now, not more dramatic over-reacting.

I already said I thought it was funny. I'm a twisted kind of guy. But it should be in the appropriate venue. There is no "adult filter" for AdSense ads. Do you think that would be an appropriate ad, for instance, on prime time tv? Interesting side point on the jumpers, I didn't know that. The main point of the post still stands though. Btw, it looks like Google did pull the ads on Friday, a few hours after I posted. I didn't realize that Techcrunch had done a story as well. Google probably got worried that the mainstream media might start reporting on it.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:57:39 +0000

You may want to check history again. Yes, suicides were up during the great depression but none of them were from stock brokers jumping out of skyscrapers. That has been proven time and again to be a myth. Seems like woot might be playing off that old wive’s tale since they didnt say “before you kill yourself” or “before you slit your wrists”. If anything, we need some comic relief right now, not more dramatic over-reacting.

By: Ian

Ian — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:56:02 +0000

Good find

That seems pretty low though, but the sad matter of the fact is, that its true, and maybe if the current financial crisis continues, it’ll become even more realistic.