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Google Forays into Print Advertising

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the nothing-else-happening-in-august dept.

dotpavan writes "It's not that if Google farts, it makes headlines, but this move is a smart one, at least for a tech company which was primarily thought of a search-engine company. Yahoo News reports that Google has ventured into print ads (or offline ads as they are called there) by buying pages at PCMagazine and Maximum PC. More interesting is the website adsbygoogle.com which has these images, but the main page is not functional. "

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  1. Finally! by Ingolfke · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was really becoming concerned that Google may have gone into bankruptcy... without the unending stream of daily Google articles to reassure me of the companies present, future, and hypothetical activities.

  2. Yahoo News about Google by varmittang · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yahoo News is reporting on something for Google, basically giving them free advertisement for their new service. Am I missing something.

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    1. Re:Yahoo News about Google by cnettel · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yeah, you are missing something. The /. audience will of course not read the article, but they will see the Yahoo name closely connected to the name of Google, which they instinctively consider a Very Good Thing Indeed. So, it's all just a plot to profit on the ads from another company, by reporting about it. Those evil bastards!

  3. Googlefart by slideroll · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now if they could only figure out a way to syndicate farts. Then they'd have something...

  4. Re:GNAA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    I don't care, I have Firefox with AdBlWAIT A MINUTE!

    Btw.: I found the very first honest privacy statement I've seen; it's hilarious (mailinator.com):

    Q: So if the government issued a subpeona to Mailinator to divulge emails or logs, you'd rat me out?

    A: Holy crap, yes. I'm not going to jail for you, I have a boyish face and very, very supple skin.

    Privacy is a serious issue, and we want to be clear. We think Mailinator provides pretty decent privacy, and we want to keep providing that and even improve it, but we can't promise it. A promise would require lawyers, money, and probably guns - and we don't have any of those.
  5. Google it! by bubbaD · · Score: 3, Funny

    Your asking something that can be looked up on Google.com!?!?
    Geez, apparently these ads aren't very effective...

  6. Let's see... by ELProphet · · Score: 3, Funny

    $4B in new stocks... ~$2.5B in print advertising... Yeah, The Onion seems to have it right.