Tag Archives: Google

Strange Adfellows for Net Neutrality: AT&T and . . . Burger King?

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Campaign Outsider

As the rumpus over the fate of net neutrality continues, it’s not just 21 states and the District of Columbia pushing back against the FCC decision to neuter neutrality. It’s also advertisers. Exhibit AT&T: This full-page ad that’s been running … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged AT&T, Burger King, Deven Coldewey, Facebook, Fernando Machado, Gizmodo, Google, Internet Bill of Rights, Karlene Lukovitz, MediaPost, net neutrality, New York Times, Rhett Jones, Sunlight Foundation, TechCrunch, Title II, Washington Post | Leave a comment

Starbucks Is Not Just a Coffee Shop

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

You think the Seattle-based coffee chain is just a place to plant yourself, open your MacBook Air, and drink some overpriced Charbucks Latte? No. Starbucks is not just another outpost in Laptopistan. Starbucks is . . . a lifestyle brand. A … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Akeelah and the Bee, Bryan Stevenson, Charbucks, Equal Justice Initiative, Facebook, goo-goo ads, Google, Howard Schultz, Just Mercy, Laptopistan, New York Times, Opus Collection, Starbucks, Starbucks Salon, Wall Street Journal | 1 Comment

Google Thinks You’re a Foogle

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

At Google’s inception, founders Sergei Brin and Larry Page eschewed advertising, concerned that people would think financial interests might skew the search engine’s results. Now? Fuhggedaboudit. Via the Wall Street Journal (print edition headline): Deceptive Web Ads Draw Flak, Little … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Google, Jakob Nielsen, Larry Page, Microsoft, Nielsen Norman Group, Public Citizen, Robert Weissman, Rolfe Winkler, Sergei Brin, Sneak ADtack, Wall Street Journal, Yahoo | 1 Comment

Has Google Replaced U.S. Postal Stamps in Celebrating Cultural Giants?

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Call it the Dawn of the Great Google Doodle Backlash. From today’s Washington Post Outlook section (via Politico Playbook): The case against the Google Doodle When Google honored African American author Zora Neale Hurston with a custom logo — a Google … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Coca-Cola, Daphne A. Brooks, Doodle, Google, Great Google Doodle Backlash, Harlem Renaissance, Justin Moyers, Los Angeles Times, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr, McDonald's, Mohandas Ghandi, Outlook, Politico Playbook, Princeton University, The Root, Time, U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Postal stamps, Washington Post, Zora Neale Hurston | 3 Comments

Ask Dr. Ads: What’s Up With The ‘Reform Government Surveillance’ Ad?

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Doc opened up the old mailbag today and here’s what poured out. Dear Dr. Ads, I don’t read the New York Times much (I’m a Washington Post kind of guy), but I happened upon Monday’s edition and here’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Acting Surgeon General, Amazon, AOL, Apple, Ask Dr. Ads, Boris D. Lushniak, Facebook, Google, Internet, Jeff Bezos, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Mom 'n' Pop-Up site, Murderers' Row, New York Times, Pres. Obama, Reform Government Surveillance, Silicon Valley, Twitter, Washington Post, Yahoo | Leave a comment

Dr. Dre Goes Double-Truck In NYT

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Beats by Dre, the fabulously successful head(phone)shop, is branching out, as this two-page ad in Monday’s New York Times announced. Lefthand page: Righthand page: How soon? From TheNextWeb: Beats says its new Beats Music streaming service will launch ‘within the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Beats by Dre, Beats Music, Deezer, Dr. Dre, Dre for Pay, Google, head(phone)shop, iTunes Radio, Microsoft, New York Times ad, Rdio, Spotify, The Next Web | 2 Comments

The Sneak in Review: Branded Content Lightning Round

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The hardtracking staff has a cliporama piling up, so we’re passing it on to you. Who’s Behind the Sponsored Content at BuzzFeed, Gawker, Hearst and WashPo? Lede: What good is native advertising if it doesn’t talk like a native? To … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Advertising Self-Regulatory Council, Associated Pres, Buzzfeed, Council of Better Business Bureaus, David Spiegel, Facebook like, FTC, Gawker, Google, Hearst, Jon Leibowitz, National Advertising Division, native ads, NetNewsCheck, New York Times, Online Association, shared endorsements, Sneak ADtack, sponsored content, Washington Post. Ad Age, WashPo | Leave a comment

Google And Facebook Totally Pwn You

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Come to think of it, Google and Facebook also totally pawn you. From the New York Times: Google to Sell Users’ Endorsements SAN FRANCISCO — Those long-forgotten posts on social networks, from the pasta someone photographed to the rant about her dentist, are … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged digitaliths, Facebook, Gmail, Google, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Maps, GoogleSphere, New York Times, Sneak ADtack, users' endorsements | 4 Comments

You Have No Idea How Much They’re Watching You Online

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

You probably know that Facebook and Google are strip-mining you like West Virginia for online data, but that’s just part of the story. NPR’s All Things Considered is trying to provide the rest of it in its series Your Digital Trail. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged All Things Considered, Center for Investigative Reporting, Daniel Zwerdling, data tracking, Facebook, G.W. Schulz, Google, NPR, Sneak ADtack, Your Digital Trail | Leave a comment

Is Google Gmailing You Ads?

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

So it turns out Google’s not just reading your gmails, it’s sorting them too. Here’s the message Google has sent to all its Gmailers: Of course, lots of people are Gpissed about it, as Winston Ross’s piece in the Daily Beast noted . . … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Gmads, Gmail, Google, Matt Buchanan, Priority Inbox, Sneak ADtack, The Daily Beast, The New Yorker, Winston Ross | Leave a comment