davelog Wherein, I write.

oh, the irony

I was reading about google’s acquisition of YouTube on Forever Geek just now, when a google ad actually caught my eye. This is a rarity these days, as I have been trained to avoid those little text boxes altogether, but check this out:

adWords

Now, I remember laughing when I saw flood shelters being advertised on news sites thanks to google’s adsense program, but this is too much to bear. It is a google AdWords advertisement that literally says “Don’t sign up for AdWords”. I know that technically it is not an ad BY google per se, but I still see some irony in it.

Wherever you get your jollies, I guess.

In other news, I picked up a couple more simple freelance jobs. I really need to put some work into my portfolio I decided. I need to get back in to this whole web thing so I don’t get rusty. Bleh. College.


2 Comments

Nice spot on the adwords. I saw that google bought youtube too. I see this as a good thing since there is really nothing to lose (except 1.65 Billion).

Posted by Erik on 9 October 2006 @ 9pm

Which, of course google makes in about .00454356 seconds with adwords anyway. *sigh* google owns my soul.

Posted by dave on 10 October 2006 @ 12pm