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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: on March 08, 2005, 09:19:00 am
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"Whenever you click on a story on the Washington Post' (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=67726&item=4973257834)s Associated Press website, you get these neat little ads at the bottom. Now these aren' (http://www.seattlewebservices.com/rice/)t dumb ads, they are smart ads! Meaning they are picked specifically to correlate to the story you just read.
I first figured out how disturbing this could be when I read the story about people pointing laser pointers at jets and blinding the pilots, and down below the ads showed where to buy... laser pointers!
I thought I'd do a little research and find out what else the Washington Post thought I should buy depending on the story I read.
For the story of the little baby boy who was thrown out the car window in Florida: baby products at Target.com, including a car seat!
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Headline reading "Minn. Governor Seeks Candy Cigarette Ban:" ads for candy sale and bulkfoods.com.
Headline reading "Older Americans Are Skeptical About Bush:" ads for airline tickets to Canada.
News headline reads "Judge OKs Sex Predator' (http://www.jimgoad.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=news;action=display;num=1110263556)s Move to Old Town:" ads for mortgage brokers."