I've been conned by ads that look like Windows error messages before, but a court order has finally forced Bonzi to stop this deceptive practice. This marks a win against manipulative pop-up advertising tactics.
The end of error-message advertising. Bonzi has been ordered by the courts to stop advertising popups that look like Windows error messages. I’ve been conned a few times by these too.
I share Danny Yee's micro-advertising experiment, which indicates that influential weblogs like Robot Wisdom may provide more effective advertising results than Google's early search-based ad systems.
I switched from a custom Perl script to Google Analytics event tracking for capturing JavaScript errors. This simple implementation allowed me to monitor client-side issues more effectively and fix several long-standing bugs within a single day.
I highlight an eLab paper on CDNow’s advertising strategy, which critiques traditional CPM models as archaic. The study suggests that measuring advertisement performance is a more effective and modern approach to pricing online media.
I discovered a collection of parody ads and logos that satirize famous brands, including Microsoft. These "false advertising" examples use humor and graphic design to mock iconic corporate visual identities and marketing messaging.
I catch client-side JavaScript errors by wrapping functions in try-catch blocks and sending logs to a Perl script via dummy image requests. This gives me instant feedback on where and why my code fails across different browsers.