2006: the year in gmail sponsored links
Here I post part one of 2006: The Year That Was, Compartmentalized and Quantified. My first top-ten list: the ten best sponsored links I received with my emails through Gmail (for those not familiar, Gmail includes in the sidebar of each email you open a set of advertisements, based roughly on keywords it picks up on in your email). These are apparently all in one way another indicative of my personality and/or my conversations.
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Searching for Steely Dan
A New York City Story Preview this New Novel at
www.searchingforsteelydan.com -
Don’t come to our site
There’s really nothing to see here. We’re all out of fruit today.
www.bobsfruitsite.com -
Find Fart Machines Online
Locate A Huge List Of Retailers Search All Possible Results
www.info.com/FartMachine -
Man Powder vs Baby Powder
Men. Sprinkle it on your balls. Put an end to your sweaty nuts.
www.Man-Powder.com -
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Albino Turd »
Penn »
Indiana University of Penn »
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Moistened Toilet Paper
individually wrapped, convenient, flushable, improve personal hygiene
www.finalwipe.com -
Holy Communion Lunch
A special Gift of An Angel to each Child on Holy Communion
www.purpleocean.ie -
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Ohh »
Yeah »
HMM »
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Newborn Baby
Learn More About Your Child’s Developmental Milestones!
www.Cheerios.com -
Are You A Douchebag?
Well, are you? Take our free quiz find out for sure.
www.alphabeta.com
I enjoy how these sponsored links have infiltrated every facet of your internet experience now (blog, board, extensive email correspondence, etc).
Did you ever realize that we are implicitly advertising for these absurd sites, albeit with irony, every time we copy-paste the links? There is no way to beat the man!
Funny you should mention it — I actually specifically removed the hyperlink coding from the ads for the purpose of turning them more into artifacts to be read and laughed at than effective advertisements. But obviously there’s no escaping the commercial aspect of it.
Regardless, I gave up on beating the man years ago. I may or may not be getting money from Man Powder for stealthily marketing their product.