tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post572827366334400485..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: USAT | Your Life elevated with homepage linkJim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-57332050751501920512011-09-09T20:26:13.665-04:002011-09-09T20:26:13.665-04:00Life/Your Life/Get a Life...former AOLers Frank an...Life/Your Life/Get a Life...former AOLers Frank and Allegro are regurgitating the AOL lifestyle channel from, by my reckoning, 8 years ago. It's back to the future for Gannett. Hey, David Payne, there is a world full of people outside the Beltway that don't recycle old digital strategies! (Gosh darn, I am so sick of the thinking that anyone that worked for AOL must be a frickin genius.) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-67442775939470727092011-09-08T11:35:53.536-04:002011-09-08T11:35:53.536-04:00I encountered a Weight Watchers ad, too. But I als...I encountered a Weight Watchers ad, too. But I also saw other ads as well. These may be auto-published contextual ads. <br /><br />Still, the headline should attribute the findings at least to a study. That's because the story says, way down toward the bottom:<br /><br />"The research was funded by a grant from Weight Watchers but designed and conducted without any input from the diet Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-58488649247050810742011-09-08T11:00:47.064-04:002011-09-08T11:00:47.064-04:0010:53 here: Whew. Ads are in rotation, so the WW a...10:53 here: Whew. Ads are in rotation, so the WW ad was random. But still...makes my skin crawl.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-26514271328973370642011-09-08T10:53:54.805-04:002011-09-08T10:53:54.805-04:00WOW. NO pretense about separation of editorial and...WOW. NO pretense about separation of editorial and advertising. The lead headline (top of page, left hand side) is "Weight Watchers Beats One on One Advice" while the ad anchoring the top right side of the page is....an offer for a free seven-day trial for Weight Watchers Online. Anyone else out there want to check that page and see if the same thing comes up? My old-fashioned Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com