Comments on: MSNBC’s Huge Blog Ad Buy

By: Sneem

Sneem — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:58:21 +0000

You can run a mule from sun up to sun down, but its not going to win the Kentucky Derby. You can advertise a network for days on end. It's still a lousy network. MSNBC's numbers are in the toilet because that's about the quality of reporting they provide.

By: Laurence Simon

Laurence Simon — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 14:32:14 +0000

I got the ad offer, but I received no warning. Neither did John Cole of Balloon Juice, I believe.

I turned it down because I consider The Big Three and their baby newsnets to be pond scum. Wouldn't trust them no matter what.

And you know what? They proved themselves unworthy with the bait-and-switch.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 11:44:14 +0000

Richard: Interesting. I haven't had any problems lately but used to have problems accessing MSNBC from the office in both Firefox and IE.

By: Inside Online Advertising

Inside Online Advertising — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 06:26:51 +0000

BlogAds Takes Ad Order For 800 Blogs From MSNBC (Update)

BlogAds took an order from MSNBC a few days ago to place an ad on 800 blogs, a new record for BlogAds. Diggers Realm was the recipient of one of those orders and it is currently up and running. The...

By: Richard Gardner

Richard Gardner — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 04:27:01 +0000

The link from the ad causes my computer to massively bog down using Firefox 1.5 due to issues with Java Scripts. That made me look at my Java installation and found I had 9 Java Runtime installations on my hard drive (roughly 1 GB). I deleted all but last week's version, but I still have problems with the MSNBC site (I haven't rebooted though, do that later tonight).

So my assessment of the MSNBC site is that it has too many bells and whistles (and poor coding?). I hav about 20 tabs open now (researching something) and only MSNBC gives me problems. Not to mention that their videos state IE is required.

By: The Business of America is Business

The Business of America is Business — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 02:48:18 +0000

BlogAds Analysis - Executive Summary

OVERVIEW This past summer, just before leaving MIT for a teaching job outside Dubai, I collected some data for an empirical study on blog advertising. The specific objective of the study was to determine the strongest predictors of the revenue...

By: Hyscience

Hyscience — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 01:58:39 +0000

MSNBC?s Blog Ad Buy For those who've hastened to click through the ad, sorry you've been disappointed. As for those who've emailed us asking about us having a porn ad on the site, and did so without clicking through - not to worry, it's MSNBC's way of getting your at...

By: Signifying Nothing

Signifying Nothing — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 01:35:45 +0000

MSNBC tries to make sex sell

Cable news also-ran MSNBC, best known for being the current organization signing Keith Olbermann?s paychecks, has decided to blow $1 million on an online advertising binge that is notable for two reasons: its use of imagery that wouldn?t be out of plac...

By: Peat Bog » MSNBC Porn Ads Just Start Of $1 Million Blogad Blitz

Peat Bog » MSNBC Porn Ads Just Start Of $1 Million Blogad Blitz — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 01:34:12 +0000

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By: Chris Lawrence

Chris Lawrence — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 01:28:06 +0000

Um, who's "Tweety"? I realize I'd probably know this if I (or anyone else on the planet) watched MSNBC, but I don't, so I don't.

By: Herb

Herb — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:32:23 +0000

When I watch the news on television, I prefer to get news that is fair, honest and truthful.

I don't watch PMSNBC because they don't provide any of the above listed traits.

By: Elmo

Elmo — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:04:49 +0000

The world is such a strange place ...... so many alternative dimesnions:

"Liberals watch MSNBC for three main reasons. First, it's frequently a better place to get actual news than CNN. Second, Keith Olbermann."

Network television ... a source for news? Only Al Jazeera rates lower than CNN (and not by much). Keith Olberman?

These people are just plain magillicuddy, loopdie loop, twisted, booby shooby.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 22:38:50 +0000

Brian: I wouldn't have guessed that. I was referring to the news channel itself, though. And, oddly, the ad links to http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3096434/ , the TV site, rather than the much better news portal you link. (Which is where Newsweek can be found.)

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 22:10:29 +0000

Actually, msnbc.com is far from struggling. It has the most traffic of any news site on the web. They must be doing something right.

By: Anderson

Anderson — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:01:40 +0000

The thing that struck me is just how poor MSNBC's site is. Classic. "Hey, our product is struggling. Should we find out what we're doing wrong, or just advertise more?" Apparently the latter is much easier.