talk about mis-matched advertising!!

bwwwaaaaahahahahahhaha!

[rcjordan]

OK, this has got to be the poster child for star-crossed media buys...

I was just researching a US agricultural vortal and a banner with a very hip-hop design for "Dr Jay's Urban Clothing" came up. I wouldn't be surprised if the webmaster hears from his regular users about that one. Hehehe! Still makes me chuckle to think about it.

[agerhart]

Jay is trying to reach his target audience! hehe

[rcjordan]

>target

But those guys already have baggy jeans... they're called coveralls (or overalls, depending on the part of the country).

Is there such a thing as negative CTR?

[agerhart]

Is there such a thing as negative CTR?

Yep....count the amount of users that look at it and say " What the....."

[Drastic]

They must be counting on the typical Ag guy to wanna be like Mike (or Jay in this case), and "Just Do It."

Can't you picture some guy riding a tractor bopping around with headphones on?

[agerhart]

All of a sudden we start to see more and more gangs popping up in Oklahoma and Iowa! :)

[Brett_Tabke]

I know of an Ag portal who ran gambling ads a few months ago. One guy wrote the webmaster and said it was a bit redundant - he was already a farmer.

[rcjordan]

Gambling.. farming.. Yup, pretty close to the same thing.

I did happen to see casino banners on an Ag site and wondered about it. As a travel & relocation site publisher, the only complaint about banners I've received to date was related to online gambling. Of course, I had just about every "offensive" ad server category blocked already.

[Eric_Jarvis]

> "All of a sudden we start to see more and more gangs popping up in Oklahoma and Iowa!"

the idea of plough-by shootings is pretty scary...that and turf wars over who gets to sell the chawing tobacco

makes me glad to live in the inner city :)

[rcjordan]

>the idea of plough-by shootings is pretty scary...

Though it conjures up a pretty funny mental image!

[agerhart]

the spit from the chewing tobacco is the ammo for the zone wars! ;)