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August 03, 2008

Tweet My Blog! LOLs for Hols

I'm on my hols visiting family in the Isle of Man for a few days, so tweeting will be light and blogging lighter.

But this site caught my eye, made mehave a bit of sick in mouth and then laugh loudly. The sad thing is ..... stuff like this still works!

Via @badgergravling

Technorati tags: Isle of Man, Twitter, Spam

Aug 3, 2008 12:30:12 PM | blogs/blogging, Ethics, New media, Spam, Twitter

6 Comments

BadgerGravling here!

I can't say it actually made me physically sick - more just disappointed that people still seem to think plastering any service or link with adverts is a good thing...

I'm tempted to try it, as I suspect a day or two will be enough to prove it doesn't add any value or make me rich!

Posted by: Dan Thornton | August 04, 2008 at 12:15 AM

Hi Dan. It didn't actually make me sick - just feel a little nauseous. It was the language and capitalisation in the ad - "You will have YOUR LIFE changed by using THIS AMAZING etc etc."

It's the online equivalent of those ads that promise to do something impossible but do it in a way that those of us living in hope can't help but try. :(

Posted by: Simon Collister | August 04, 2008 at 10:09 AM

John Merrick - wasn't he the Elephant Man?

Posted by: Mark Hanson | August 04, 2008 at 04:30 PM

What does make me sick (with worry) is how professional looking these types of outfits are.

Chris

Posted by: Chris Hoskin | August 05, 2008 at 09:31 PM

What does make me sick (with worry) is how professional looking these types of outfits are.

Chris

Posted by: Chris Hoskin | August 05, 2008 at 09:32 PM

@Mark - Yes! LOL. Bad choice of fake name... if it is fake. MAYBE... it *is* the Elephant Man?

@Chris - thanks for stopping by. I totally agree with you. The web has lowered the barriers for outfits like this to look professional unfortunately :(

Posted by: Simon Collister | August 05, 2008 at 10:14 PM

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