Disturbing advertising on TA website

Discussion in 'Site Feedback and News' started by farley, Jan 11, 2012.

  1. farley

    farley Well-Known Member

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    I've just seen this banner ad at the top of the TA website:

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    OK, sure, whilst there might be nothing disturbing about it on a *LITERAL* level, there is definitely an underlying disturbing creepy pervy seediness.
    This advert does not say "gaming" to me - it says something else entirely.

    I for one would not like to see the adversting on TA brought down to this level... :(
     
  2. ninjackid

    ninjackid Well-Known Member

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    Yup. I've also noticed these, there's a couple other like this, it does kinda bother me too. :/
     
  3. farley

    farley Well-Known Member

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    Here's an example of another one:

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  4. Barcâ

    Barcâ Well-Known Member

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    sex sells.

    The marketing approach is fairly simple. Put a gorgeous blonde on an ad and people are bound to click on it to see what it links too.

    Their demographic seems to be men. Or teenagers who are Hor-ny, and looking for nude-ness.
     
  5. EfratBarTal

    EfratBarTal Well-Known Member

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    these ads are just unprofessional. i mean who can possibly be turned on by these small, no-nude, tiny excuse for photos? i mean, for me, at least, having a random bleach-blonde face on this type of ad actually cons it. it would have had much better and more positive effect on me without a girl at all. she just doesn't in there.
     
  6. MidianGTX

    MidianGTX Well-Known Member

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    They could at least find a gorgeous blonde to put on the ad then :p
     
  7. Barcâ

    Barcâ Well-Known Member

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    hahaha, right. First glance I thought she might have been attractive. Eh not so much now.
     
  8. LOLavi

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    haha yeah, looks like a fat h00ker :p
     
  9. kearnel

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    #9 kearnel, Jan 15, 2012
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    She looks like she needs to get back in the kitchen
     
  10. SkyMuffin

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    Regardless of how people feel about sexism, i think it's just kind of shady and TA has better integrity than that.
     
  11. EfratBarTal

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    lol and she looks like she just grabbed a bowl of spaghetti from there to put on her head as a makeshift wig.
     
  12. kearnel

    kearnel Well-Known Member

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    Lmfao
     
  13. TakenXXDeadly

    TakenXXDeadly Well-Known Member

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    Lol.
     
  14. Random_Guy

    Random_Guy Well-Known Member

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    Australia, mate!
    It definitely got my attention.
     
  15. coderkid

    coderkid Well-Known Member

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    Totally agree with the sentiments expressed here by other users, I do not like seeing this at all. Ads like this are part of the reason I have Adblock Plus. Of course, I disable it on TA and other sites I wish to support. TA's a lot better than this.
     
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  17. EfratBarTal

    EfratBarTal Well-Known Member

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  18. farley

    farley Well-Known Member

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    Ugh! Here's another one from AppShopper, TouchArcade's sister site:

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    Seriously, TA, where's the integrity? Surely you can just say no to advertisers like this? :confused:
     
  19. Barcâ

    Barcâ Well-Known Member

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    You guys are missing the whole point of "Advertising"


    It may not be the most appropriate but it grabs your attention. It makes you wanna see what the ad is about. It works. Its an ad. Thats what they are supposed to do.

    TA is making money from it, keeping this site online, and keeping the forums open (VBulletin Costs a lot per year for a license.) Ads help fund the payroll account, helps pay the cost for the apps development, helps pay for the server, the security measures for the server. It garners exposure for an app or game, increasing a developers revenue. It helps feed the magical unicorns Eli adopted, and helps fund their vaccinations and horn sharpening sessions.
     
  20. Teh_Ninja

    Teh_Ninja Well-Known Member

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    #20 Teh_Ninja, Jan 17, 2012
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    Finally someone else, I posted the same thing about a month ago and was shut out. They need to remove those kind of adds because kids DO use this site.
     

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