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Truth About Reproductive Health
Abstinence-Only?
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Great topic, but too much darn text in the image. Pleeease.


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blueroom radio
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Wow, huge concert, great bands, streaming video, music! What could be sexier? Agggg. Not this ad.


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Red Hot Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium!
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Lee Jeans' Mom's Big Day Givaway
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Vote Smart. Vote OUT. Vote Equality.
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flashing. text. ouch.


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Fun text, but unreadable text in the image says "we didn't have the time to worry about your eyes."


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Gee, hit the web's hippest audiences with text-only ads touting FREE STUFF. There may be some branding value in this, but there ain't no kharmic vibrations or clicks.


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Marriage Equality Matters

Flashing image, no free text, grainy image, redundancy between the title and image text. Expect $50 CPCs!


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No text, flashing stuff, FREE! If you are fishing for dumbies, this is the right bait.


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Yanks and Sox Fans Can Agree On This
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Peddling a product that makes things bigger, this ad failed to make its own image big enough. Heck, give us a funny image with a tiny baseball players head in the midst of a 150X200 black background... it will get more clicks and make people think about what's on offer.


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Here's a new way to keep your finger on the pulse of news—watch free video at CNN.com. Whether you're a political pundit, newshound, or entertainment aficionado, you'll find up-to-the-minute video on 14 diverse topics. Now you can read and watch the latest news, free at: CNN.com/video

Two big problems with this ad. First, this a classic case of telling, rather than telling. The product being promoted is video. Video is AN IMAGE, right. A picture is worth 1000 words... so why use a dozen words in a jpeg to describe a video service? Second, this is a news service, why not link to some specific news videos?


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Political Diary offers commentary and analysis on the 2004 elections from a perspective only The Wall Street Journal's Editorial Page and OpinionJournal.com can offer. Emailed to subscribers each business day, the newsletter provides insight and gossip about presidential, state and local elections.

Uggg. Though this ad has been ordered a number of times and so is apparently working, this ad could be a lot better. Instead of a contentless "buy this newsletter!" pitch, I'd love to see a topical image and contentful links to real content... like the rest of the ads on this page! Blog readers are info junkies, feed the jones! When you've got the goods, always show, rather than tell. In all, a good


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Key West
A getaway to Key West offers the perfect escape from just about everything you're trying to get away from. There's history, arts, great food and some very colorful characters. Best of all, there's a "Live and Let Live" spirit that echoes through the place. Everyone's welcome.

Fuzzy text, cluttered image, bland text describing what should zap you as one of the hottest vacation spots in the US. EB White said, "show, don't tell!" but this ad just tells.


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You're on LOGO
Gay America will have a 24/7 home on ad-supported television for the first time ever. LOGO launches June 30. Watch more than 200 LGBT films, original documentaries, LGBT-tailored newscasts, quality original programs and specials. At last, programming that reflects our lives and tells our stories.

MTV's new Gay America channel should have offered fabulous images and flirtatious text. Instead we got slogans and logos -- branding.


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Selling nifty stuff to nifty people? GOSH, show, don't tell.


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Need I say more? OK. Fuzzy image. No information to challenge or intrigue. A lot of telling and no showing.


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Wow, talk about missing the point of the blogosphere. You've got the attention of an influential somebody who can get 10 other people excited about your service... quick, sell him a $10 domain name.


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