"Web 2.0 is Fucked"

[sarettah]

Originally Posted by griffin8r

And this is the angle I'm chasing on our site. It'll be interesting to see if we can get enough traffic to the site on a consistent basis to get the advertisers interested enough to pull the trigger, but I've no doubt the model we're building is, at the very least, a much more forward-thinking approach to advertising vs. content.

Isn't this really what free sites and tgps in porn try to do? The site or page is all designed to push traffic to a sponsor and the content is basically one big ad for the sponsor.

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by sarettah

Isn't this really what free sites and tgps in porn try to do? The site or page is all designed to push traffic to a sponsor and the content is basically one big ad for the sponsor.

I didnt want to rain on anyones parade.

[sarettah]

Originally Posted by gonzo

I didnt want to rain on anyones parade.

I just thought I was probably stupid or something

[softball]

Originally Posted by sarettah

Isn't this really what free sites and tgps in porn try to do? The site or page is all designed to push traffic to a sponsor and the content is basically one big ad for the sponsor.

I think you missed my point. The content on the tgp or "free" site is only the lure. It is conventional wisdom. In its current old school form, what I am talking about is product placement. The closest example to what I am thinking is "Minority Report" with Tom Cruise. The film was basically a vehicle for advertising and we all paid to be pitched. I thought the movie sucked, but on a marketing level was way ahead of its time.

Spielberg consciously decided to use familiar brands, to make the motion picture seem more realistic and, not coincidentally, to give these companies some coveted (and no doubt high-priced) product placement -- a method of marketing growing in currency given the ascendancy of commercial-skipping technology like TiVO and ReplayTV.
"The fact that there are so many advertisements in this movie speaks to the fact that advertisers are looking for new ways to reach audiences in light of the technology that's been developed like TiVO and ReplayTV," said Jeff Boortz, the creative director and creative lead on the "Minority Report" ads, who is now founder and president of Concrete Pictures. "Advertisers will figure it out."
Most of the advertising portrayed in the flick is that of the outdoor variety. Although characters interact with computer-like digital displays -- even manipulating them with fancy interface devices that fit on the hands like gloves -- there's not much marketing going on within the bounds of computer screens. In the "Minority Report" universe, interactive advertising has made its way into the real world.
How interactive is it? Imagine getting splashed by an animated digital billboard advertising Aquafina. Or having an ad in the subway say, "[Your name here], you look like you could use a Guinness," just as you're coming home after a bad day at work. At one point in the movie the Tom Cruise character, on the run, is confronted by an American Express ad that says, "It looks like you need an escape, and Blue can take you there."

[RawAlex]

Originally Posted by sarettah

Isn't this really what free sites and tgps in porn try to do? The site or page is all designed to push traffic to a sponsor and the content is basically one big ad for the sponsor.

I think the only difference really is that griff is trying to build a product that advertisers would come looking for, as opposed to whapping up a site with 101 ads on it and hoping to make some cash.

A TGP or free site is essentially a direct ad for the paysite / destination site. A magazine or TV show is different, basically trading interesting information / entertainment for eyeball time, then reselling that eyeball time to advertisers. CSI doesn't sell body bags and luminol. It draws in 10 million pairs of eyeballs every week (still attached to living and breathing people) and selling the access to them. There is no direct sell from the show to the public.

They are also doing the same things that have been done since the time of Adam12 and Hawaii 50, they sell the rights for cars and certain locations on their shows to the highest bidders, so you will see the staff always shifting to new cars each season, but each time they are "that year's brand". This is very old hat, the reason why the Hawaii 50 guys always drove fords (mostly Mercurys, actually)

[softball]

Originally Posted by RawAlex

I think the only difference really is that griff is trying to build a product that advertisers would come looking for, as opposed to whapping up a site with 101 ads on it and hoping to make some cash.

A TGP or free site is essentially a direct ad for the paysite / destination site. A magazine or TV show is different, basically trading interesting information / entertainment for eyeball time, then reselling that eyeball time to advertisers. CSI doesn't sell body bags and luminol. It draws in 10 million pairs of eyeballs every week (still attached to living and breathing people) and selling the access to them. There is no direct sell from the show to the public.

They are also doing the same things that have been done since the time of Adam12 and Hawaii 50, they sell the rights for cars and certain locations on their shows to the highest bidders, so you will see the staff always shifting to new cars each season, but each time they are "that year's brand". This is very old hat, the reason why the Hawaii 50 guys always drove fords (mostly Mercurys, actually)

Not bad Alex, but you are a bit stale dated. Everyone in Dragnet drove a Ford....long before 5-0. This is not new. Bond saved Aston Martin. You were close with the body bags, though. Brand the body bags and you might be on to something.
We need some new ideas here, not recycled wisdom.

[griffin8r]

Originally Posted by sarettah

Isn't this really what free sites and tgps in porn try to do? The site or page is all designed to push traffic to a sponsor and the content is basically one big ad for the sponsor.

This isn't at all what we're trying to do. We're still focused on delivery quality content that isn't necessarily tied to sponsors.

Hell, no point in trying to explain it without visual aids. I'll just drop a line when we actually get the wheels moving forward, so you can see the whole thing in action.

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by griffin8r

This isn't at all what we're trying to do. We're still focused on delivery quality content that isn't necessarily tied to sponsors.

Hell, no point in trying to explain it without visual aids. I'll just drop a line when we actually get the wheels moving forward, so you can see the whole thing in action.

Keep us posted.