Newsbox: 11-17-2001

JFD62780 · Post by **JFD62780** » Sat Nov 17, 2001 5:22 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>From Gene Catlow's message box:
Am I the only one online who thinks that being told to "click here" on something that works no matter WHERE you click it is a bit silly?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Yeah! Who thought up that concept? Bob'O'Link? <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/rolleyes.gif">------------------
Until next post...

UncleMonty · Post by **UncleMonty** » Sat Nov 17, 2001 8:11 am

For that matter, what makes these people think I'll want to click on their silly little boxes?!! Ha!!Well, OK. Gene's, I'd click. But I already have his site <blink>bookmarked</blink>!!! So there!!!Sorry, just practicing my birdcalls. That was my impression of a Bob O' Link.
[This message has been edited by UncleMonty (edited 11-17-2001).]

Rory O'Bannion · Post by **Rory O'Bannion** » Sat Nov 17, 2001 9:24 am

I was just thinking about how much I like the newsbox. Thanks, Gene for not pressuring on us on where to click. Then again no one ever tells me where I should click! <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/biggrin ... >BTW-who's going to win the chompetition? This could be a close call. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif">

JennBunny · Post by **JennBunny** » Sun Nov 18, 2001 1:34 am

I thought it was kinda funny, I had never really seen anything like that, well not the "click here" thing, but that part where it says anywhere <IMG SRC="http://www.plauder-smilies.de/BUNNY.gif"> [This message has been edited by JennBunny (edited 11-18-2001).]

Genecatlow · Post by **Genecatlow** » Sun Nov 18, 2001 5:11 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by JFD62780:

From Gene Catlow's message box:
Am I the only one online who thinks that being told to "click here" on something that works no matter WHERE you click it is a bit silly?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Yeah! Who thought up that concept? Bob'O'Link? <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/rolleyes.gif">

*chuckle* Bob O'Link clicks on everything,
anyway. He's rather hyperactive. Once he gets
online, it's almost impossible to pry him
away from the computer. ^_^

Genecatlow · Post by **Genecatlow** » Sun Nov 18, 2001 5:12 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by UncleMonty:
For that matter, what makes these people think I'll want to click on their silly little boxes?!! Ha!!Well, OK. Gene's, I'd click. But I already have his site <blink>bookmarked</blink>!!! So there!!!Sorry, just practicing my birdcalls. That was my impression of a Bob O' Link.
[This message has been edited by UncleMonty (edited 11-17-2001).]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>The kind of impression that makes an impression.
<IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif">

Genecatlow · Post by **Genecatlow** » Sun Nov 18, 2001 5:17 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Rory O'Bannion:
I was just thinking about how much I like the newsbox. Thanks, Gene for not pressuring on us on where to click. Then again no one ever tells me where I should click! <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/biggrin.gif">
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
I'm glad folks are tickled by the newsbox!
Oddly enough, it seems those who like it the
most are readers I already have! O_O
 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>
BTW-who's going to win the chompetition? This could be a close call. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.g ... BLOCKQUOTE>
Well, right now Sunblaze is in the lead...
if she keeps that lead through round 2, then
she'll win it - but Ferris seems to be getting
more attention. He doesn't seem to mind that
at all. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif">

Genecatlow · Post by **Genecatlow** » Sun Nov 18, 2001 5:19 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by JimRob:
I liked it too. It pretty much embodies the essence of observational comedy. (Not to over-analyse it or anything.)
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I was thinking of trying to find a way of
making the "click here" spot appear outside
the box, but I couldn't figure a way. <=)

Genecatlow · Post by **Genecatlow** » Sun Nov 18, 2001 5:23 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by JennBunny:
I thought it was kinda funny, I had never really seen anything like that, well not the "click here" thing, but that part where it says anywhere <IMG SRC="http://www.plauder-smilies.de/BUNNY.gif"> [This message has been edited by JennBunny (edited 11-18-2001).]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Sorta one of those things that makes sense
to me, really. If they want the user to click
on it, why specify one little part of it? Why
not just say "Click!" if anywhere on the
image will do the job? <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif">

JimRob · Post by **JimRob** » Sun Nov 18, 2001 5:31 am

I liked it too. It pretty much embodies the essence of observational comedy. (Not to over-analyse it or anything.)------------------
<A HREF="http://toothandclaw.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>Tooth and Claw</A> (the melancholic strip)

UncleMonty · Post by **UncleMonty** » Mon Nov 19, 2001 6:18 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by genecatlow:

Originally posted by JennBunny:
I thought it was kinda funny, I had never really seen anything like that, well not the "click here" thing, but that part where it says anywhere <IMG SRC="http://www.plauder-smilies.de/BUNNY.gif"> [This message has been edited by JennBunny (edited 11-18-2001).]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Sorta one of those things that makes sense
to me, really. If they want the user to click
on it, why specify one little part of it? Why
not just say "Click!" if anywhere on the
image will do the job? <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif">

It's a sneaky psychological trick. If you told people to "click in the box" they'd click outside of the box just to show they didn't have to do what you told them, but if you tell them to click "here" in the box, they'll click elsewhere in the box, and be trapped in a one-way trip to advertisingland! Ha ha ha ha!Uhm.. Yeah. That's it.

CWTyger · Post by **CWTyger** » Tue Nov 20, 2001 7:28 am

And now for a little Tyger Tails fun . . .
------
Reese Bertram sat in front of the computer. He considered it a miracle that no one had cracked a joke about his trying to work one. The one he used at home worked fine, but that one was only set up to send and recieve E-mail, the only things he knew how to do without crashing."Stupid pop-up ads," Reese muttered to himself, and he clicked on the X at the upper right corner of one of them.The next thing he knew, he saw another ad, but before he clicked it off of the screen, he read it."'Click here', eh? Well, what if I click elsewhere?" Reese clicked on an area of the ad that was only blank space . . . and was greeted, not by triple X rated tigress babes with big breasts, but by a simple message.THANK YOU FOR DOWNLOADING THE DAMEON VIRUS...YOUR COMPUTER IS NOW A PAPERWEIGHT.The computer then shut down.Reese sat there for a moment, too stunned to do anything. Then he turned in his chair, and called into the Den, "TG? I think I did something wrong . . ."
------
Yikes, I guess it really does mean "Click here."!------------------
'Tah
Visit CWTyger's Den: <A HREF="http://www.lionking.org/~cwtyger" TARGET=_blank>http://www.lionking.org/~cwtyger</A>

Genecatlow · Post by **Genecatlow** » Tue Nov 20, 2001 8:06 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by UncleMonty:

It's a sneaky psychological trick. If you told people to "click in the box" they'd click outside of the box just to show they didn't have to do what you told them, but if you tell them to click "here" in the box, they'll click elsewhere in the box, and be trapped in a one-way trip to advertisingland! Ha ha ha ha!Uhm.. Yeah. That's it.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Hmm... I rather doubt that such a trick would
endear any prospective customers to the
perpetrators of the crime!

Genecatlow · Post by **Genecatlow** » Tue Nov 20, 2001 8:11 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by CWTyger:
"'Click here', eh? Well, what if I click elsewhere?" Reese clicked on an area of the ad that was only blank space . . . and was greeted, not by triple X rated tigress babes with big breasts, but by a simple message.THANK YOU FOR DOWNLOADING THE DAMEON VIRUS...YOUR COMPUTER IS NOW A PAPERWEIGHT.The computer then shut down.Reese sat there for a moment, too stunned to do anything. Then he turned in his chair, and called into the Den, "TG? I think I did something wrong . . ."
------
Yikes, I guess it really does mean "Click here."!
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Heh... anyone who sends viruses like that is
out to get you no matter where you click.
Click here, click there, click anywhere, you
won't escape. Keep some good virus-killing
software handy. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif">

UncleMonty · Post by **UncleMonty** » Wed Nov 21, 2001 7:05 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by genecatlow:
 Hmm... I rather doubt that such a trick would
endear any prospective customers to the
perpetrators of the crime! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>And SPAM does???
By which I mean, I don't think the various wanna-be internet marketing people out there haven't quite got their ducks in a row on that point just yet...
It seems to me, they don't care how you feel about the product they're selling, all they care about is getting you to look at the ad.Your site's ad box is kind of unusual in that it is actually entertaining instead of irritating, trust YOU to do things a little bit differently.

Genecatlow · Post by **Genecatlow** » Wed Nov 21, 2001 7:24 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by UncleMonty:
 And SPAM does???<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Hey, don't ask me! <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif"> I've yet to figure out
how in the world spam advertisers' minds work.
There is PLENTY of good statistical data
around about buyers online that makes spam
not only unnecessary but a waste of time.
 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>
By which I mean, I don't think the various wanna-be internet marketing people out there haven't quite got their ducks in a row on that point just yet...
It seems to me, they don't care how you feel about the product they're selling, all they care about is getting you to look at the ad.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
*shrug* And ramming an unwelcome ad in the
face of a person who only wants their e-mail
only results in a practically guaranteed "No
Sale". I dunno, perhaps they really believe
that their stuff is so indispensable that the
very sight of a spam ad is enough to send a
prospective customer into a buying frenzy?
 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>
Your site's ad box is kind of unusual in that it is actually entertaining instead of irritating, trust YOU to do things a little bit differently.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Maybe I should be in advertising? <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif">

You're probably old enough (that's meant as a
compliment ^_^) to remember back in the days
of TV advertising when the "hard sell" of
Madison Avenue gave way to the more elegant,
clever and (occasionally) even erudite brand
of ads. Smart and funny people, often comedians
like Nichols & May, Stiller & Meara and, of
course, Stan Freberg... the commercials they
were part of aimed for the funny bone and the
head bone at the same time. Is Internet
advertising ripe for the same type of change?

JFD62780 · Post by **JFD62780** » Wed Nov 21, 2001 7:54 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by genecatlow:
You're probably old enough (that's meant as a compliment ^_^) to remember back in the days of TV advertising when the "hard sell" of Madison Avenue gave way to the more elegant, clever and (occasionally) even erudite brand of ads. Smart and funny people, often comedians like Nichols & May, Stiller & Meara and, of course, Stan Freberg... the commercials they were part of aimed for the funny bone and the head bone at the same time. Is Internet advertising ripe for the same type of change?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I think it shoud be! It was those In-Your-Face pop-ups that got me to hate, even certain TV commercials, in the first place! <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/tongue.gif">SHOW ME THE FUNNY!!!!!! <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/biggrin.gif">------------------
Until next post...[This message has been edited by JFD62780 (edited 11-21-2001).]

Genecatlow · Post by **Genecatlow** » Fri Nov 23, 2001 4:22 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by JFD62780:
 I think it shoud be! It was those In-Your-Face pop-ups that got me to hate, even certain TV commercials, in the first place! <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/tongue.gif">SHOW ME THE FUNNY!!!!!! <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/biggrin.gif">
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Perhaps that will be the next wave of Internet
advertising, now that more companies are
seeking to use it in that manner.

Genecatlow · Post by **Genecatlow** » Sat Nov 24, 2001 4:25 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by TheRedWolf:
you people seem to be right about everything >8<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
It's just guesswork with me. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif">

CyberCorn Entropic · Post by **CyberCorn Entropic** » Sat Nov 24, 2001 7:00 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by genecatlow:
Hey, don't ask me! <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif"> I've yet to figure out how in the world spam advertisers' minds work. There is PLENTY of good statistical data around about buyers online that makes spam not only unnecessary but a waste of time.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Do they even have minds to work with?------------------
"Dashing through the mall,
In a race for our presents,
O'er shoppers we go,
Yelling all the way.
Bells on check-outs ring,
Making wallets light,
What fun it is to run and scream through the big mall tonight!Screaming kids, yelling folks, terror all the way!
Oh, what fun it is to be a Christmas shopper tonight!"(Sung to "Jingle Bells")