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Banner Ad for Gol Airlines

Posted: February 10th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Advertising, Creative, Design, Mobile, Technology, Web | Tags: , , | No Comments »

Nice pairing of phone and ad placement which reminds customers it’s easier to check-in via mobile phone. The plane also flies to the booking page. Bet that’s how they sold it in. :)

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Web Advertising Hits Rock Bottom

Posted: July 19th, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: Advertising, Digital, Funny | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

I noticed this happening myself but hadn’t seen the entire evolution of the ad.

Some viewers may find the following scenes upsetting:

Online ads for the game Evony started out like this:

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Then they added a woman with a little boob showing:

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In case people weren’t noticing the cleavage, the ad evolved into one where the boobs are pointed out a bit more explicitly:

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Moving on to a slightly more realistic look:

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And then they realized they could just dispense with all subtlety and get to the important part:

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Players will be disappointed to find out there isn’t even a female queen to be saved in the game.

Gobsmacked.

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EDIT:

The madness continues here and here.

And here’s the last ad, live on the web with those CGI boobs in context.

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