Monday, September 28, 2009

When is a Blog not a Blog?

This advertising ploy tries to get readers to believe they are reading the personal experience of an individual. Very clever!

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However,  closer examination, (with a right click of the mouse and choosing to "view page source code" ) we find that there are robots or widgets at work here. In addition, look what pops up when you try to close the page:

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Just Click "O.K." and it will disappear.

This ad is programmed to  examine the ISP of the person opening the page. to determine their location then changes the wording of the "blog" accordingly. My copy of this page shows "Erin" lives in Toronto, and she received a check from the Canadian Government. What results do you get on this page? Drop me a comment & let the world know!

http://www.erinsgrantblog.com/?c=ca&aff=sg&id=vcsuc

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