It looks like someone doesn’t like Jason Calacanis – I just spotted this Adsense ad in Google when I did a search for his name.
You’ve got to wonder what gets into people’s minds to pay for ads like these to appear.
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13 Responses to “Another Jason Calacanis Fan Hits Adsense” - Add Yours
Kevin Burton
August 10th, 2005 10:23 am
Don’t click on the link.. they try to link to a VERY bad location.
Darren.. you might want to blur out the URL. I’m sure Google will take this down soon enough.
Stuart
August 10th, 2005 10:40 am
Some of them probably don’t have a lot of mind for anything to get into – or it’s something quite malicious as Kevin may have discovered.
BankLocater
August 10th, 2005 11:27 am
They must have changed the page.
Why is it a VERY bad location? It’s a very pointless location. Some might say it is funny.
Randy Charles Morin
August 10th, 2005 11:57 am
Too funny!
HeartlandOutdoorsman.Com
August 10th, 2005 12:25 pm
Yep—sure enuf- the ad is still there when searching on Jason’s name…LOL
He does like to throw it out there on his Blog.
But so do I- who doesn’t?? ; )
Amit Agarwal
August 10th, 2005 5:36 pm
Darren,
..when I did a search for his name….
You already seem to be a big fan of Jason.
I like him too for his business skills. http://labnol.blogspot.com/2005/08/business-acumen-of-jason-calacanis.html
Amit.
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Andy
August 10th, 2005 9:11 pm
Some people have too much money and are happier doing this than something worthwhile.
At least if I disagree with someone I’ll say so (for free) on my blog – I’m not going to take out AdWords ads to do it.
I doubt it will hurt Jason much. Whether that page develops into anything else remains to be seen. I suppose it could be a way of generating controversy and pagerank – c’mon we all visited it right?
But, really, what would Mister T do? :)
Jason
August 11th, 2005 4:19 am
according to the domain registration this ad was taken out by stankdawg, who’s panel at DEFCON I wrote a negative review of.
I love the fact that people are paying for name… that’s funny. I’ll click their ad every time!
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AnonymousCoward
August 12th, 2005 3:33 am
It no longer links to dontmakemekickyourass.com it links to stankdawgs website..
How to make money with Adsense
August 29th, 2005 5:13 pm
This is crazy… I can’t believe these sorts of ads slip through G’s filters.
blah
September 23rd, 2005 7:54 am
Interestingly enough, if you see stankdawgs presentation (which is avaiable on his website at stankdawg.com) he lists these techniques in it. I find it ironic that Jason wrote a negative review about the presentation but the very ideas and pranks mentioned are being used against him. :)
I think Jason is eating a little crow myself. :P
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