Saturday, December 19, 2009

I don't like it.

There are always ads on my facebook page with pictures of young women. This time it is an ad for joint pain relief showing a young women with very large breasts. Usually there is an ad that says "Guess who's been looking for you?" with a picture of a similar young woman. No one is looking for me (the currency violation thing in Chile got cleared up), and I suspect the only reason people (read "guys") click on the ads is to see a larger picture of the woman — and of course her breasts. Is internet advertising only working by relying on sex to attract people? Is that what Google's empire is built on? And why would an ad for joint pain relief use a picture of a young person who has never experienced joint pain instead of an older person who actually has joint pain? I don't really care, I just find it annoying that this shows up on my facebook page. It's gratuitous pandering and I don't like it. Guess I've become a curmudgeon.

And if the pessimist in you thinks I mentioned this so you would go look at my facebook page, don't go look. Really.

1 comments:

saz said...

Totally Agree !