themetricsystem.rjmetrics.com — Have you seen one of those lawn signs plugging a local dating website? A blogger gets obsessed with who is behind them and just how far they stretch. This is a report of his findings, which start in a tiny NJ town and lead all the way to the secret guerilla marketing infrastructure of a multimillion-dollar company...
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fixhotepNov 7, 2008
I am a domainer myself and I blogged about it back in August. Of course, I didn't realize the big sneaky picture or do the extensive work this guy did.<a class="user" href="http://www.trenddomaining.com/anyone-can-participate-in-the-geodomain-game/">http://www.trenddomaining.com/anyone-can-participa ...</a>
tnittyNov 7, 2008
Get off my lawn you damn kids!
kissologyNov 7, 2008
I hate when you go to an article and you're like "I'm not reading this, its long as f**k!" and then it turns out 70% of it is comments.
fernlyNov 7, 2008
Whenever I see one while on a bike ride, I stop and pull it up, fold it up, and stuff it in the next dumpster I pass. I used to think "ha, I just made you waste $20!" -- but it seems the cost to place the signs is a lot less than that. Just the same, the faster the signs are yanked out, the less effective they are, and the more the net cost to the business.Note in California it is against state law to post anything on a utility pole, anywhere, and in most municipalities it is against code to post a commercial sign without a permit. So there is no legal issue with making a "citizen's arrest" of such a sign (best followed by a "citizen's trial" and "citizen's summary execution").
mtheoryxNov 7, 2008
Multi-selects have proven problematic in terms of accessibility.Checkboxes would be better.
threedee912Nov 8, 2008
Yeah, same here. I also see a lot of "Avoid Forclosure" and "Work at Home" signs too...
teamgwhoNov 8, 2008
this is what happens when people w/OCD have access to the internet.//has OCD//thinks the research was fascinating
ljinNov 15, 2008
very nice read. Certainly these guys have more business sense than 95% of the valley CEOs.