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NSFW?: Any thoughts on the bidet ad on the right?
Two Obscure Store readers have questioned it, but I have to point out that it's received more clicks than any other ad in the short time it's been posted. The ad, which is part of a Blogads package, is scheduled to run through September. Is it something that will cause problems at your workplace? I'll consider removing it (and losing a nice chuck of revenue, to be honest) if people can't check the site at work because of it.
September 2, 2007 | Permalink
Comments
I'm one of those who clicked through. It's exactly the product needed, when I pointed out the ad to my wife, she looked at the site and said "I'll take two".
Obscure store is NSFW, so why sweat the ad?
Posted by: Stan | Sep 2, 2007 6:49:48 AM
Ads??? Who looks at ads on any web page. I completely ignore them.
Posted by: tomtomt | Sep 2, 2007 7:14:05 AM
Hang on. Lemme disable my ad blocker.
Ah, I see. *shrugs* I dunno. Seems pretty innocuous to me. Hardly pornographic. Kinda sweet, actually.
Posted by: Dave | Sep 2, 2007 7:30:27 AM
When you click on it, there's more butts! LOL
Posted by: Dave | Sep 2, 2007 7:32:08 AM
There a lot things worse to be considered NSFW. This is not one of them.
There's no need to remove.
Posted by: E | Sep 2, 2007 8:06:33 AM
I have the caches on my work computers scanned regularly for "nude" photos. If these are stored as files on my computers they will be found separately from any commercial that they are associated with. The employee will get a reprimand. (3 reps and then suspension/termination.) Employers have been put into this position by employees that screw off with personal functions while getting paid to do commercial functions.
Posted by: apex28257 | Sep 2, 2007 8:14:40 AM
It's a bloody bidet and a few bare butts, for f*ck's sake. Who the hell cares?
I guess you can tell a lot about a society by its politicians. And our politicians are a bunch of sexually repressed freaks. Ergo...
Posted by: Me | Sep 2, 2007 8:21:07 AM
No problemo...
Posted by: yucca | Sep 2, 2007 8:55:59 AM
Jim, that ad mooned me.
Posted by: Lylly | Sep 2, 2007 9:19:53 AM
I was surprised but no problem - at least it's a lady with a nice tush, otherwise it would be an eyesore. Ads will keep pushing the limit little by little, so stay tuned.
Posted by: S.O. | Sep 2, 2007 9:31:09 AM
I clicked. The stupid web page must use flash or somesuch. I clicked back here at the 4% loaded point; I have dialup, and the site is not 56k friendly. Otherwise, it was fine. Love your site, Jim!!
Posted by: Ned | Sep 2, 2007 10:00:53 AM
Whoever complained about the ads must not read the comments. There are days when an ad like that is certainly more safe for work than the commentary!
Jim, it's your site, you host whatever ads you want. If I don't like it, I won't look. Anyone who doesn't follow that particular line either needs to learn how to use their computer, or take themselves out of mommy's basement for some fresh air.
/blanket judgments, FTW!
Posted by: Soo | Sep 2, 2007 10:12:07 AM
The ad is fine! No worries.
Posted by: mark | Sep 2, 2007 10:14:46 AM
For me, as well as other employees like me, the question is not what I personally think of the image. Rather, the question is whether my IT department will discipline me for having an image of a woman's nude rearend in my cache. Likewise, if another employee walks up while I'm reading the site, they may complain to my supervisors that I am looking at nudity.
My company has very strict internet policies; out of a desire to keep my job, I have to be careful with the images that load. If the image stays there, I will have to avoid the site while I'm at work.
Posted by: Chris | Sep 2, 2007 10:17:19 AM
Hmm... With that smiley face on there, her ass kind of looks like that guy from the Monopoly game.
Posted by: Dan | Sep 2, 2007 10:19:47 AM
You have ads?
I don't see that one at all. Can someone post a link here so I can click on it?
Posted by: Farmer Bob | Sep 2, 2007 10:32:32 AM
Very good point, Chris.
Is there any way you can alter your internet browser without the assistance of the IT dept. to block ad images?
Posted by: Soo | Sep 2, 2007 10:33:42 AM
Thanks for the feedback everyone. Sounds like the ad protesters are very much the minority. Some clicks/views stats as an FYI..
The ROCKET SCIENCE movie ad, which has run a few weeks now.... 64 clicks with 290,479 views.
The BIDET ad, which has run a day or two (during a slow holiday weekend)... 208 clicks with 11,883 views.
Posted by: Jim Romenesko | Sep 2, 2007 10:39:37 AM
No worries here, mate. Ad is fine.
Posted by: Todd | Sep 2, 2007 11:29:25 AM
I clicked on the ad because of all of this. It's the sort of shit I used to order when I worked for these crazy Greek bastards. I entered to win me one out of some bizarre nostalgia.
Posted by: WHORES BLOSSOMS | Sep 2, 2007 11:46:26 AM
I have seen that ad elsewhere, but I had not noticed it or any other ad on this site. I seem to have a built-in mental advertisement blocker.
Posted by: Sheila | Sep 2, 2007 11:54:24 AM
I would like it removed because the bidet has the same name as my newborn nephew.
Posted by: Kelz | Sep 2, 2007 11:55:03 AM
Kelz, is your nephew,"Washlet"?
Posted by: Lylly | Sep 2, 2007 12:02:37 PM
Farmer Bob,It's an on site ad to the right of Yucca's comment. It's sterile.
Posted by: Lylly | Sep 2, 2007 12:08:02 PM
this website is going to the shitter
this is the first ad in a long slide. First it will be hey here's an ad for a tiolet, then next week it will be like, hey I make a lot of money advertising viagra. soon this will be a porn site. (note sarcasm)
Posted by: Mary | Sep 2, 2007 12:25:09 PM
