Comments on: Boing Boing going for sensational headlines http://mattwalters.net/2006/03/22/boing-boing-going-for-sensational-headlines/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:44:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Brian G http://mattwalters.net/2006/03/22/boing-boing-going-for-sensational-headlines/#comment-10 Brian G Thu, 23 Mar 2006 18:26:37 +0000 http://mattwalters.net/blog/permalink/7/#comment-10 Dave- Is Yahoo! supposed to provide web hosting for Corys web page that hosts those ads too? What else would Cory like from Yahoo!? Would he like them to construct his website for him as well? How about pick out a color scheme for his bathroom? Tell him his future? Pick his lotto numbers? Dave-
Is Yahoo! supposed to provide web hosting for Corys web page that hosts those ads too? What else would Cory like from Yahoo!? Would he like them to construct his website for him as well? How about pick out a color scheme for his bathroom? Tell him his future? Pick his lotto numbers?

]]> By: matt http://mattwalters.net/2006/03/22/boing-boing-going-for-sensational-headlines/#comment-99932 matt Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:41:50 +0000 http://mattwalters.net/blog/permalink/7/#comment-99932 Yep ... again, not saying it isn't a stupid policy or even that Yahoo! wasn't being particularly helpful.<br><br>But the headline and the interpretation of the policy were incorrect and needlessly "sensational." Yep … again, not saying it isn’t a stupid policy or even that Yahoo! wasn’t being particularly helpful.

But the headline and the interpretation of the policy were incorrect and needlessly “sensational.”

]]> By: CrazyDave http://mattwalters.net/2006/03/22/boing-boing-going-for-sensational-headlines/#comment-99931 CrazyDave Thu, 23 Mar 2006 06:31:58 +0000 http://mattwalters.net/blog/permalink/7/#comment-99931 ... which they refused to provide. Or even suggest where one might be found. … which they refused to provide. Or even suggest where one might be found.

]]> By: Brian G http://mattwalters.net/2006/03/22/boing-boing-going-for-sensational-headlines/#comment-4 Brian G Wed, 22 Mar 2006 23:41:46 +0000 http://mattwalters.net/blog/permalink/7/#comment-4 The headline sucks as does the article. Cory is getting embarrassingly regular at shooting first and asking questions later. If he's going to quit his day job to be a revolutionary, he ought to do it with a bit more class and a lot less high-school-walk-out-ism. All he or anyone else has to do is block the ads from non-US IP addresses. Yes, it's dumb of Yahoo!, but so is his lame article on the matter... as well as his horrible translation of the TOS. The headline sucks as does the article.
Cory is getting embarrassingly regular at shooting first and asking questions later. If he’s going to quit his day job to be a revolutionary, he ought to do it with a bit more class and a lot less high-school-walk-out-ism.
All he or anyone else has to do is block the ads from non-US IP addresses.
Yes, it’s dumb of Yahoo!, but so is his lame article on the matter… as well as his horrible translation of the TOS.

]]> By: Scott http://mattwalters.net/2006/03/22/boing-boing-going-for-sensational-headlines/#comment-2 Scott Wed, 22 Mar 2006 22:21:09 +0000 http://mattwalters.net/blog/permalink/7/#comment-2 I think the title is prefectly accurate. They require you to block <i>outsiders</i> from seeing the ads and the rep recomended that he simply firewall off everyone outside the US. I think the title is prefectly accurate. They require you to block outsiders from seeing the ads and the rep recomended that he simply firewall off everyone outside the US.

]]> By: matt http://mattwalters.net/2006/03/22/boing-boing-going-for-sensational-headlines/#comment-99930 matt Wed, 22 Mar 2006 21:26:37 +0000 http://mattwalters.net/blog/permalink/7/#comment-99930 And by the way, I did read the full article, and technically what Yahoo responded with was:<br><blockquote>However, there are scripts and programs which you can initiate to block international users from viewing or encountering your Yahoo! Publisher Network ads.</blockquote><br><br>They didn't recommend firewalling off all non-US visitors, they recommended getting a script that would prevent Yahoo ad's from displaying if the visitor was outside the US... And by the way, I did read the full article, and technically what Yahoo responded with was:
However, there are scripts and programs which you can initiate to block international users from viewing or encountering your Yahoo! Publisher Network ads.

They didn’t recommend firewalling off all non-US visitors, they recommended getting a script that would prevent Yahoo ad’s from displaying if the visitor was outside the US…

]]> By: matt http://mattwalters.net/2006/03/22/boing-boing-going-for-sensational-headlines/#comment-99929 matt Wed, 22 Mar 2006 20:58:14 +0000 http://mattwalters.net/blog/permalink/7/#comment-99929 Brian -- I agree.<br><br>Scott & Todd -- As I stated, I'm not arguing that the policy Yahoo put in place isn't stupid. I'm just saying that Boing Boing did a bad job with their headline. I mean, I and many others know the best way to up readership is to use sensational headlines, but that doesn't make it right, and it doesn't make me wrong for calling them on it. Brian — I agree.

Scott & Todd — As I stated, I’m not arguing that the policy Yahoo put in place isn’t stupid. I’m just saying that Boing Boing did a bad job with their headline. I mean, I and many others know the best way to up readership is to use sensational headlines, but that doesn’t make it right, and it doesn’t make me wrong for calling them on it.

]]> By: Todd http://mattwalters.net/2006/03/22/boing-boing-going-for-sensational-headlines/#comment-99927 Todd Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:50:28 +0000 http://mattwalters.net/blog/permalink/7/#comment-99927 True, the title is a bit misleading--if you read only the portion quoted on BoingBoing's front page! Read the full article, and you'll see that Yahoo! <em>refused to offer any suggestion</em> other than firewalling all non-US visitors. The headline is technically true. True, the title is a bit misleading–if you read only the portion quoted on BoingBoing’s front page! Read the full article, and you’ll see that Yahoo! refused to offer any suggestion other than firewalling all non-US visitors. The headline is technically true.

]]> By: Scott http://mattwalters.net/2006/03/22/boing-boing-going-for-sensational-headlines/#comment-99926 Scott Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:21:09 +0000 http://mattwalters.net/blog/permalink/7/#comment-99926 I think the title is prefectly accurate. They require you to block <i>outsiders</i> from seeing the ads and the rep recomended that he simply firewall off everyone outside the US. I think the title is prefectly accurate. They require you to block outsiders from seeing the ads and the rep recomended that he simply firewall off everyone outside the US.

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