Who doesn’t love contextual ad blunders?

I love a contextual ad blunder as much as the next guy, but advertisers don’t. These guys should be on the phone finding out more about ScanScout for their next campaign, just as soon as they get done bitching at Yahoo.

Contextual Ad Blunder

I recently bought some Yahoo stock (YHOO) and am a firm believer that they’ll be turning themselves, and their image, around. I just happen to catch a lot of these on Yahoo because that’s where I’ve already decided to consume my content. But these things simply shouldn’t happen any more. Seriously. This one is just plain wrong.

Contextual Ad Blunder

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