3.01: The Ad-Driven Web, Part I

In which Stephen and Chris are back at it, with a discussion of the role advertising plays in the modern web—the good, the bad, the ugly, and the wonderfully hilarious. What makes advertising good or bad? How do companies get “native ads” right—and wrong?
Links

• Denny’s Tumblr
  • That Huge Pork Heist
• John Gruber/Daring Fireball
• Ben Thompson/Stratechery
  • Why Web Pages Suck, on the same topic as today’s show… but posted two days after we recorded it.
• Andrew Sullivan/The Dish

Before You Go

• Europe’s demands on Greece
• The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

Music

• “Marina and I”, by The Gorgeous Chans. Used by permission.
• “Winning Slowly Theme” by Chris Krycho. Used by… uh… yeah, we kind of have permission to do whatever we want. Of course, it’s Creative Commons Attribution licensed, meaning so do you. How neat is that?

Sponsors

Many thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This month’s sponsors:

• Jeremy W. Sherman
• Jeremy Cherfas

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