Price of a viral video on Yahoo? An old car. - GoFuckYourself.com

xenigo · 02-23-2013, 08:51 PM

This video is featured on the front page of Yahoo for some dating site. The person in the video says he found out his wife is cheating on him, dumps a bunch of manure on his "cheating wife's" car that couldn't be worth more than $1000. He mentions the URL at the beginning, and then mentions the URL at the end. Clear as day marketing propaganda.

And the Yahoo editors didn't pick up on this?

http://screen.yahoo.com/husband-gets...084500815.html

shake · 02-23-2013, 08:55 PM

Great marketing, probably getting good joins off that

rowan · 02-23-2013, 08:56 PM

Yahoo sure has a lot of sheep looking at their content. There's 11,936 comments at the moment. I like this one:

"13 yrs. after having a VASECTOMY, I found birth control pills in her car ! I soon replaced these with sugar pills ! I got out SCOT FREE,,,and she got 2 babies while in her mid- 40s ! !"

xenigo · 02-23-2013, 10:08 PM

Yeah I find it ridiculous how whenever there's a news story... there's always a huge drove of sheep of that topic that comment on the story. If it's a story about GM making a comeback, the comments will inevitably be "It's because America makes the highest quality cars in the world! Support the UAW!" And then if you say something to the contrary, you get downranked a billion times and your comment gets blocked.

Zero objectivity.

Pipecrew · 02-23-2013, 10:27 PM

Yahoo though i was going to watch that segment with a 30 second advertisement and no skip button?

think again.

JamesM · 02-23-2013, 11:30 PM

lol.,

here is a funny one.

http://screen.yahoo.com/guy-passes-w...164000077.html

epitome · 02-24-2013, 12:03 AM

Who is to say Yahoo isn't in on it?

xenigo · 02-24-2013, 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by epitome

Who is to say Yahoo isn't in on it?

My wife said the same thing. She said it may be part of Yahoo's new plan for profitability. Could be...

Antonio · 02-24-2013, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by JamesM

lol.,

here is a funny one.

http://screen.yahoo.com/guy-passes-w...164000077.html

A friend of mine also passed out during his first and only parachute jump

StinkyPink · 02-24-2013, 07:16 AM

He also mentioned the dating site in the beginning and in the end, is he advertising for the car or the site? Which is it? Please tell, I NEED TO KNOW!

JamesM · 02-24-2013, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Antonio

A friend of mine also passed out during his first and only parachute jump

imho thats normal, but the reaction of him getting back to normal was awesome.

BigChad · 02-24-2013, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by epitome

Who is to say Yahoo isn't in on it?

02-23-2013, 08:51 PM	#1
xenigo Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Oakland, CA Posts: 8,067	Price of a viral video on Yahoo? An old car. This video is featured on the front page of Yahoo for some dating site. The person in the video says he found out his wife is cheating on him, dumps a bunch of manure on his "cheating wife's" car that couldn't be worth more than $1000. He mentions the URL at the beginning, and then mentions the URL at the end. Clear as day marketing propaganda. And the Yahoo editors didn't pick up on this? http://screen.yahoo.com/husband-gets...084500815.html

02-23-2013, 08:55 PM	#2
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02-23-2013, 11:30 PM	#6
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02-23-2013, 08:56 PM	#3
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	Yahoo sure has a lot of sheep looking at their content. There's 11,936 comments at the moment. I like this one: "13 yrs. after having a VASECTOMY, I found birth control pills in her car ! I soon replaced these with sugar pills ! I got out SCOT FREE,,,and she got 2 babies while in her mid- 40s ! !"

02-23-2013, 10:08 PM	#4
xenigo Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Oakland, CA Posts: 8,067	Yeah I find it ridiculous how whenever there's a news story... there's always a huge drove of sheep of that topic that comment on the story. If it's a story about GM making a comeback, the comments will inevitably be "It's because America makes the highest quality cars in the world! Support the UAW!" And then if you say something to the contrary, you get downranked a billion times and your comment gets blocked. Zero objectivity.

02-23-2013, 10:27 PM	#5
Pipecrew Master of Gfy.com Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 14,887	Yahoo though i was going to watch that segment with a 30 second advertisement and no skip button? think again.

02-24-2013, 12:03 AM	#7
epitome So Fucking Lame Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Posts: 12,156	Who is to say Yahoo isn't in on it?

02-24-2013, 07:16 AM	#10
StinkyPink It's all goooood. Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Hoe Stroll Posts: 1,591	He also mentioned the dating site in the beginning and in the end, is he advertising for the car or the site? Which is it? Please tell, I NEED TO KNOW!