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News:Facebook bans Google+ ad
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Ingenuity is surely something to be admired.
Commercial ingenuity is something to be revered.
Sometimes, though, it seems...
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BLog- Shaw Capital Management
News:Facebook bans Google+ ad
http://news.
cnet.
com/8301-17852_3-20080054-71/facebook-bans-google-ad/
Ingenuity is surely something to be admired.
Commercial ingenuity is something to be revered.
Sometimes, though, it seems that certain tech companies only revere their own ingenuity.
That seems to
be the case with Facebook, which, as reported by TechCrunch’s Erick Schonfeld, has removed a piece of
fine commercial ingenuity from its site.
App developer Michael Lee Johnson, conscious of the need to be big on Google+ or be nobody,
wondered what the best way to levitate his Google+ circles might be.
He hit upon a fine idea: he placed
an ad on Facebook.
It was a simple thing that was headlined: “Add Michael to Google+.
”
The copy read: “If you’re lucky enough to have a Google+ account, add Michael Lee Johnson, Internet
Geek, App Developer, Technological Virtuoso.
”
If those words weren’t enough to persuade Facebook users that Johnson was a must for their
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