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Why Advertising Is Dead

Jackie Barrie | Posted 03.21.2012

Jackie Barrie

All those poor advertisers are trying so hard to get our attention and make us buy more stuff, but it's just not working any more!

PHOTOS: Grandma Gets Saucy In The Kitchen

Jessica Pearce Rotondi | Posted 02.15.2012

Jessica Pearce Rotondi

What I can't decide is whether these ads are mocking older women's sexuality or celebrating it.

WATCH: Kimmel Unveils Herman Cain's New Campaign Ad

Posted 11.27.2011

Republican candidate Herman Cain was reportedly considering dropping out of the race before his huge straw poll win in Florida this week, in which he ...

WATCH: Have Social Media Needs?

Posted 11.26.2011

Do you or your business have social media needs? Of course you do! And Barbara Payne is here to help out. She and the Digital Design Agency are famili...

WATCH: Give A Sh*t With Nikki Reed

Posted 10.11.2011

Give a Sh*t is an organization that's trying to raise awareness about important issues via social media. The angle? They want every person participati...

Why Are Old Tech Ads So Funny?

Delaney Turner | Posted 09.27.2011

Delaney Turner

The web is awash with old technology ads, whether they're for a cheaper hard disk, better color, or even an "Electronic Computer Brain" that's fun at parties, solves riddles and tells the future. Why is this?

WATCH: Hipmunk Meme Ad Proves 'Everything's Better With Cute Animals'

Posted 09.26.2011

With an attractive user-friendly system and new wi-fi search, Hipmunk, the new kid on the travel search engine block, has already attracted a cult of ...

WATCH: Woman Speaks Cat

Posted 08.10.2011

It's no secret that the internet loves cats a little too much sometimes, but this ad for a Los Angeles-area cat hotel is just the right blend of quirk...

Awesome Furnished Apartment Comes With 16 Cats

Posted 07.12.2011

If you're looking for the perfect summer sublet in Washington, DC, you can call off the search, because we've found it. It's June-August, only $900 an...

Is This The Creepiest Real Estate Ad Of All Time? (PHOTO)

Posted 05.25.2011

OK, so we get it: his last name is Lamb, and we could totally see the meeting where this ad was conceived being fun and clever. But really? It's a lam...

The Ad To Which NO ONE Will Respond (PHOTO)

Posted 05.25.2011

We can't imagine that the phones have been ringing off the hook for this one. If you're hooked on heroin and browsing the classifieds for employment t...

Lift Laughs: 9 Epic Elevators Ads (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

Last week we brought you 11 awesomely creative billboards, but adventurous advertising isn't reserved for the highway. The surprising reveal elevators...

The Funniest Infomercial Fails Of All Time (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Vincent Andrighetto | Posted 05.25.2011

Surely sleepless bouts of insomnia, or simple midday boredom has forced you to resort to watching some inane commercial about the latest innovation in...

Top 5 Most Offensive Things Printed at WSU

Dominick Bonny | Posted 05.25.2011

Dominick Bonny

I'm a history buff and I think the best way to really see the past is through old headlines. Here are the top five most offensive things I found in my college paper.

No Impact Week: The Most Ridiculous, Wasteful Consumer Products Ever (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

A major theme throughout No Impact Week has been consumption, and how much we buy (and waste!) that is unnecessary. Here at HuffPost Green we've been ...

The Baby Mop: Japan's Gift To Crazy Parents (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

Ever thought your baby wasn't pulling enough weight around the house? No? Damn, cause this would've been perfect for you. "The Baby Mop" attaches frin...

What Blagojevich's Fire Department Might Look Like

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

The following is an ad for an on-line auction company that shows us a world in which people bid on public services. It kind of makes us grateful to pa...

Spoofing Booze Ads To Sell Liquor

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Beam has recruited comedians to make Web ads spoofing their own commercials for a new ad campaign/contest. Viewers of these videos are encouraged ...

Guy In Leather Ad: Spitzer Was Out There Popping Chicks Like Bon Bons

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

The guys at Forever Leather are not happy with New York's politicians, "If Spitzer wasn't out there popping chicks like bon bons maybe we'd be a littl...

Top Ads Of 2007

USA Today | Laura Petrecca | Posted 05.25.2011

According to both armchair critics and advertising pros, 2007 ranked with the best of times for TV and online video commercials -- or it was a disaste...