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Mad Men takeover of IMDB by Deep Focus is brilliant.

This "featured content takeover" (just made that up) of IMDB by Mad Men done by Deep Focus is brilliant because 90% of it features the content of IMDB and 10% of it is actually an advertisement (i.e. This Sunday, buy the DVDs). The future of advertising is making and featuring compelling content with modest, and integrated, calls to action. Well done.

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Aug 14, 2009
rahlquist said...
Ads like this would actually make me check a site more often to see just what kind of cool stuff is upcoming.
Aug 14, 2009
Michael Paul said...
I'm not very familiar, but didn't MySpace try doing this some time ago? How is this any different than what MySpace did? I like the idea, but wonder if IMDB is doing it better than MySpace did and why.
Aug 14, 2009
It's too much. Having it thrown in my face in that quantity just makes me not want to go watch the show.
Aug 14, 2009
Gadgets UK said...
I agree with Paul. Too much product placement. I want to see the IMDB design, not a full page ad.
Aug 15, 2009
Anthony Mendez said...
I love it. Deeplinking to relevant content and information that is already focused on the visitor's needs; While not interfering with the full functionality of the site itself.

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