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Re:The death of advertising authenticity by rantfoil on Tuesday October 06, 2009 @07:41PM (#865657)
Is that really true?

With many web services, if I have to see an ad for it, then my perception of it actually goes down somewhat. If it was that good, would I need to see an ad for it?

See Mozy vs Dropbox, for instance.

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Re:The death of advertising authenticity by biohacker42 on Wednesday October 07, 2009 @09:28AM (#866648)
Word of mouth has always been considered among the best and most valuable forms of advertising. Thus it is no wonder that if you're used to finding new web services from word of mouth, then seeing an anonymous advertisement will not be nearly as good.
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