Strange Bedfellows

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Here's a link from the latest Disney Insider:

http://disney.go.com/inside/issues/stories/v060509.html

Does it seem strange that Disney would be promoting a Dreamworks Movie on their website?

[Gemini Cricket]

I missed that. Which Dreamworks movie?

[DreadPirateRoberts]

I missed that. Which Dreamworks movie?

Over the Hedge

[Gemini Cricket]

That's funny, I don't see any ad for that. I have an ad for 'Disney Visa' and 'Familyfun.com'...

[DreadPirateRoberts]

That's funny, I don't see any ad for that. I have an ad for 'Disney Visa' and 'Familyfun.com'...

Interesting, the ads on the right hand side must pop up randomly, but with that link it's been repeatably displaying Dreamwork's "Over the Hedge" for me.

[CoasterMatt]

I get that ad too!, and on the left side there's a popup for Pixar's Cars :)

[DreadPirateRoberts]

I get that ad too!, and on the left side there's a popup for Pixar's Cars :)

Maybe the ads are region based, GC is on the east coast.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Those are random, paid advertisements. It's not surprisng at all. Why would Disney want to refuse advertising revenue? It's no different than a Universal movie being advertised on ABC. If they studio is willing to pay Disney for the ad space, Disney will happily accept their money.

[Alex]

Yeah, it looks like they're just standard Doubleclick ad spaces. Disney can reject any ads if they want, but as GD says, why would they want.

What I don't understand is that Disney has on the payroll some of the most advanced, most modern, most standards friendly front end coders in the country (ESPN has been a leader in implementing almost fully compliant HTML/CSS) and yet almost every Web page they produce outside of the ESPN realm is coded as if it is 1997. This page hasn't a single <DIV> tags, no external style sheet, and is using tables in the most old-fashioned positioning way imaginable.

[CoasterMatt]

It's no different than Disney movies being filmed at Universal Studios :)

I can't recall how many times guests get freaked out when they see a "Buena Vista Pictures" truck (with the castle logo) on the lot.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Yeah, it looks like they're just standard Doubleclick ad spaces. Disney can reject any ads if they want, but as GD says, why would they want.


I guess I was just surprised that any Disney website would feel the need to support itself with Doubleclick ads, it cheapens the brand. They spent all this money on their site, even send me an email when it's updated. I go to the site to read a teaser about the new Pirates movie, and I see an ad for a Dreamworks movie. It threw me off for a second. I feel like anything on a Disney website should be endorsed by Disney, but maybe my standards are too high. Seems kind of counter productive. I wonder what isn't an acceptable ad for this site?

[Not Afraid]

I just get DIsney Cruise ads.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

I just get DIsney Cruise ads.

I can understand them advertising Disney related products, it 's the non-disney ads that puzzle me.

[Gemini Cricket]

On another board, which is family friendly, a banner ad started showing up randomly promoting buying cigarettes. Someone on the board was saying at that it was hard to know what was going to show up and that it was easier to remove them than preview what could possibly show up. I don't remember which board it was (MP, MI, LP, Fab, MC...?).

On an unrelated note, I feel like a smoke and watching some computer generated film with critters in it...
:D

[DreadPirateRoberts]

On an unrelated note, I feel like a smoke and watching some computer generated film with critters in it...
:D

You must spread some Mojo around before giving it to Gemini Cricket again.