Gaming the system – a cautionary tale

For those who haven’t taken the time to read the New York Times piece on J.C. Penney, and some of the ‘black hat’ SEO techniques that were used on their website, you owe it to yourself to take a look:

The Dirty Little Secrets of Search

Because you just can’t get enough

Bloopers and deleted scenes from “The Force” for Volkswagen, produced by Deutsch.

More coverage is available from our friends over at Adfreak.

Need Your Fix?

Missed a spot or two from the game last night?  There’s no shortage of places to see everything that may have fallen below the radar (yeah, right), including:

Ad Age
Adweek
AdBowl
Adland
Brand Bowl

and many, many, many, many more.

DEADLINE: Rockie Awards Call for Entries

A quick reminder — the deadline for submissions for this year’s Idaho Advertising Federation Rockie Awards is Friday, February 4th*.

More details, information and instructions can be found on the Rockie Awards website.

*that is, unless you prefer paying the late entry fee. In that case, you’ve got until 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 11th.

DEADLINE: Impact Awards Call for Entries

Don’t forget, the deadline for submitting awards for the Capital City Communicators Impact Awards is coming up on Thursday, February 10th.

Full details about the awards, categories, submission requirements and more can be found on the Capital City Communicators website.