Comments on: Who Snarks on the Adverts?

Question: Who Snarks on the Adverts?

crazyray — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:59:11 -0800

I have become addicted to a certain website (RSS feed actually) that makes snarky criticism about major advertising campaigns. Can you recommend other similar blogs? Everytime I google for keywords based on their domain I get (nonsurpirsingly) very spammy results.

I won't want to actually directly link to the blog I am talking about, because I have hyper-anti-pepsi-blue-especially-on-the-green' ism, but the blog I am talking about is Ad Freak dot com. Are there other similar, or even better, blogs which snark all over major ad campaigns?

Before anyone thinks I might be astroturfing AF dot com, please note my posting history on the green and also realize I am not trying to drive traffic to the website in question- I actually want to find their competitors!

By: Jubey

Jubey — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:06:47 -0800

campaignbrief.com is an Australian site where industry insiders rip apart their colleagues' work on a daily basis. Also see a tv show called The Gruen Transfer, their season just finished but you can get podcasts of it. bestadsontv.com, ads of the world, adcritic.com, the list goes on... These sites really bring out the nasty vitriol in a lot of ad people so something there should hit the spot. Take it from me, you get sick of the comments after a while.

By: lannanh

lannanh — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:30:22 -0800

By: prefpara

prefpara — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:43:13 -0800

http://copyranter.blogspot.com/

By: emmastory

emmastory — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:12:43 -0800

It's not quite the same thing, but you might get a kick out of Photoshop Disasters. The images they poke fun at often come from ads or magazine covers.

By: infinitewindow

infinitewindow — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:25:48 -0800

awfulcommercials.com, run by MeFi's own DigDugDag.

By: socratic

socratic — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:04:23 -0800

There's Brand New, which is, generally, not all that snarky but which critiques new brand and rebrand launches. Possibly not what you're looking for though.

By: WCityMike

WCityMike — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:44:49 -0800

There's the Consumerist's commercials tag, which has its own RSS feed.

By: Knappster

Knappster — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:31:50 -0800

Kitchen Retro does this with vintage print ads.

By: OilPull

OilPull — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:30:49 -0800

Ad Report Card series on Slate.com