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Google presents: urban spam and misdirection
Recently wrote about urban spam + corporate responsibility and called out the NYC MTA for its hellacious new advertiser offering - total subway train domination. And as pictured here - Google just bought some.
Visual offense aside, the execution (on behalf of Google Maps) strikes me as both uninteresting and a bit off-brand for a company appreciated for its minimalism and cleverness.
Oh, and NYConvergence just noted that some of the ads inside the cars apparently give faulty directions. Whoops. Maybe they’re still in beta.
Photo via paolomastrangelo.