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richtea78

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5,574 posts

189 months

Tuesday 27th August 2013
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So according to the banner at the top of the page Mumsnet are sponsored by Toyota now?

http://www.mumsnet.com/microsites/toyota

Maybe PH could explore a similar deal?

illmonkey

19,839 posts

229 months

Tuesday 27th August 2013
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I don't care, but what are you doing on mumsnet?

richtea78

Original Poster:

5,574 posts

189 months

Tuesday 27th August 2013
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It's an advert on PH not Mumsnet!

illmonkey

19,839 posts

229 months

Tuesday 27th August 2013
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richtea78 said:
It's an advert on PH not Mumsnet!
You'll have to clarify.

You said it looks like Toyota are sponsoring mumsnet, yet you say its an advert on PH. Is it a advert on PH showing that Toyota are advertising on mumsnet? Seems weird

CallorFold

860 posts

164 months

Tuesday 27th August 2013
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You need to get yourself "AdBlock" Plug-in/Chrome Extension smile

richtea78

Original Poster:

5,574 posts

189 months

Tuesday 27th August 2013
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The banner on PH says that Toyota are sponsoring Mumsnet. If you click the banner it takes you to Mumsnet where Toyota are giving Munsnet users cars to review.

It's interesting I thought as it shows how much clout they now have when you would have thought a car website was the one to use

illmonkey

19,839 posts

229 months

Tuesday 27th August 2013
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richtea78 said:
The banner on PH says that Toyota are sponsoring Mumsnet. If you click the banner it takes you to Mumsnet where Toyota are giving Munsnet users cars to review.

It's interesting I thought as it shows how much clout they now have when you would have thought a car website was the one to use
So as I described. Very strange thing to do.

Unlikely a PH'er would click onto mumsnet. Wasted efforts and loss of revenue for PH I imagine. (..in that PH could have ad's we might actually click on)

Benbay001

5,895 posts

188 months

Tuesday 27th August 2013
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richtea78 said:
It's interesting I thought as it shows how much clout they now have when you would have thought a car website was the one to use
If i was looking for a car to transport my little ones around in, would i come to PH and spend 2 years trying to ship them around in an MX5 on the back of recommendations, or would i ask people who have knowledge of family cars?

0000

13,966 posts

222 months

Tuesday 27th August 2013
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I don't think Harris should be too worried yet. http://www.mumsnet.com/microsites/toyota/marwell-h...

illmonkey

19,839 posts

229 months

Tuesday 27th August 2013
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Benbay001 said:
richtea78 said:
It's interesting I thought as it shows how much clout they now have when you would have thought a car website was the one to use
If i was looking for a car to transport my little ones around in, would i come to PH and spend 2 years trying to ship them around in an MX5 on the back of recommendations, or would i ask people who have knowledge of family cars?
Man or mouse? hehe

Strawman

6,463 posts

238 months

Tuesday 27th August 2013
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I think PH gets a lot of web traffic from people browsing for car advice who might never post on here, hence Toyota putting adverts on here. I use adblock so never see adverts either.

chrisw666

22,655 posts

230 months

Tuesday 27th August 2013
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0000 said:
I don't think Harris should be too worried yet. http://www.mumsnet.com/microsites/toyota/marwell-h...
They're tailoring the stuff to what the mumsnet users probably want to see.

It would be nice if there was a part of PH where when asking for opinions you didn't have threads that degenerated into arguments between morons and people suggesting their own car. If someone asked on here should I buy a Ford Galaxy or a Ssanyong Rodius there would be loads of people saying buy an estate car, buy an M3 etc etc when clearly the right answer is Rodius as its RWD.

Captain Muppet

8,540 posts

296 months

Tuesday 27th August 2013
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Benbay001 said:
richtea78 said:
It's interesting I thought as it shows how much clout they now have when you would have thought a car website was the one to use
If i was looking for a car to transport my little ones around in, would i come to PH and spend 2 years trying to ship them around in an MX5 on the back of recommendations, or would i ask people who have knowledge of family cars?
I really can't recommend anyone asks what car to buy on PH. Even if you were looking for a slow 20 year old convertible for £1500 and had to have pop-up lights I'm pretty sure PH could fumble it and end up recommending you buy a watch/house/finance/Golf instead. The dicks:enthusiast ratio is huge, and it's not like enthusiasts are actually any good at picking cars for anyone else.

I'm sure Mumsnet won't be any better, but I'm not sure it will be worse.

tannedstamina

510 posts

160 months

Tuesday 27th August 2013
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illmonkey said:
So as I described. Very strange thing to do.

Unlikely a PH'er would click onto mumsnet. Wasted efforts and loss of revenue for PH I imagine. (..in that PH could have ad's we might actually click on)
It looks as though PH is on the Google Display network, so it's Google who decide what ads to show. It's likely that it was targeted towards users that have an interest in cars, and that's why the people on this site are seeing those ads. However, there's quite a few different targeting methods that Toyota's ad agency could've chosen, so it's hard to say.

It's more than likely to be bought on a CPC basis where PH will get a cut of the revenue for each click.

  • disclaimer: although I work in online marketing, I spend half my time on Pistonheads**

fjord

2,143 posts

168 months

Tuesday 27th August 2013
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QUICK MX5 BUY ONE, BUY ONE NOW, GET WINTER TYRES TOO, AND A 335D, AND ANOTHER MX5 AND MORE WINTER TYRESSSSSS!!!

This is the only advert which i expect will be tolerated by PH.

Kemlo

61 posts

171 months

Tuesday 27th August 2013
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Yes beacuse the totally unbiased opinions on here are very much what manufacturers are looking for.

Can you imagine the kind of feedback they'd get asking us lot for reviews and opinions on shopping cars...

smile




Riley Blue

23,217 posts

257 months

Tuesday 27th August 2013
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CallorFold said:
You need to get yourself "AdBlock" Plug-in/Chrome Extension smile
This, definitely. I haven't seen a web advert for years.

richtea78

Original Poster:

5,574 posts

189 months

Tuesday 27th August 2013
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I have it on my laptop but not for my ipad as its not available on mobile OS AFAIK

205alive

6,087 posts

207 months

Tuesday 27th August 2013
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Ok, so how long will it be before the penny drops and the Snakesnest lot decide to come over here for advice on why the dealer won't give them a new engine after they seize it through lack of maintenace...?

The Moose

23,708 posts

240 months

Tuesday 27th August 2013
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Kemlo said:
Yes beacuse the totally unbiased opinions on here are very much what manufacturers are looking for.

Can you imagine the kind of feedback they'd get asking us lot for reviews and opinions on shopping cars...

smile
That electric parking brake was crap - it wouldn't let me give it a good yank on a loose surface to pop the back end out whilst still allowing me to power away from the [non existant] corner.