Here’s a good story about

Here’s a good story about Christophe Bruno, a poet who used Google as his publisher. He bought five bucks worth of Google AdWords and used them to display his handiwork, thereby winning thousands of unsuspecting readers for his bizarre dada-esque miniatures. It was a good hack while it lasted, but Google got wise and shut him down. Read about it here: net art : adwords happening. How much is one poem’s reading worth? How much is your name worth? Google knows the answer. Here’s one of Christophe’s poem cum advertisements (there are several other ruder ones on his site).

don’t ever do that again aaargh ! are you mad ? ooops !!!