Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Shake that moneymaker 1

A short series about how our national newspaper websites are trying to make a little extra from my eyeballs. 

The Mail Online's sideline is advertorials, noticeable to this reader because they stay 'up' much longer than 'real' news stories. For me, most of them appear on the main website under the column marked 'Don't Miss', on the mobile platform they're scattered within 'Showbiz'.

Currently, we have

Air fryers, drying racks and heated blankets: Angellica Bell on the little household changes that can make a 'massive difference' 

This 'story' has been 'up' since 30th August, and has been written or sponsored by Smart Energy GB, a not-for-profit, government-backed campaign aimed at driving take-up of smart electricity meters.  It points readers to air-fryers, heated drying racks and electric blankets. 

Almost one in FOUR people think a job interview is less stressful than selling their motor: Britain's car-selling secrets revealed

'Up', again, since 30th August, online car-seller Cazoo grants exclusive access to a survey commissioned by, er, Cazoo, written up by Mail journalist Lorraine Fisher

'You spend a lot of time working - so why not pick something you love?' Entrepreneur reveals how she turned her hobby into a business

Up since 31st August, an exploration of so-called 'side-hustles', and how a website, say from sponsor Go Daddy, can help.

Worried about hair loss? THIS clinically proven supplement could be the answer you've been looking for (and meet the women already seeing results!)

New Today, this ad feature from Feel Hair Support would surely be a lead if it was a guaranteed baldness cure - and the assertion comes close "'Feel Hair Support is scientifically proven to restore hair growth and improve the quality of the hair through their star ingredient Keranat™, which kickstarts the hair growth cycle and Biotin² supports the body by extracting energy from food."

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