cabel.name: Japan: URL's Are Totally Out

If you hadn't heard via Twitter (and why would you?), I just returned from over two weeks of quality time in Japan. A lot of business and business planning, but also a whole lot of fun. The truly watershed event: this time, I had Steve along. Japan is a place that Steve and I have literally talked about since we were kids, and although I've since been to Japan many times (including a couple trips

[memoclip]

via: http://b.hatena.ne.jp/entry/http://mojix.org/2008/03/28/no_url_in_japan_ad

[kdaiba]

あまり前に思っていることは、実はそうでもない

[t_43z]

ほぉ、外国から見ると珍しいのか。コメント欄まで含めて面白い。

[mshkh]

via Boing Boing

[restartr]

日本の広告にはURLが書いていないってことが海外から見ればあんまり普通ではないようで。

[browneyes]

日本の広告シーンで、 URL アピールから検索キーワードアピールに移行しているコトとドメインの枯渇について