Advertising gone wrong: 23 poorly placed banner ads

Have you ever come across an advertisement on a web page that just made you think, "wow. That really shouldn't be there."? I've come across a few in my time, but it looks like the folks over at BuzzFeed have been running into them left and right; they've compiled a collection of 23 examples of web advertising gone bad.

Their collection runs the gamut, having everything from an article linking coffee to heart attacks brandishing an ad from Folgers to Google providing "Are you a male virgin?" as a sponsored result to the search query "world of warcraft." BuzzFeed's commenters also provided a handful of user-submitted additions to the madness.

Also, if you're interested in more advertising faux pas, BuzzFeed has compiled 15 examples of poorly-placed billboard advertisements.

Tags: advertising, banner ads, BannerAds