Oh, dear lord.

[yendi]

Pherotones

Yes, there's someone out there who is conning people with the idea that you could make ring tones that can seduce women.

There are so many things to make fun of here (both on the site itself, and the idea that they might actually have convinced suckers to buy their stuff), that I just don't know where to begin.

ETA: It's looking like it might well be a parody site, but it's hard to be sure.

Comments

[murnkay.livejournal.com]

Do they offer Rico Suave yet? That shit makes the honeys GO BUC WIL' YO!

[gladstone.livejournal.com]

I thought the "AS SEEN ON WEB" graphic was a big clue that the site was a parody.

[trochee.livejournal.com]

i think it's viral marketing for something. or maybe a proof-of-concept demonstrator site for a web publicity company.

[berlin79.livejournal.com]

It's fake, created by the ad agency McKinney Silver for a stealth marketing campaign.

Check out the links below for more information.

http://www.adrants.com/2006/01/mckinney-silver-behind-pherotones-viral.php

http://www.newstrend.com/2006/01/pherotones-ring-tones.html

http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/2006/01/dr-myra-defends-mckinneys-fake.html

They are also copying blogs that mention their website for "research purposes." Read the comments section of the link below.

http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/01/a_ringtone_that_really_gets_un_1.html

[gladstone.livejournal.com]

Stealth marketing sucks.

[yendi]

Thanks for the info. What threw me was the fact that I first saw it as an ad (which isn't very common with parody sites). Now I know why.