[alexbutterfield]

haha. Sean Hollister is the Sean/starfire2258 that posted the first spot of the holomove ads. How come I can find out lots of connections - but only OOG ones.

edit: btw I think it's a really well written article. nice work sean.

[konamouse]

They have purchased ads. If you Google "Nobel Prize" the only "advertisement link" on the right side is:

Quote:

Sponsored Links Nobel Prize Hardware, software & imagination. All we need to change the world www.Holomove.com

The UPS packages was the first wave of the trailhead. Now advertising on websites where other computer geeks hangout, appears to be the second wave. So we might get people googling Holomove and finding uF.

Yup. First is the main site, then the ARGN Article. And third is this one from Game-Cyte.

Quote:

Holomove: The Game Is Afoot Posted on 08 May 2008 by Sean Hollister A mysterious job. A beautiful girl. A redacted government document. An empty packet of powder. What do these things have in common? That's for you to discover, in a brand-new alternate reality game (ARG) currently dubbed Holomove. Yesterday morning, several members of the ARG community received a rather strange package via UPS, which included a redacted letter, apparently from the United States Government Department of Energy; a paper crane, and an empty, cut-open packet of Emergen-C with a sticker attached to it. The sticker depicts three colored balls, connected by white beams in a three-dimensional arrangement. CNET News' Daniel Terdiman, a journalist known for his coverage of virtual worlds and ARGs in particular, was luckier — his document was intact. Written by one 'Michael,' the doc proved to be an internal memo from the Los Alamos National Laboratory — dated January 30, 1985 — and asking for the immediate resignation of a scientist named Eugene Gough. Moreover, Terdiman's package contained another sticker, which revealed that the colored-ball-assembly is the logo of Holomove, a company purportedly dealing in "next-generation user interfaces," and whose impressive Flash website nearly makes us believe it. Eugene Gough is dead. A young man with a penchant for puzzles and YouTube videos has recently been hired as Holomove's lead developer. And Holomove is still hiring… and recruiting individuals as well. The community is actively analyzing audio, digging through social networks and tracking down the parties responsible. Are you smart enough for Holomove? Then down the rabbit hole you go.

[keohime]

more on about.com

[CCS]

Ads

[catherwood]

Re: Holomove Ad Campaign

[intersect]

i see i too when i go there, only had to hit refresh once..

[danteIL]

I'm in the US and although I don't see those sidebar ads upon refresh, I do see a single fat Holomove ad in the middle of the page:

[tygr20]

Wireless wrote:

is this something? The website for the "Reach The Future" foundation. It's pretty new and... well doesn't seem right, have a look and see if there's something here or I'm just sleep deprived. Reach the future is the advertising campaign slogan and is on the holomove homepage source text. http://www.rtffusa.org/reach/

I call OOG. See the whois info for reasoning-

Domain ID:D150533451-LROR
Domain Name:RTFFUSA.ORG
Created On:03-Jan-2008 06:45:23 UTC
Last Updated On:04-Mar-2008 03:47:26 UTC
Expiration Date:03-Jan-2009 06:45:23 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Tucows Inc. (R11-LROR)
Status:OK
Registrant ID:tucx9IyaU1kV9ILq
Registrant Name:Michelle Richards
Registrant Organization:Reach The Future Foundation
Registrant Street1:7701 East First Place Suite 1A
Registrant City:Denver
Registrant State/Province:Co
Registrant Postal Code:80230
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Phone: "numbers"
Admin ID:tucx9IyaU1kV9ILq
Admin Name:Michelle Richards
Admin Organization:Reach The Future Foundation
Admin Street1:"an address"
Admin City:Denver
Admin State/Province:Co
Admin Postal Code:80230
Admin Country:US
Admin Phone: "more numbers"
Tech ID:tuEbfMvuq15Tal6B
Tech Name:Host Master
Tech Organization:Click & Name
Tech Street1:"another address"
Tech Street2:Ste 100
Tech City:San Antonio
Tech State/Province:TX
Tech Postal Code:78229
Tech Country:US
Tech Phone:"yet more numbers"
Name Server:DNS2.STABLETRANSIT.COM
Name Server:DNS1.STABLETRANSIT.COM

I removed the addresses and phone numbers for sakes of bots. Regardless- the site was registered in January- not really that long ago, and doesn't necessarily rule the site out, but the registrar info does. It doesn't match that of holomove.com or freyjacapital.com. As a rule of thumb, that will be consistant throughout.

Anonymous wrote:

I wasn't even looking for anything Holomove, but while I was searching for a new laptop I saw that the Notebook Review forums have begun displaying Holomove ads. http://www.notebookreview.com/

Again-

Registrant:
TechTarget, Inc.
117 Kendrick Street
Suite 800
Needham, MA 02494
US
781-657-1000
Fax:781-657-1100

Domain Name: NOTEBOOKREVIEW.COM

Administrative Contact:
Hostmaster, Hostmaster
117 Kendrick Street
Suite 800
Needham, MA 02494
US
781-657-1000
Fax:781-657-1100

Technical Contact:
Hostmaster, Hostmaster
117 Kendrick Street
Suite 800
Needham, MA 02494
US
781-657-1000
Fax:781-657-1100

Record last updated 04-18-2008 04:05:39 PM
Record expires on 02-09-2013
Record created on 02-09-1999

Domain servers in listed order:
NS3.DNSMADEEASY.COM 216.129.109.1
NS4.DNSMADEEASY.COM 205.234.170.165
NS1.DNSMADEEASY.COM 205.234.154.1
NS2.DNSMADEEASY.COM 66.117.40.198
NS0.DNSMADEEASY.COM 63.219.151.3
(that's an actual company, I'm sure their info is already out there)

Again: no continuity. More importantly, the site was registered in 1999. Good effort though, keep digging.



ETA: Oh yeah- regarding the Holomove ads on notebookreview.com- Google places ads everywhere based on the page's tags. I bet you a dollar you'll start seeing Holomove ads other places too, possibly even including M$, cnet, any kind of tech sites.

[mousekinn]

I haven't been able to see the particular image in question yet, but "Our Wikipedia entry is longer than yours" -- you think we're missing a wiki entry? I wonder what other sites these images are being fed to - doubleclick.net randomly feeds ads based on website content, I think, so it's possible that other technology sites have these ads popping up.

EDIT:

Found another place they're being Linked: About.com's page on Noble Prize Winners:

Nobel Prize
Hardware, software & imagination. All we need to change the world
www.Holomove.com

http://classiclit.about.com/lr/nobel_prize_winners/108691/5/

[Agent Lex]

Re: IP Phone

[Wireless]

IP Phone

[Agent Lex]

Re: Holomove Ad Campaign

[Wireless]

alexbutterfield wrote:

morning there wireless. Yeah I've seen them. (just a thought, its not cos youre in the UK is it?) i wonder if someone could copy and paste one somehow into this thread. ive no idea how youd do that. (that person might be able to analyze the flash to get all the slogans too)

Yeah, it must be cos I'm in the UK, thanks for posting the screen caps Sylvia.

[alexbutterfield]

morning there wireless.

Yeah I've seen them. (just a thought, its not cos youre in the UK is it?)

i wonder if someone could copy and paste one somehow into this thread. ive no idea how youd do that. (that person might be able to analyze the flash to get all the slogans too)

[Sylvia]

Wireless wrote:

Can anyone else see these ads? When Im go to the link the ad banners are missing with an error message or just a blank white box.

I can see them. Not sure how to tell you to fix the problem. I could try and get some screen caps for you, if that will help.

Edit: to add some screen caps so you can get the general idea.