Rumors of booth babes at Ad:tech only slightly exaggerated

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Rumors of booth babes at Ad:tech only slightly exaggerated

Ad:tech San Francisco is on and I'm disappointed. AdWeek's Brian Morrissey promised me Ad:tech would be full of "random, sketchy lead gen ad networks who hire booth babes." Instead, I'm stuck in a session with panelists explaining how Google could better sell search advertising for offline brand advertising campaigns, which sounds boringly profitable. And I've encountered precious little sleaziness yet. Except for one guy and his two friends from Blow4Free.com. And the 13 others I met, in photographs below. A warning: The last two pics are probably too hot for your office manager to handle.

Azziza Washington and her friend on the right are from AdShuffle, where they work in "product development."

These two are from Traffic Marketplace. They traded their equity for the uniforms, I heard.

I asked these Reply.com executives for their cards. Fresh out, they handed me Tom Kelly's instead. Interested in business development? Call (925) 983-3493.

I can only assume this is Pete Salcido, EVP for sales at AdShuffle. Since that's whose card I got when I asked.

You'd think Googlers would have more self-respect than to take work as a booth babe — a piece of meat, really.

You'd think Yahoos would have ... never mind.

4:20 PM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
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lawrence at 04:54 PM on 04/15/08
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the booth babes in the first photo - yowza!
yawnster at 04:55 PM on 04/15/08
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the least goog could have done was to at least fly miss michigan over here.. im sure that being a booth babe is more exciting than being an adwords customer service rep.

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RyanB at 05:16 PM on 04/15/08
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Did you see the ones dressed as 50's diner waitresses?
jameth at 06:23 PM on 04/15/08
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@RyanB: i saw them! amazing.
heykitten at 07:07 PM on 04/15/08
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The AdShuffle girl's clingy white dress clearly reveals the best Add-a-cup Miracle bra that Victoria's Secret has to offer. Sorry to disappoint you fellas...those ain't real. Thanks, I'll go back to Jezebel now... ;)
matto at 09:02 PM on 04/15/08
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It's like I've just gone for a brisk swim in a beautiful, but very, very cold mountain stream. Without the clean or fresh feeling, really. I sort of feel dirty, actually.
matto at 09:03 PM on 04/15/08
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I just went to wash my eyes out in the sink, just to be sure.
Nicholas Carlson at 11:24 PM on 04/15/08
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@matto: If I had a nickel for every time a reader…
matto at 12:19 AM on 04/16/08
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...you'd be driving an Audi and wearing cubic zirconia?
Rick at 05:39 AM on 04/16/08
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I bet the prospect of ACTUAL hot chicks really ruffles the feathers of these San Francisco hags who are only hot if LA doesn't exist.

I'm looking at you Marissa Meyer.
SFJoe at 07:56 AM on 04/16/08
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I remember once going to a conference where a vendor actually used naked booth babes. Funny thing - I have no recollection at all of the vendor's name.
FiveStarEggRoll at 08:27 AM on 04/16/08
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Does little miss Jennifer Buell up there in the white top have a (padded) bra about 8 sizes too big on!?

I'd hit the Blow4Free gal on the right if she didn't have the ink, The Reply blonde on the left (mainly for that body), and I'd probably stick it in the azz of the Yahoo gal on the extreme left just to give her a taste of exotic asian cuisine.

Harry "feelin' frisky" Wang
Peteski at 05:29 PM on 04/16/08
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Wait there are women in SF who don't wear sensible shoes and don't want to kick my ass?