Billboards

This NY Times article on search engine spamming reminds me of the billboards one sees on the sides of the roads. In Fresno, there are corridors of travel that were largely unregulated with regards to the style and quantity of advertising that was allowed by the property owners on each side of the road. The results were horrendously ugly strips of road full of signs and billboards that (along with other factors) eventually ruined the economic viability of the area. It's amazing how short sighted people can be.