Comments on: Ask.com Thinks You’re An Idiot http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2007/06/ask-com-thinks-youre-an-idiot/ SEO and Internet Marketing Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:11:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: vindencore http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2007/06/ask-com-thinks-youre-an-idiot/#comment-16481 vindencore Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:11:48 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2007/06/ask-com-thinks-youre-an-idiot/#comment-16481 <p>Google is best... my friend is an Ask.com person and he kept seraching thier and couldnt find what he wanted, we finally made him go to google, and then he found it! </p> Google is best… my friend is an Ask.com person and he kept seraching thier and couldnt find what he wanted, we finally made him go to google, and then he found it!

]]> By: Matt Bailey http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2007/06/ask-com-thinks-youre-an-idiot/#comment-16480 Matt Bailey Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:54:21 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2007/06/ask-com-thinks-youre-an-idiot/#comment-16480 Wait! You won the world series just a few years ago, you have the Patriots, and you are still talking about suffering? Cripes. At least we all can agree that we hate the Yankees. Thought you might like this - Ask.com's commercials could be listed a few times here. http://bitterfans.com/ShowArticle.asp?CategoryID=1&ArticleID=425 Wait! You won the world series just a few years ago, you have the Patriots, and you are still talking about suffering?
Cripes. At least we all can agree that we hate the Yankees.
Thought you might like this – Ask.com’s commercials could be listed a few times here.
http://bitterfans.com/ShowArticle.asp?CategoryID=1&ArticleID=425

]]> By: Lisa http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2007/06/ask-com-thinks-youre-an-idiot/#comment-16479 Lisa Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:06:55 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2007/06/ask-com-thinks-youre-an-idiot/#comment-16479 <p>Oh, if only that were true, Matt. Red Sox fans know plenty about suffering. In fact, in order to become a true Red Sox fan you have to sign something that says you will expect to have your heartbroken and/or stomped and will not sue the Red Sox organization for emotional neglect. </p> <p>At least Cleveland isn't cursed. We have a fat dead guy mocking us. </p> Oh, if only that were true, Matt. Red Sox fans know plenty about suffering. In fact, in order to become a true Red Sox fan you have to sign something that says you will expect to have your heartbroken and/or stomped and will not sue the Red Sox organization for emotional neglect.

At least Cleveland isn’t cursed. We have a fat dead guy mocking us.

]]> By: Matt Bailey http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2007/06/ask-com-thinks-youre-an-idiot/#comment-16478 Matt Bailey Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:22:33 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2007/06/ask-com-thinks-youre-an-idiot/#comment-16478 That game does happpen - In Cleveland every year. Red Sox fans know nothing of suffering compared to those of us from Cleveland. We know the pain of "The Fumble", "The Drop", "The Interception", "The shot". . . . ;) That game does happpen – In Cleveland every year. Red Sox fans know nothing of suffering compared to those of us from Cleveland. We know the pain of “The Fumble”, “The Drop”, “The Interception”, “The shot”. . . . ;)

]]> By: Lisa http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2007/06/ask-com-thinks-youre-an-idiot/#comment-16477 Lisa Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:47:16 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2007/06/ask-com-thinks-youre-an-idiot/#comment-16477 <p>Below the belt, Seekzap! ;) </p> Below the belt, Seekzap! ;)

]]> By: seekzap http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2007/06/ask-com-thinks-youre-an-idiot/#comment-16476 seekzap Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:58:28 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2007/06/ask-com-thinks-youre-an-idiot/#comment-16476 At least look on the bright side, if that game did happen, you'd know what it was like to be a red sox fan between 1918 and 2004... At least look on the bright side, if that game did happen, you’d know what it was like to be a red sox fan between 1918 and 2004…

]]> By: Matt Bailey http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2007/06/ask-com-thinks-youre-an-idiot/#comment-16475 Matt Bailey Sat, 23 Jun 2007 18:39:23 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2007/06/ask-com-thinks-youre-an-idiot/#comment-16475 <p>I'm with you, Lisa. I really want Ask.com to rise up and compete with the big boys, and I want them to get the respect they deserve. Really, I love their technology and what they have been doing lately is amazing.</p> <p>So why do their ad campaigns fail so miserably? It reminds me of being in high school and secretly having a crush on someone that you would never tell your friends about, as you would be ridiculed endlessly. I hate that it is embarrassing to tell people you really like Ask.com when people can't stand the ads. Especially when that "viral" UK campaign flopped earlier this year, that was miserable.</p> <p>Great points - the example of fumbling the ball and running the wrong way is all too real. Here's wishing for better days . . . </p> I’m with you, Lisa. I really want Ask.com to rise up and compete with the big boys, and I want them to get the respect they deserve. Really, I love their technology and what they have been doing lately is amazing.

So why do their ad campaigns fail so miserably? It reminds me of being in high school and secretly having a crush on someone that you would never tell your friends about, as you would be ridiculed endlessly. I hate that it is embarrassing to tell people you really like Ask.com when people can’t stand the ads. Especially when that “viral” UK campaign flopped earlier this year, that was miserable.

Great points – the example of fumbling the ball and running the wrong way is all too real. Here’s wishing for better days . . .

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2007/06/ask-com-thinks-youre-an-idiot/#comment-16474 Jeremy Fri, 22 Jun 2007 20:02:52 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2007/06/ask-com-thinks-youre-an-idiot/#comment-16474 The worst part is the end where they accentuate: "The Algorithm" From a marketing standpoint, does any Joe Blow really care what AN algorithm is (much less Ask's algorithm). I actually LOVE using Ask.com, but I agree that their ad agency needs a beating. The worst part is the end where they accentuate:
“The Algorithm”
From a marketing standpoint, does any Joe Blow really care what AN algorithm is (much less Ask’s algorithm).
I actually LOVE using Ask.com, but I agree that their ad agency needs a beating.

]]> By: oOoOo http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2007/06/ask-com-thinks-youre-an-idiot/#comment-16473 oOoOo Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:40:38 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2007/06/ask-com-thinks-youre-an-idiot/#comment-16473 <p>whatever... tons of guys loved that ChicksWithSwords ad.. no more objectification here than what starlets and celebutantes do upon themselves every night. </p> whatever… tons of guys loved that ChicksWithSwords ad.. no more objectification here than what starlets and celebutantes do upon themselves every night.

]]> By: Chuck Olsen http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2007/06/ask-com-thinks-youre-an-idiot/#comment-16472 Chuck Olsen Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:24:04 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2007/06/ask-com-thinks-youre-an-idiot/#comment-16472 I thought it was funny... precisely <i>because</i> they used Kato. I mean c'mon, who on this planet doesn't realize he's a shallow D-list joke of a celebrity? I thought it was funny… precisely because they used Kato. I mean c’mon, who on this planet doesn’t realize he’s a shallow D-list joke of a celebrity?

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