On Apr 7, 11:43 pm, Stan Schymanski <schym...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Stan,
> Funny, I must be receiving a lot fewer adds than everybody else. If I
> type "sagemath" into Google, I get no adds whatsoever, if I type "sage
> math" I get one add saying:
>
> "Sage Math
> Looking for Sage Math? Find almost everything on eBay!"
>
> As expected, when I click on the link, Ebay returns 0 items.
I am sure it is geographic, i.e. only Sage users in the US (and maybe
Canada?) see the ad.
> Could it be that the adds returned depend a little bit on the user's
> individual search history? Anyway, I'm not fussed one way or the other
> and mostly ignore the 'Sponsored Links' bar in Google, anyway. I think
> it is much more important to make sure sagemath.org is among the top
> hits when someone actually searches for a CAS. When I search for
> "computer algebra system", I find links to wikipedia, Yacas, Fermat,
> Giac, Maxima, Axiom, Reduce and a page at wpi.edu on the first page, but
> not SAGE. I guess that there is some room for improvement.
Well, Sage isn't really sold as a CAS in the classic sense, so that
might be part of it. I guess over time this might change :)
> Cheers,
> Stan
Cheers,
Michael
> Jason Bandlow wrote:
> > kcrisman wrote:
>
> >>> How clever is Google? Perhaps they argue:
> >>> - "On the Sage pages, we frequently find the phrase 'viable open
> >>> source alternative to Mathematica' (or something in that spirit)"
> >>> - Hence, Mathematica is relevant to Sage.
> >>> - Hence, if people search for Sage, it makes sense to show them a
> >>> Mathematica ad.
>
> >>> In other words, could it be that the ad shows up due to the negative
> >>> self-description of Sage?
>
> >> I like this idea. But wouldn't that mean that Maplesoft ads should
> >> show up too, or even ones for MathWorks (I assume Magma does not need
> >> Google ads for its clientele)? Just curious.
>
> > FWIW, searching for "math sage software" brings up a Maplesoft ad, but
> > not the Mathematica (or MathWorks) ad.
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