On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Dr. David Kirkby <david.kir...@onetel.net> wrote: > Harald Schilly wrote: >> On Nov 24, 6:05 pm, "Dr. David Kirkby" <david.kir...@onetel.net> >> wrote: >>> That's why searches on 'sage math' in Google bring up sponsored >>> advertisements >>> paid for by Wolfram Research. Perhaps I am thick, but that suggests to me >>> Wolfram Research are not ignoring Sage. >> >> I don't know how they have tuned their campaign, but advertising works >> like an auction, where you bid on words. My guess is that they bid a >> high value on the word "math" and that "blah math", "math foo" and >> "foo math bar" might trigger the same ads. So, it's not sage specific. >> (also, don't forget, there is also the finance software sage ... wri >> could be interested in searches for that one, too! ... although, in >> general, you are not allowed to set any trigger keywords for >> registered trademarks!) >> >> h >> > > > I do not claim to know how the ads work, but I have tried > > 1) foo math > 2) bar math > 3) accounting math > 4) astronomy math > > 5) sage math > 6) wolfram math > > Only 5 and 6 generate the advertisements from Wolfram Research.
The ad I get is usually for Mathematica "Home Edition" for $295. It might be fun to make a spoof of their ad advertising Sage "Professional Edition" for $0. -- William -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
