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What’s with the Ask Algorithm Commercials?
If you’ve been watching TV, you may have seen the Ask algorithm commercials. The one I keep seeing is a little kid asking his dad if they have a good algorithm. I’m not sure what audience they are targeting but I doubt many people will understand it. Heck, I’m a search geek and I don’t find it that interesting.
Another one of their billboard says ‘The Algorithm Killed Jeeves’. Well, that doesn’t make me want to use it. If the algorithm offed the butler, it doesn’t sound like a cool thing to me. I liked Jeeves!
Jeeves Back at Ask!
I’ve stumbled across exclusive pictures of Jeeves the butler back at Ask! Is his retirement over?
I guess the man has been interviewing around as I also spotted him at Yahoo!
Checking out Google, I found that they interviewed Jeeves but have gone with Mr. T. That’s right, only the best results fool!
By now, you may feel my exclusive pictures are, um, fake. Well, not everyone is happy to see Jeeves go. So, with a little bit of code, you can add Jeeves back into Ask.com. Or add Jeeves to Yahoo, Mr. T to MSN, Sponge Bob to Google or a banana to Ask. Whatever you’d like.
Goodbye Mr. Jeeves
It’s sad but true. Probably the thing some people like the most about Ask.com is Jeeves and he is retiring.
It’s a forced retirement I think, but still. He can go catch some sun on the beach or look into other career opportunities. He’s got some ideas of what he might do now, but isn’t exactly sure what he’ll do yet.
Goodbye Mr. Jeeves. You’ll be missed.
SES 2005 – Review & Photos
Just a week ago I was off to my first Search Engine Strategies Conference and as I look back, it was a great time.
There was so much information floating around that it was hard not to miss some pieces here and there. From the new definition of RSS – Really Simple Stealing – go the explanation of some of Google’s patents, there was a little something for everyone.
Some of my favorite sessions were on blogs, RSS and website usability. I got to hear from people at Ask, MSN, Yahoo, Google, Technorati and many other major search engines. I even talked to people from MSN, Yahoo and Google during lunch or after sessions. It was a great opportunity to get to know a few folks.
