Sunday, April 01, 2007

And Second Prize is Two Weeks in Philadelphia?

Remember how Microsoft was going to beat Google at the search game? No, really. Just six months ago, they had that big ad campaign, with the tagline, "Algorithm. Meet Humanity."

Remember?

Me, neither.

Allow me to quote Plan B:

Adam Sohn, director of global sales and marketing for Windows Live, confirmed that Microsoft would pay large companies $2 to $10 a user annually — the more searches, the larger the bounty earned — in credits that can be used for Microsoft products and training services.

The second question is: which company will be first among boneheads to think, "Hey! I know how we can maximize! Let's block access to Google at the company firewall!"?

I'm thinking something associated with the executive branch of the US government, especially if Microsoft promises to cut down returns of reality-based results.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey -- don't say bad things about Philadelphia. It's an awesome hometown!

bjkeefe said...

I did consider another city, since I have nothing against Philadelphia. But, it's the old line, and using, say Baghdad, would probably have not been as clear.

No diss. Go Pirates!

I mean Phillies.

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