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. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
