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. 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. Cheers, Stan 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. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
