[sage-devel] Re: mathematica advertising

2009-05-03 Thread Vinzent Steinberg
On Apr 8, 9:41 am, mabshoff wrote: > > I am sure it is geographic, i.e. only Sage users in the US (and maybe > Canada?) see the ad. It also depends on the websites you visit, see http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacy_ads.html Vinzent --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To p

[sage-devel] Re: mathematica advertising

2009-04-08 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Apr 8, 7:43 am, Stan Schymanski wrote: > 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: There is almost certainly a random element to the ads you see. I can search

[sage-devel] Re: mathematica advertising

2009-04-08 Thread mabshoff
On Apr 7, 11:43 pm, Stan Schymanski wrote: Hi Stan, > 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

[sage-devel] Re: mathematica advertising

2009-04-07 Thread Stan Schymanski
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 item

[sage-devel] Re: mathematica advertising

2009-04-07 Thread Jason Bandlow
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 s

[sage-devel] Re: mathematica advertising

2009-04-07 Thread kcrisman
> 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 > M

[sage-devel] Re: mathematica advertising

2009-04-07 Thread simon . king
Hi All! On 7 Apr., 05:45, Harald Schilly wrote: > 1. the reason why it comes up for "sage math" but not for "math" alone > is, simply because a search for "math" is too unspecific and all > others in the pool bidding for this word are selected. indeed, with a > very low probability you will see

[sage-devel] Re: mathematica advertising

2009-04-07 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Apr 7, 10:45 am, Harald Schilly wrote: > Hi, I've some experience with google advertising, and my answer is to > that questions no! > > 1. the reason why it comes up for "sage math" but not for "math" alone > is, simply because a search for "math" is too unspecific and all > others in the pool

[sage-devel] Re: mathematica advertising

2009-04-07 Thread john_perry_usm
On Apr 6, 11:10 pm, William Stein wrote: > I think it is *highly* likely they did, since it is the *only* ad, it > is for the cheapest version of Mathematica, and that ad doesn't come > up for searches for "math". I'm directed to the home version at $295, and the regular student version is $139.

[sage-devel] Re: mathematica advertising

2009-04-07 Thread Harald Schilly
Hi, I've some experience with google advertising, and my answer is to that questions no! 1. the reason why it comes up for "sage math" but not for "math" alone is, simply because a search for "math" is too unspecific and all others in the pool bidding for this word are selected. indeed, with a ve

[sage-devel] Re: mathematica advertising

2009-04-06 Thread Dorian Raymer
Search for 'open source mathematica'. Sage is the first hit and there is an accompanying add for Mathematica Home Edition. It's a perfectly reasonable strategy on MMAs part and is really a compliment to Sage. Wolfram is paying for a runner-up spot to keep up. Way to go :) Dorian On Mon, Apr 6,

[sage-devel] Re: mathematica advertising

2009-04-06 Thread Justin C. Walker
On Apr 6, 2009, at 21:10 , William Stein wrote: > On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 6:30 PM, dmharvey > wrote: >> >> When I google for "sage math", I get mathematica ads on the right. Is >> that something they would have done on purpose? >> > > I think it is *highly* likely they did, since it is the *on

[sage-devel] Re: mathematica advertising

2009-04-06 Thread mabshoff
On Apr 6, 8:39 pm, mabshoff wrote: > On Apr 6, 6:30 pm, dmharvey wrote: > > Hi David, > > > When I google for "sage math", I get mathematica ads on the right. Is > > that something they would have done on purpose? > > It might be, it might be not. I am sure MMA is bidding for the keyword > "ma

[sage-devel] Re: mathematica advertising

2009-04-06 Thread mabshoff
On Apr 6, 6:30 pm, dmharvey wrote: Hi David, > When I google for "sage math", I get mathematica ads on the right. Is > that something they would have done on purpose? It might be, it might be not. I am sure MMA is bidding for the keyword "math" - it would be interesting to see if they are bidd