Ask Ramps Up The Mystery Ads
First in the UK, Ask rolled out a guerilla marketing campaign aimed at sparking an "information revolution" to choose Ask over Google. Now a different yet still mysterious campaign is underway in the US by Ask. Valleywag reports about billboards on Highway 101 between San Francisco and San Jose saying "The Algorithm Killed Jeeves" [Ask’s […]
First in the UK, Ask
rolled out a guerilla marketing campaign aimed at sparking an "information
revolution" to choose Ask over Google. Now a different yet still mysterious
campaign is underway in the US by Ask.
Valleywag
reports about billboards on Highway 101 between San Francisco and San Jose
saying "The Algorithm Killed Jeeves" [Ask’s old mascot, when it was called Ask
Jeeves] and "The Algorithm Is From Jersey" [where Ask’s
Teoma
algorithm was developed, and where it continues to have a research center."
Valleywag has pictures of the billboards. I like one that shows up right
behind the San Carlos city limit sign. San Carlos is the hometown of Ask CEO Jim
Lanzone.
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