Funny Microsoft Live Search TV Ads That Should Be Aired

Two weeks ago, I attended a
Microsoft event in London to talk about its
progress in search. One of the highlights were these fake, hokey TV ads they
showed us in between breaks. I loved them. They’re especially funny if you know
Britain, but anyone should get a chuckle out of them. Videos are below,
via
Microsoft’s Mel Carson. If
Microsoft were brave, they’d actually get aired.

Video: Live Search 4 – The hunt for saucy hotel snaps

An inside look at the machinery of how Live Search works. Lots of gears and
gadgets, heh. And the request? "Oh look. A Mr. G. Swanson from Hemel Hempstead
has just requested an image of the Hilton Hotel in Paris without any clothes
on."

Video: Live Search 2 – Meet Malcolm Dewsbury

Video: Live Search 3 – The gossip jockeys

How you never imagined Live’s
celebrity xRank search works.

Video: Live Search 5 – Fancy a picnic darling?

How Live Search can help you find a place to eat and save you from tinned
food killing you off instead during a picnic. "Was that tin labeled potato or
… poison?" and "Having realized they’re just about to die, there’s time for
one last cigarette."

Video: Live Search 6 – A terrible secret!

"I’ve tried, but I keep using the same old lousy search engine." To his
father’s despair.

Video: Live Search 7 – DJ Snizzle and his baby moma Ethel

Video: Live Search 1 – Plucky powered skates

I love the part in this when the narrator explains how this man’s
eco-friendly scooter is powered by "his wife’s disappointment."

You can also find all the videos listed on
this
page.

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Danny Sullivan

Danny Sullivan was a journalist and analyst who covered the digital and search marketing space from 1996 through 2017. He was also a cofounder of Third Door Media, which publishes Search Engine Land, Marketing Land, MarTech Today and produces the SMX: Search Marketing Expo and MarTech events. He retired from journalism and Third Door Media in June 2017. You can learn more about him on his personal site & blog He can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.