Comments on: Microsoft Advertising Its Way to Top of Search

By: Is Microsoft Preparing to Announce a Yahoo Search Deal? | Technologizer

Wed, 27 May 2009 02:34:15 +0000

[...] also a highly candidate. The timing for Yahoo would fits in light of news that Microsoft intends to invest up to $100 million to advertise its “Bing” (or something) search [...]

By: Aaron Pressman

Aaron Pressman — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:02:51 +0000

It can’t be worse than the last time they ran a massive TV campaign for their search engine with ads so generic, I’m quite sure they did more to bolster Google than help Microsoft. I blogged about it back in the day at http://gravitationalpull.net/wp/?p=40 (the prediction) and later http://gravitationalpull.net/wp/?p=41 (the result)

By: Tom B

Tom B — Mon, 25 May 2009 20:35:35 +0000

Maybe they can bribe some red-headed chick to search for less dorky glasses….

Seriously: don’t these guys ever learn? Enterprise is their niche; no amount of advertising will remove the bad taste consumers are left with after actually USING MSFT products.

By: NanoGeek

NanoGeek — Mon, 25 May 2009 20:29:36 +0000

Bing?

Someone please tell Microsoft that goofy names are not the secret to success.