Bing! I’ve decided that following big pharma’s TV marketing playbook to launch a search engine that is supposed to compete with Google is an idea so dumb, it could only have been approved by whoever thought that Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates walking around a mall would make people think Vista doesn’t suck.
Apparently, there is a condition called “search overload”. I didn’t know it existed until I saw the Bing commercial last night, but now I think I might have it.
According to the commercial, symptoms of “search overload” include feelings of being blind-sided by what’s happened to the economy, high gas prices, and anger that Google didn’t tell me that housing prices don’t always go up.
I feel compelled to ask my doctor about Bing.
You see, unlike regular search engines, Bing doesn’t just give you what you ask for, it helps you to make decisions – it’s a “decision engine” (uh-huh) and using it to make decisions for you makes your life better.
(Bing isn’t for everyone: People who know how to use a search engine may actually feel themselves getting dumber while using Bing.
If you thought the Bing ad was the funniest thing on Conan O’Brien’s Late Show last night, be sure to mention that to your Doctor when you ask about Bing.
If blaming Google for the economic collapse makes sense to you for more than 4 hours, proceed to the nearest Verizon store and purchase a Windows Mobile device.)
Al Lorenz says:
John, you had me laughing. I can’t quite figure out how the feds trust busters are going on the attach against Google as is rumored. Are they going to require more business be sent to their other nemesis Microsoft? It is either all great comedy or tragedy depending on your point of view. Thanks,
June 5, 2009 — 9:26 am
Greg Swann says:
Thanks for this. Stuck on hold all morning. You and bing brought instant relief.
June 5, 2009 — 10:46 am
SuiteSusan says:
Hey remember searching using Altavista? I’m happy to see something new and different. The homepage with the beautiful photographs is cool. I like getting random facts about things I never thought of. Todays picture of Florence, Italy was especially nice. I’ve been there so I really thought it was interesting. You never know what you might learn. I don’t think Bing should make you feel dumb at all. Brewer Caldwell
June 9, 2009 — 3:49 pm