Ask.com Thinks You’re An Idiot

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Wait! You won the world series just a few years ago, you have the Patriots, and you are still talking about suffering?
Cripes. At least we all can agree that we hate the Yankees.
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Oh, if only that were true, Matt. Red Sox fans know plenty about suffering. In fact, in order to become a true Red Sox fan you have to sign something that says you will expect to have your heartbroken and/or stomped and will not sue the Red Sox organization for emotional neglect.

At least Cleveland isn’t cursed. We have a fat dead guy mocking us.

That game does happpen – In Cleveland every year. Red Sox fans know nothing of suffering compared to those of us from Cleveland. We know the pain of “The Fumble”, “The Drop”, “The Interception”, “The shot”. . . . ;)

Below the belt, Seekzap! ;)

At least look on the bright side, if that game did happen, you’d know what it was like to be a red sox fan between 1918 and 2004…

I’m with you, Lisa. I really want Ask.com to rise up and compete with the big boys, and I want them to get the respect they deserve. Really, I love their technology and what they have been doing lately is amazing.

So why do their ad campaigns fail so miserably? It reminds me of being in high school and secretly having a crush on someone that you would never tell your friends about, as you would be ridiculed endlessly. I hate that it is embarrassing to tell people you really like Ask.com when people can’t stand the ads. Especially when that “viral” UK campaign flopped earlier this year, that was miserable.

Great points – the example of fumbling the ball and running the wrong way is all too real. Here’s wishing for better days . . .

The worst part is the end where they accentuate:
“The Algorithm”
From a marketing standpoint, does any Joe Blow really care what AN algorithm is (much less Ask’s algorithm).
I actually LOVE using Ask.com, but I agree that their ad agency needs a beating.

whatever… tons of guys loved that ChicksWithSwords ad.. no more objectification here than what starlets and celebutantes do upon themselves every night.

I thought it was funny… precisely because they used Kato. I mean c’mon, who on this planet doesn’t realize he’s a shallow D-list joke of a celebrity?

If you are a top tier, established, A-level company, you can use a D-list actor in your commercials, and you come off as coolly ironic; maybe hip.

If you are a low tier, unestablished, B-level company, and you use a D-list actor in your commercials, everyone is going to assume you couldn’t afford Gary Coleman.

I just saw that Kato ad last night & i actually thought I was seeing things. I can not believe that they are HIM for their ads. Apparently no one higher than a D-list actor would agree to their commercials. The BBQ one I thought was good & I agree that the commercials referencing using your tools cuz your smart was good.
I personally do use ask for some stuff…i like their photo search!
I am really glad to know that the Kato commercial earked someone as much as me!

Oh, oh, oh. This is bad. Just when Kato was making a comeback as host of Eye for an Eye.

No, seriously, he’s on one of those lame court shows. Only this one has “Extreme Akim” for a judge. A judge with a bat of justice. Seriously.

At least it’s not hurting Kato’s career as badly as he is himself. Ask itself is another story.

Why did you have to go and post this? Now I don’t have anything to say about it!