Strange Google ad featuring Dreamcard as Python Gui.

[Alex Tweedly]

Andre Garzia wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> I use gMail for some stuff and while I was browsing my mail for some 
> language mailing list I noticed a weird thing. There was one Google Ad 
> with the Title "Python Gui" and the URL http://dreamcard.runrev.com, I 
> find that very disturbing. I took a shot and I am putting the shot 
> online at http://www.soapdog.org/pythongui.jpg
>
> Okay we can build GUIs for python tools in Dreamcard, but thats not 
> what dreamcard is all about, its like selling a car and adversing it 
> as a "Rain Protector", of course the car will protect you from heavy 
> rain, I trust you all understood the analogy (I am afraid of making 
> analogies in foreign languages).

Yes, I've been seeing this (in Google searches related to Python) for a 
while (and Dan mentioned it on the list in the last couple of days).

Sometimes I think it's a clever chance to catch potential users.

Most of the time, I think it's more likely to piss people off when they 
realize they've been subjected to the advertising equivalent of "bait 
and switch".

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Alex Tweedly       http://www.tweedly.net



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