Strange Google ad featuring Dreamcard as Python Gui.

[Richard Gaskin]

Alex Tweedly wrote:
> Andre Garzia wrote:
>> 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".

Meanwhile, "cross-platform development" yields 2,120,000 hits and has no 
Rev ad.  ::sigh::

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