On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 5:16 PM, Harald Schilly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 16:55, Dr. David Kirkby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> What they do not show, which is probably the >> more useful, is keyword searches which did not cause someone to click >> a link to sage, but would have usefully generated such a link. > > I have exactly this kind of data! > From google's perspective, it's probably the most complicated task to > filter, what are those "usefully generated" links. e.g. Sage showed up > for the query "free t-shirt" and similar ones. I don't think that > someone who searches for free t-shirts want's to know something about > sage ;) > >> >> Would it cost any less to get "mathematica" if it was combined with >> another word,... > > Yes, it would, it's a big game of bids and random selections. But > before I start this, I will read the tutorials and collect data that i > think could be important. I think this business is a bit complicated > and it can be useful to know more about it.
We keep implicitly talking about money. Whose money are we talking about here? Harald, are you personally considering spending some of your own money on advertising Sage? >> >> I would have thought one of the largest markets for Sage would be >> those that know of Mathematica, but can't afford it... > > I know, and thanks for those links. I also noticed that those results > for a certain term change over time. Google seems to switch their > ranking quite often and collects the data of clicked links (there is > a paper from google about their measurement method for satisfaction). > And yes, the ideal situation would be a link to sage everytime someone > has a problem with mathematica (e.g. "mathematica/matlab" & "license > activation" &"problem" if we try to catch those users who are > dissatisfied with their current software and need a replacement) > You heard the man -- get out there and respond to every single problem with mathematica :-). -- William --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
