[News] Google AdWords campaign targeting http://www.squeak.org

Klaus D. Witzel klaus.witzel at cobss.com
Fri Nov 24 10:15:51 UTC 2006


Yes, so it looks. And pity is, a job @ Google's for a Smalltalk programmer  
equals a lost hand for the Smalltalk community, since she/he most likey  
cannot dance with both parties :(

/Klaus

On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 10:52:31 +0100, Bert Freudenberg wrote:

> Actually, It looks to me like they want Java programmers - although they  
> seem to recognize that Smalltalkers grok OO better than most.
>
> - Bert -
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> On Nov 24, 2006, at 10:18 , Klaus D. Witzel wrote:
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>> Google's hiring Smalltalk programmers and they run ads on my keywords  
>> 8-) Try it yourself:
>>
>> - http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=smalltalk&gl=US
>>
>> After half a dozen or so of manual refreshs, you will see their  
>> Smalltalk ad:
>>
>>  Smalltalk at Google?
>>  Dig SmallTalk & object oriented
>>  design? Get a Java XP job at Google
>>  www.google.com/jobs/
>>
>> I run my squeak.org campaign now for 36 hours, during which their CPC  
>> bid was raised from pennies to bucks, between a factor of 50 and 100.  
>> My pockets are not deep enough to compete against Google's own ads,  
>> sorry ;-)
>>
>> Nevertheless, running this campaign was quite an experience :)
>>
>> /Klaus
>>
>> On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:09:14 +0100, Klaus D. Witzel wrote:
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>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> I've just started a $$ Google AdWords campaign and would like to  
>>> receive
>>> feedback when you see www.squeak.org appearing in a Goole ad (wording,  
>>> ad
>>> position, whatever your impression, please let me know).
>>>
>>> I would appreciate if you DO*NOT*CLICK*THE*AD, because it costs me  
>>> $$ per
>>> click, but if you cannot resist feel free to do so ;-)
>>>
>>> /Klaus
>>>
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