Ask is getting lot of stick for this. If we all joined the “revolution” then wouldn’t all online information just go through another company?
Also - think some of the copy is very dodgy on the site itself (smells a bit of “tracked changes”) and annoyed me that when I remembered the URL having seen a poster, I Googled it and the paid-for result looked like it was pointing to ask.com and not the site I was looking for. I actually gave up and waited untill I saw the poster again . . . when I realised it was .org. Then it was just a bit of a let down.
PS - Sorry for being rubbish on the blog after a flying start. You can blame DIY and a lot of work for that one.
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I’ve just seen one of the latest Virgin Media ad spots featuring Uma Thurman. You know, the one where she pauses and we’re supposed to end up thinking “I want to sign up to Virgin Media”.
According to the Guardian, the ad allows people to share an intimate moment with Uma as she unexpectedly pauses silently for a seductive ten seconds on screen. I don’t know about anyone else but it just makes me fill up with hatred and on numerous occasions over the last week I have shouted at the TV. Maybe I’m not in the target audience (male, 27, London, heavy broadband/mobile/TV user) but there’s just something about it that makes me feel all nasty. And I’m not a nasty person.
I definitely haven’t been won over. Sorry Virgin - I know a lot of work will have gone in to the ads and you probably don’t care what I think - but Uma just isn’t winning me over. Or my girlfriend.
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