{"id":8763,"date":"2009-06-05T08:08:31","date_gmt":"2009-06-05T15:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=8763"},"modified":"2009-06-05T08:15:10","modified_gmt":"2009-06-05T15:15:10","slug":"search-overload-toenail-fungus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/8763\/search-overload-toenail-fungus\/","title":{"rendered":"“Search Overload” = Toenail Fungus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bing! I\u2019ve decided that following big pharma\u2019s TV marketing playbook to launch a search engine that is supposed to compete with Google is an idea so dumb, it could only have been approved by whoever thought that Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates walking around a mall<\/a> would make people think Vista doesn\u2019t suck.<\/p>\n

Apparently, there is a condition called \u201csearch overload\u201d. I didn\u2019t know it existed until I saw the Bing commercial last night<\/a>, but now I think I might have it.<\/p>\n

According to the commercial, symptoms of \u201csearch overload\u201d include feelings of being blind-sided by what\u2019s happened to the economy, high gas prices,\u00a0 and anger that Google didn\u2019t tell me that housing prices don\u2019t always go up.<\/p>\n

I feel compelled to ask my doctor about Bing.<\/p>\n

You see, unlike regular search engines, Bing doesn\u2019t just give you what you ask for, it helps you to make decisions \u2013 it\u2019s a \u201cdecision engine\u201d (uh-huh)\u00a0 and using it to make decisions for you makes your life better.<\/p>\n

(Bing isn\u2019t for everyone: People who know how to use a search engine may actually feel themselves getting dumber while using Bing.<\/p>\n

If you thought the Bing ad was the funniest thing on Conan O\u2019Brien\u2019s Late Show last night, be sure to mention that to your Doctor when you ask about Bing.<\/p>\n

If blaming Google for the economic collapse makes sense to you for more than 4 hours, proceed to the nearest Verizon store and purchase a Windows Mobile device.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bing! I\u2019ve decided that following big pharma\u2019s TV marketing playbook to launch a search engine that is supposed to compete with Google is an idea so dumb, it could only have been approved by whoever thought that Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates walking around a mall would make people think Vista doesn\u2019t suck. 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