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Saturday, April 23, 2011

Google vs. Yahoo

A few weeks ago, Google launched a creative April Fools joke to get people to join their system.
Google.
I saw this and thought it was a brilliant way to reel people into making an account, since they had to activate one in order to participate in the new "motion mail." Even though it was just a joke, they received lots of attention, mostly positive.


Just the other day when I signed into my Yahoo account, I realized they had a video suggesting their mail contains real confetti into the recipients face.
Yahoo.
Obviously this is not a real creation so I immediately thought they were taking the idea of Google. Too bad I   am not amused because just a few weeks ago I saw a very similar ad! I do not think they will fool anyone by developing such an ad so close to their competitors. Yahoo should try and branch out and try their own ideas!

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