http://mashable.disqus.com/Internet and Technology News - Mashable is the world’s largest blog focused exclusively on Web 2.0 and Social Networking news. With more than 5 million monthly pageviews, Mashable is the most prolific blog reviewing new Web sites and services, publishing breaking news on what’s new on the web.enWed, 01 Oct 2008 18:31:08 -0000http://mashable.com/2008/09/17/microsoft-says-no-seinfeld-for-you/#comment-6019657<p>We here at Visible Measures just finished up a head-to-head viral video analysis of the Microsoft campaign, pitting the Seinfeld / Gates duo against the "I'm a PC" World. We found that, despite the criticism on the Seinfeld front (that's a shame), it's out-performing the feel-good response to Apple's "Get a Mac" campaign... by more than 4 million viral video views! Sure, the Seinfeld / Gates clips came out first, but in normalizing the data we discovered that the "I'm a PC" clips generated barely half the views of the Seinfeld / Gates videos in the same amount of days. Wow! Perhaps Microsoft will bring Seinfeld back? Who knows. Come by our site and check out our blog to learn more about the campaign's performance!</p><p><a href="http://www.visiblemeasures.com/news-and-events/blog/bid/6828/Microsoft-s-Viral-Video-Adventure-Seinfeld-Gates-vs-I-m-a-PC" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.visiblemeasures.com/news-and-events/blog/bid/6828/Microsoft-s-Viral-Video-Adventure-Seinfeld-Gates-vs-I-m-a-PC">http://www.visiblemeasures....</a></p><p>-Matt</p>Matthew FiorentinoWed, 01 Oct 2008 18:31:08 -0000http://mashable.com/2008/09/17/microsoft-says-no-seinfeld-for-you/#comment-6019656<p>I agree Mark. The message was confusing but i thought the ads were funny, and so did everyone I sent them too.</p><p>I don't think that the blogosphere are "Apple fanboys", it's just that it's always popular to hate large companies, especially Microsoft.</p>IanThu, 18 Sep 2008 16:39:08 -0000http://mashable.com/2008/09/17/microsoft-says-no-seinfeld-for-you/#comment-6019655<p>I didn't realize my taste in humor was so poor... I thought the commercials were really funny. After vista, i'm not really pro MS... but I'm sad to see the commercials pulled.</p><p>On the other hand, the day those tasteless, annoying apple commercials get tossed will be a happy one for me. I feel like I'm living in bizzaro world.</p>RianThu, 18 Sep 2008 16:12:34 -0000http://mashable.com/2008/09/17/microsoft-says-no-seinfeld-for-you/#comment-6019653<p>I'm a middle aged woman who has used only PCs since she upgraded from Commodore 64 in the early 90s. I don't like Apple or Apple Products. And I hated the commercials. Just to let you know.</p>gtpoohThu, 18 Sep 2008 15:52:42 -0000http://mashable.com/2008/09/17/microsoft-says-no-seinfeld-for-you/#comment-6019652<p>Sorry dude. Like totally sorry. Fully man. Fully.</p>Mark "Rizzn" HopkinsThu, 18 Sep 2008 15:43:30 -0000http://mashable.com/2008/09/17/microsoft-says-no-seinfeld-for-you/#comment-6019651<p>It's interesting you say that, since both ads from BK and these MS ads were done by the same company.</p><p>Microsoft is one of the few companies to be in the position to put out an ad and not need a clear call to action. Look at the GE advertisements for their GreenTech. You know, the ones that have that little CGI frog jumping from the airplane to the nuclear power plant and all that - Are they trying to sell airplane engines? Nuke plants?</p><p>No, it's called branding. MS took this one step further and said "why can't we just put out an ad that's entertaining?"</p>Mark "Rizzn" HopkinsThu, 18 Sep 2008 15:41:48 -0000http://mashable.com/2008/09/17/microsoft-says-no-seinfeld-for-you/#comment-6019649<p>Agreed with d3bruts1d</p>Web NewsThu, 18 Sep 2008 10:11:56 -0000http://mashable.com/2008/09/17/microsoft-says-no-seinfeld-for-you/#comment-6019648<p>OK, that's the last straw. First, the word Mash is utterly offensive and ridiculous and absurd and everyone should stop using it. Second, if you liked those ads, your judgment is seriously in question. This site is, like, fully off my, like, RSS feeds now, dude. Fully.</p>Leo ErisThu, 18 Sep 2008 09:27:00 -0000http://mashable.com/2008/09/17/microsoft-says-no-seinfeld-for-you/#comment-6019646<p>Well, to go by Surowieki's guidelines, the crowd (in this case) was too homogeneous. Everyone who panned the ads did so from an Apple laptop.</p>Mark "Rizzn" HopkinsThu, 18 Sep 2008 06:51:53 -0000http://mashable.com/2008/09/17/microsoft-says-no-seinfeld-for-you/#comment-6019645<p>Yeah, thank's.. blogosphere! I really loved the concept, and the humour.</p>MircoThu, 18 Sep 2008 04:34:39 -0000http://mashable.com/2008/09/17/microsoft-says-no-seinfeld-for-you/#comment-6019644<p>It's easy for you to say than $ isn't yours.</p>VygantasThu, 18 Sep 2008 02:10:42 -0000http://mashable.com/2008/09/17/microsoft-says-no-seinfeld-for-you/#comment-6019643<p>it wouldnt have mattered if it was MS or not the ads just stunk..was not funny in the slightest.</p>modemlooperThu, 18 Sep 2008 02:01:39 -0000http://mashable.com/2008/09/17/microsoft-says-no-seinfeld-for-you/#comment-6019642<p>that's the "wisdom of crowds" for you. or is that ignorance? i can never quite be sure.</p>jasonWed, 17 Sep 2008 22:31:36 -0000http://mashable.com/2008/09/17/microsoft-says-no-seinfeld-for-you/#comment-6019641<p>haha nice headline</p>Adam OstrowWed, 17 Sep 2008 22:16:05 -0000