Is G-Ticket Google’s Answer To Ticketmaster?
11 July, 2010 at 12:36 pm Tim Roberts ARTS Australia 3 comments
This appears to be democracy in action or is it anarchy in action?
“In a thread at website Reddit, people decided to voice their displeasure with Ticketmaster through a groundwell campaign. The plan was for people to repeatedly entered the search term “G-Ticket Google’s Alternative to Ticketmaster” in Google’s search engine. If enough searches were undertaken G-Ticket would rise in the search rankings and get Google’s – and Ticketmaster’s – attention.“
“And it worked. On Friday morning, G Ticket had made it to No. 11 on Google’s Hot Searches list.“
Entry filed under: Online, Ticketmaster, Web 2.0. Tags: competition, Online, Ticketmaster.
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Tim Roberts | 13 July, 2010 at 11:00 am
oops!!!! looks like someone fell for the story.
Google Is set for a New plan: G Ticket to take on Ticketmaster
Maybe April Fool’s Day falls on a different date in the Philippines?
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Tim Roberts | 16 July, 2010 at 10:36 am
Is G-Ticket Google’s Answer To Ticketmaster?
“Is G-Ticket Google’s answer to Ticketmaster? Only if you believe the campaign contrived online and carried out through a litany of Google search queries.”
“So, no, G-Ticket doesn’t exist. It’s not even in the works – unless Google happens to be working on the product without the public’s knowledge. But public displeasure with Ticketmaster is quite evident.“