Ask.Com Using Ninjas In Addition To Chicks With Swords

Looks like there’s a counterpart to the “Chicks with Swords” side of Ask.com’s marketing effort, and naturally, it comes in the form of a ninja. Ask’s bought som live reads on “Ask A Ninja” (which if you think about it, is exactly the place for a company names Ask to be advertising), with the ninja saying useless things about Ask. Take a look at the most recent episode:

I get the joke of Ask A Ninja, but it feels like Ask A Ninja actually doesn’t, if that makes any sense. Anyway, the sponsorship portion is about 2 1/2 minutes in, where the ninja says to type in this word (”Minjas”) twice as fast as you physically can, and you’ll get a cool ninja treat, or a sword in your head.
I’ll ruin the big reveal for you: Searching for “minjas” on Ask.com gets you a link to this […]

Original post by Nathan Weinberg