Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 13th March 2014

Dilbert//9098, first published twelve years ago on Thursday 13th March 2014

Tags

competition (psychology) pride a-b testing traffic to site most effective search terms wingless skunk junkyard sbnack planned injury topper

Official transcript

Coworker: I did A-B testing and found the search terms that bring the most people to our site. The most effective search terms are "wingless skunk,"

"junkyard snack,"

and "planned injury."

Topper: Well, duh! You could have just asked me. Topper

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I DID A -B TESTING AND FOUND THE SEARCH TERMS THAT BRING THE MOST PEOPLE TO OUR SITE.

THE MOST EFFECTIVE SEARCH TERMS ARE "WINGLESS SKUNK." "JUNKYARD SNACK," AND "PLANNED INJURY." TOPPER WELL, DUH!

YOU COULD HAVE JUST ASKED ME.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Effective Search Terms"

Summary:

The comic strip, originally published in 'Dilbert', features a scene where the main character, Dilbert, is presenting a slide titled "I did A-B testing and found the search terms that bring the most people to our site." The slide displays the results of the A-B testing, with "A" being the original search term and "B" being the new search term. The results show that "B" is the most effective search term, with a significant increase in traffic.

However, the real punchline comes when the boss asks the team to come up with the most effective search terms, and they respond with humorous and nonsensical suggestions such as "wingless skunk", "junkyard snack", and "planned injury". The boss is surprised by their responses and asks them to explain themselves, leading to a comedic exchange.

Overall, the comic strip pokes fun at the idea of using silly search terms to drive traffic to a website, and highlights the absurdity of some of the suggestions made by the team.

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