Cinco do Mayo? Ask.com Misspells.

While the rest of the world celebrated "Cinco de Mayo" yesterday, Ask.com’s homepage flaunted a "Cinco do Mayo" as seen below.

It was probably just a hasty typo and I don’t think anyone will (or should) be fired over this, but let’s poke some fun at Ask for the oversight anyway.

Random thoughts that come to mind:

• With such a small percentage of the search market, who really cares whether Ask can spell or not?
• Now might be a good time to boost Ask.com’s staff from 460 to 461 people.
• Ask.com’s new focus of catering their search engine to women has taken priority over proofreading.

Today, Ask’s homepage has a link to a news story about Cyclone Nargis’ impact on Myanmar (Burma), and a link to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies.

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