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nfnaaron
Was I just tricked into watching a commercial?

Yeah, the audio was kinda poor.

dkersten
Agreed. I couldn't understand any of what the chick was singing. All I heard was CouchDB! <mumble mumble> CouchDB! over and over
btilly
If I hadn't known that that was the product, I'm not sure I'd have figured out even that much.
dkersten
True, if I didn't know it was about CouchDB before watching and didn't know what CouchDB was, I probably would still not know afterwards.
devinj
I definitely heard the term "database", so I think I'd know that much.
techiferous
I didn't even hear CouchDB. I just heard mumbles.
jchrisa
to be fair, we recorded with the mic built-in to an iPhone headset. :)
btilly
Apparently Google doesn't want people to waste money on ineffective commercials.

This actually is a good fit with Google's advertising policy elsewhere. The idea being that the more useful ads are to users, the more likely it is that users are willing to pay attention to them.

jolie
As an ad, it was uninformative and not persuasive. The quality was that of a local access cable commercial.

But I suggest you take the feedback from Google and others and use that to inform the next iteration. It can only get better! ;)

techiferous
I'm wondering what's the point of the guitar and hoopla? If they are trying to promote CouchDB, I would hope (dear God, I would hope) developers would choose databases based on technical merits and not image. I think image-based advertising would go better for soft drinks and such. Are they trying to go viral by hitting the delicate sweet spot of so-bad-its-good?