Blake Irving on Fox & Friends: Super Bowl ad barter was not designed (and we trust him) - GoDaddy’s CEO discusses this year’s Super Bowl ad controversy.
GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving was on Fox Friends this morning talking about the Super Bowl ad controversy. He claims the original ad and changing it was not a publicity stunt. (See video below.)
After watching the final commercial yesterday, I believe him when he says that nixing the first ad was not a publicity stunt. After all, the company ended up with a commercial that:
Was produced with stock video footage
Had voiceover from someone ... read more ...
Tag Archives: godaddy super bowl commercial
Mon 2nd February 2015
Thu 29th January 2015
Puppy dogs for sale on GoDaddy satire site - Someone is having fun with GoDaddy’s withdrawn commercial…and doing it with GoDaddy services.
GoDaddy won’t run its controversial Journey Home commercial during the Super Bowl on Sunday. The ad featured a site called Gabby’s Goldens that sold dogs online. It drew the ire of pet lovers and advocates everywhere.
Yet someone is having some fun with it, and using GoDaddy’s services to boot.
GoDaddy registered GabbysGoldens.com ahead of the commercial. Another customer just registered GabbysGoldens.org ... read more ...
Mon 24th November 2014
GoDaddy announces Super Bowl ad plans -
Danica Patrick to once again star in GoDaddy Super Bowl commercial.
GoDaddy announced plans today for its 11th consecutive appearance in the Super Bowl.
GoDaddy’s 2015 Super Bowl ad is called “Journey Home”, and will focus on GoDaddy’s small business offerings.
Patrick, who already holds the record for most Super Bowl appearances by a celebrity, will star alongside a puppy. Apparently, the commercial will appear to be a Hallmark-style commercial, and then ... read more ...
Sun 2nd February 2014
GoDaddy Super Bowl ads once opposite put domain biz in a spotlight -
GoDaddy’s Super Bowl commercials are very different this year.
It’s Super Bowl Sunday, and that means the domain name industry will be getting some broad attention this evening.
GoDaddy has been advertising in the Super Bowl since 2005, and will once again run two Super Bowl ads tonight.
In the first half, GoDaddy will run its “Surprise” commercial in which a real person will apparently quit their job in front of the entire Super Bowl audience. According to ... read more ...
Tue 28th January 2014
GoDaddy’s 2nd Super Bowl ad to underline chairman quitting their pursuit (for real) to start a biz -
GoDaddy posts teaser for second ad for Sunday’s game.
GoDaddy has already posted one of its two Super Bowl commercials for Sunday’s game. It hasn’t posted its second yet, but it has revealed some of the subject matter.
According to a video teaser GoDaddy just posted, the second commercial will feature someone quitting their job (for real) in front of the Super Bowl TV audience. Apparently only the production staff and the person’s father knows about her resignation. ... read more ...
Thu 31st October 2013
GoDaddy to run dual Super Bowl commercials, sans passionate innuendo -
Company will continue to advertise in Super Bowl but take a different tack.
GoDaddy has announced that it will run Super Bowl ads for the tenth year in a row.
The company will again have two 30 second ad spots in the 2014 Super Bowl. One of them will, once again, feature race car driver Danica Patrick.
But the similarities between 2014 and the company’s previous Super Bowl commercials will end there: the company will skip sexual innuendo in the new commercials.
GoDaddy ... read more ...
Fri 25th January 2013
The intriguing GoDaddy .co Super Bowl blurb (with a Danica Patrick cameo) -
GoDaddy.co Super Bowl commercial is very different from its predecessors.
Last night .co tweeted a link to its Super Bowl commercial.
I’ve watched it a few times (it’s embedded below) so I can fully grasp what’s going on.
The basic idea makes sense: a lot of other people have your same idea for a web site. Go register it today.
But from there I make these observations:
1. The ad doesn’t really promote .co that much. Sure, .co sits on the screen the whole time, ... read more ...