Tag Archives: super bowl ads

Mon 2nd February 2015
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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 ...
Thu 29th January 2015
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Puppy dogs for sale on GoDaddy satire site - Someone is having fun with GoDaddy’s withdrawn commercial…and doing it with GoDaddy services.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 ...
 
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GoDaddy's Super Bowl ad switcheroo: designed or not? - GoDaddy, once again, is getting a lot of press for its Super Bowl ad. How much of it was planned? If you pay for a Super Bowl commercial and no one talks about it before or after the big game, you got ripped off. GoDaddy discovered this many years ago and has mastered the art of getting extra impressions of its ads and Monday morning water cooler talk. GoDaddy’s ads are often criticized and sometimes ranked as the “worst” ads on the Super Bowl. Yet “worst” is a heck of a lot better than ... read more ...
Tue 27th January 2015
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GoDaddy to change argumentative Super Bowl Commercial - GoDaddy won’t run controversial “Journey Home” commercial. GoDaddy’s 2015 Super Bowl commercial, which it just released this morning, won’t air on Sunday after all. GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving tweeted this afternoon: The ad was criticized by many animal lovers. In many ways, the commercial was classic GoDaddy. It was sure to spark outrage, which got people talking about the company…much like its previous GoDaddy commercials. I wondered this morning if the plan was to get this commercial ... read more ...
Sun 2nd February 2014
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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
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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 ...
Tue 29th January 2013
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YourBigIdea.co Super Bowl tie-in - Site shows you what your life might be like if you register your “big idea”. This weekend is a big one for .co as it runs its Super Bowl ad in conjunction with Go Daddy for the third year in a row. Dubbed YourBigIdea.co, it features a number of guys who don’t jump on the opportunity to register their domains and then one guy who does — and he’s flying on a private jet. .Co has a tie-in web site it’s promoting along with the ad at YourBigIdea.co. On YourBigIdea.co, ... read more ...