'Hated' GoDaddy Super Bowl Ads Increase Hosting Sales 45 Percent

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The two Super Bowl ads that GoDaddy ran this year were roundly chastised for being stupid, immature, silly and just plain dumb. Well the last laugh is on the haters because those two ads delivered GoDaddy its biggest sales day in the history of the company.

According to the company, domain registration were up 40 percent, hosting sales were up 45 percent and mobile customer jumped 35 percent.

Take that, haters!

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by Steve Hall    Feb- 5-13    
Topic: Super Bowl 2013



Budweiser Choose Name For Super Bowl Clydesdale

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When Budweiser ran its Clydesdale Super Bowl ad, viewers were asked to submit names for the featured horse. More than 60,000 suggestions were sent through Twitter, Facebook and other channels.

Submitted names included Stevie, Star, Buddy and Spirit but the winning submission was Hope.

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by Steve Hall    Feb- 5-13    
Topic: Super Bowl 2013



10 Super Bowl Ad Campaigns That Rocked Social Media

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Catch any of the Super Bowl last night? I mean the football game and not the commercials you have been anxiously waiting for all year. The Super Bowl may be the biggest time of the year for football fanatics, but believe it or not, sports fan or not, you may find yourself glued to the TV watching the latest and greatest commercials from our favorite brands.

A recent study by market research company Lab42 shows that 39% of respondents look forward to the commercials more than the football game. That's 44% of women and 41% of men according to the study. So what makes these commercials so much more appealing than other times of the year?

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by Steve Hall    Feb- 4-13    
Topic: Social, Super Bowl 2013



Infographic Summarizes Super Bowl 'Ad Brawl'

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Whispr Group looked at all publicly available Tweets about the Super Bowl posted from January 25, 2012 - February 3, 2013 to determine the main drivers of Twitter traffic across several categories including: The Super Bowl, Advertisements, Brands, Commercials, and Hashtags. Here are the highlights.

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by Steve Hall    Feb- 4-13    
Topic: Super Bowl 2013



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Ram Trucks Tops Hulu AdZone Super Bowl Ad List

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Ram Truck's beautiful So God Made A Farmer ad as voiced by the late Paul Harvey topped the HGulu AdZone ranking of most liked ads. Rounding out the top five were Budweiser Brotherhood, Taco Bell Viva Young, VW Get in Get Happy and, WTF, Universal Pictures Fast and Furious 6.

Fan votes were tallied for all Super Bowl XLVII commercials on Hulu's AdZone and the results reflect all votes that were in as of 8:00pm PT / 11:00pm ET Sunday, Feb. 3. For the first time ever fans watched, voted, shared, tweeted and "liked" their favorite ads on iOS and Android supported mobile devices.

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by Steve Hall    Feb- 4-13    
Topic: Super Bowl 2013



Budweiser's Brotherhood Ad Tops USA Today Super Bowl Ad Meter

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Anheuser-Busch took the top spot in the 25th annual USA TODAY Super Bowl Ad Meter for its Baby Clydesdale ad. Panelists gave the ad a score of 7.76 (on a scale of 0 to 10).

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Ad Meter, USA TODAY expanded the vote to thousands via a password-protected site. More than 7,600 panelists voted on the more than 50 ads that ran during the game.

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by Steve Hall    Feb- 4-13    
Topic: Super Bowl 2013



The Five Best Super Bowl Ads of 2013

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We have to say we're in complete agreement with Tim Nudd over at AdWeek whose top five Super Bowl ad picks mirror ours exactly. Now, picking the top five Super Bowl ads, of course, is pure speculation and opinion because, of course, the only thing that really matters is did the ad sell any product. And we certainly won't know that for a while, if ever.

That minor detail aside, here are our (and Tim's) top five Super Bowl advertising picks for 2013.

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by Steve Hall    Feb- 4-13    
Topic: Super Bowl 2013



Here's Will Ferrell's Old Milwaukee Super Bowl Ad

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This year's Super Bowl will be dubbed The Year of the Kiss. Why? Well two always makes a trend, right? We had Bar Refaeli suck face with a geek in a GoDaddy commercial. And we had Will Ferrell, seemingly on his way home from basketball practice, sucking face with an Asian lady on a bus.

The spot aired in Sherman, TX; Ardmore, OK and Glendive, MT. In true clandestine form, the spot isn't even on Old Milwaukee's YouTube channel. A few viewers captured it on their own after, perhaps, being tipped where and when it would air.

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by Steve Hall    Feb- 4-13    
Topic: Celebrity, Super Bowl 2013



Ram Truck's Paul Harvey Spot Best Super Bowl Ad of 2013

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In what will perhaps (and should) ultimately be dubbed this year's best Super Bowl commercial, the late Paul Harvey's famed So God Made A Farmer speech was incorporated into a Ram Truck ad.

The words come from a speech Harvey gave in 1978 at the National FAA Convention. The speech is moving and the images that accompany truly encapsulate the message; there are some people out there who work really hard for little money and out of love for their craft.

The ad, created by The Richards Group, is brilliantly crafted and carries a powerful message. Likely, it won't rank as high as some of the more humorous spots in the game but that doesn't make it any less great.

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by Steve Hall    Feb- 3-13    
Topic: Super Bowl 2013



Oreo Wastes No Time Capitalizing on Super Bowl Power Outage

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Acting quickly during the 35 minute partial power outage during the Super Bowl, Oreo wipped up an ad which carried the headline You Can Still Dunk in the Dark. Brilliant and quick thinking.

Oreo was able to achieve this feat because it's agency, 360i, and the client were all together in one room during the game and could make the necessary quick decisions to result is this ad.

by Steve Hall    Feb- 3-13    
Topic: Super Bowl 2013