According to an article over on Market Watch GoDaddy will not be advertising during Super Bowl 50 next February. GoDaddy had been running ads during the Super Bowl for the last 10 years with several of its adverts attracting plenty of controversy. Some of the earlier ads they ran featured the GoDaddy girls, like this one: https://youtu.be/3vWu8SAzQPE Over the years … [Read more...] about GoDaddy Pulls Out Of SuperBowl
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Bar Refaeli Kissing Geek For GoDaddy Ad
The SuperBowl is on this Sunday and as usual there's probably as much media interest in the adverts that big brands will be showing during the commercial breaks as there is in the game itself. As previously mentioned, this year's GoDaddy ad features Bar Refaeli. The advert is short and simple, but it's likely to get more attention from some circles than the company's racier … [Read more...] about Bar Refaeli Kissing Geek For GoDaddy Ad
GoDaddy Advert Deemed Offensive
Bob Parsons, the larger than life founder of GoDaddy, tweeted earlier this afternoon that the GoDaddy Ad for the Super Bowl had been rejected - again. CBS rejected the advert, which can be viewed online, as being "offensive to certain viewers".Of course the outcome of their decision will be even more PR for GoDaddy, but that was inevitable.But what is so offensive about the … [Read more...] about GoDaddy Advert Deemed Offensive
GoDaddy Milking Controversy Again
GoDaddy's adverts wouldn't be considered that risque to a European audience. However, for some odd reason, they've caused plenty of controversy in the US for the last few years.This year they're obviously capitalising on the run up to the SuperBowl with trailers for their adverts.While Hollywood loves to whet our appetites with trailers for full length movies, GoDaddy has taken … [Read more...] about GoDaddy Milking Controversy Again
AFNIC Brings Gallic Humour To Online Campaign
AFNIC's latest online and TV campaign to promote .fr may not be the most amusing thing you'll ever see, but it's still amusing to a point. Here's the long version of their advert:In French - sorry ! Subtitles available! … [Read more...] about AFNIC Brings Gallic Humour To Online Campaign
OpenSRS Culls Expired Domains Program
OpenSRS will be withdrawing its "Expired Domains Program" early next year.The program which allowed resellers to monetise expired domains under their account is to be withdrawn on January 6th 2009 due to a cited decrease in revenues from ad networks.The "Parked Pages Program" will not be affected … [Read more...] about OpenSRS Culls Expired Domains Program