According to the USA Today Ad Meter, the race for the Super Bowl Ad race was won by the Dogs. The top three rated ads all featured dogs. The Doritos commercial where the big Dog bribes the cat owner was the top rated rate. The Volkswagen ad where the overweight Dog gets fit took second and the Sketchers ad where the Boston Terrier in Dog in sneakers wins the greyhound race finished … [Read more...]
Godaddy & .Co Stars In The CBS TV Show “Super Bowls Greatest Commercials”
Last night CBS aired a one hour TV show "Super Bowls Greatest Commercials" and Godaddy and .Co starred, taking up the 1st five minute the show. The show was co-hosted by Godaddy's Spokesman Jillian Michaels who appeared frequently in Godaddy gear. Also appearing on the show were Bob Parson's, and three Godaddy commercials including last year's .Co commercial featuring Joan Rivers and this … [Read more...]
Meebo Founder: Apps Will Be Dead In 3-5 Years
There are many who think that Apps will kill domain names. Stories have been written on the topic, Sessions at domain name conferences have been dedicated to the subject and we have written about it on TheDomains.com as well. According to Adweek.com , Seth Sternberg, CEO and founder of Meebo had a completely different point of view saying that: "I think apps are dead in three to five … [Read more...]
PerezHilton.com Says A Godaddy.com Super Bowl Commercial Will Star the New Pussycat Dolls
According to Perezhilton.com the "new" Pussycat Dolls will be featured in one of the upcoming Godaddy.com Super Bowl Commercials. The dolls have gone through a make over since the original group which featured as lead singer, the now X-Factor judge and Dancing with the Stars winner Nicole Scherzinger. According to Perez the New PussyCat Dolls will include Chrystina Sayers formerly of the … [Read more...]
Citibank: Online Advertising To Grow 21% This Year
According to a story in MediaPost.com, Citigroup estimates online advertising will grow 21% this year, up from 15% in 2010. Citibank estimates online advertising will grow 17% in 2012 and 14% in 2013. "Search will grow more rapidly than online advertising, taking share during the next few years, he said. Growth in display will follow behind search advertising and come from social and … [Read more...]
Clear Channel Registers More iHeart Domains & Is Gearing Up To Take On Pandora & Sirius
Clear Channel Communications it one of the largest owners of over the broadcast radio stations in the US, maybe the largest with 850 channels. This year they held the iHeart Radio concert in Las Vegas, a two day affair in which some of the most popular music performers appeared including Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, the Black Eyed Peas, Alica Keys and Coldplay just to name a few. The I Heart Radio … [Read more...]
My First Post On CircleId.com Is Up: “Why the Lawsuit Against .XXX Maybe the Best Sales Tool Ever For New gTLD Applicants”
Just a quick note to let you know that my first post is up on CircleId.com CircleID.com is a great publication with contributions from many different people throughout the domain space but typically not domainers. The publication chats a lot about ICANN and public policy issues and has a large readership. I have had it in my RSS feed for quite a while and was asked to write a post on it … [Read more...]