Victoria’s Secret Super Bowl Ad Most Viewed

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Irrespective of how well it ranked in this week’s multitude of Super Bowl commercial lists, Nielsen found the Victoria’s Secret ad to be the most viewed spot in the game reaching 103.7 million viewers when it ran at 9:44PM.

Poorly Received Super Bowls Ads Draw More Online Traffic

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It seems the Super Bowl ads people claimed to have disliked more than others or that performed poorly in most ad popularity studies turned out to perform quite well in terms of acquiring website visits.

Poorly Received Super Bowl Ads Draw More Online Traffic

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The Super Bowl ads people claimed to dislike more than others, or that performed poorly in ad popularity studies, turned out to perform quite well in terms of acquiring website visits.

Flanked by ’72 Dolphins, Reebok Politely Seeks Super Bowl Buzz

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This ad for Reebok aired after the game ended on Super Bowl Sunday. It’s called “Giants, Welcome to Perfectville.”

Creative Brief Written For Next Year’s Super Bowl Commercials

For all those out their anticipating (dreading?) creating an ad for next year’s Super Bowl, Advertising for Peanuts already has the creative brief written so you can get an early start on what will assuredly be an industry masterpiece….

‘Racism’ of Salesgenie Ads Examined

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At the risk of igniting a shit storm, were those Salesgenie ads really that racist? Let’s examine.

Taking Cue from Apple, Nissan Murano Ads Highlight Usability

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While the Murano strikes us as exceptionally dull at first sight, here’s a low-key ad that does a nice job of highlighting its merits. (Very Apple.)

Because Some of Them Needed a Big Ol’ Platter of Common Sense.

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Jaffe Juice pointed us over to this video of a super-talky Miller Lite employee dropping knowledge about this year’s Super Bowl ads. Among his observations:

Super Bowl XLII Most Viewed Game Ever

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While some debate the quality of commercials which appeared during Super Bowl XLII, the game itself was intriguing enough to capture 97.5 million viewers making the game the most viewed Super Bowl of all time according to Nielsen.

Even on AOL, Charlie Brown’s Only as Good as Third Place

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AOL just now released its results for the top-ranked ads in its 6th Annual AOL Super Sunday Ad Poll, sponsored by Verizon. Here’s the top five:

Collective Intellect Tracks Super Bowl Blog Buzz

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Here’s some Super Bowl buzz research from Collective Intellect:

– Pepsi generated the most “share of voice” (22 percent) in blog posts during and after the Super Bowl. This includes the Sobe spot that gave us WTF Syndrome.

Obama Girl Introduces MediaCurves Super Bowl Ad Survey

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Looky, Looky! It’s Obama Girl, aka Amber Lee Tettinger…and her curves… introducing the results of this year’s MediaCurves Super Bowl commercial study.

Last Night’s Super Bowl ‘Debacle’ A Bit Rosier in the Morning

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Oh how the morning after brings clarity to the prior evening’s dalliances.

Budweiser Clydesdale Dalmatian Spot Wins USA Today Ad Meter Poll

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That bastion of scientific accuracy otherwise known as the USA Today Super Bowl Ad Meter has crowned Budweiser’s Clydesdale Dalmatian commercial the highest scoring ad.

Increasingly Disconnected Bob Garfield Weighs In On Super Bowl

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If you want a seriously retarded re-cap of this year’s Super Bowl commercials, be sure to check out Bob Garfield’s video recap.

Adrants On-the-Fly Post-Super Bowl Reflections

Big conclusions: – The Pats have spoiled what may have been a historic football streak. Can you say performance anxiety? Somebody could have made a killing selling warm crying towels in the locker room after game time. – No…

Coca-Cola Brings Die-Hard Politicians Back to Sandbox Basics

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“Jinx” by Coca-Cola sparked a political flare war in our AdGabber Super Bowl chat room. In it, James Carville and Bill Frist set aside their differences over a personal jinx — Carville owes Frist a Coke!

Vicky’s Secret Super Bowl Ad Looks Suspiciously Like Its Preview

Really, we don’t know what we were expecting. But we sure hoped it would be more than what Victoria’s Secret gave us. What a waste of Adriana Lima’s come-hither talents. Check out the preview, which is about as unimaginative…

Bud Light Refreshes the Palate … and the Loins

If you take Will Ferrell’s word for it, that is. This spot, where Will Ferrell screws up an uncountable number of Bud Light ad takes with Freudian slips, is probably our favourite Bud Light ad thus far. It actually made…

Hey, a Car Ad. For Who? Beats Us. (We Wish.)

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We can’t believe Hyundai waffled over the inclusion of its ads in the Super Bowl this year, a decision (or lack of it) that build unmerited hype for what we thought to be a really boring brand.