the ephemerality of the Superbowl halo

Posted by Augustine Fou on February 3rd, 2009

 super bowl commercials lead to 20+% of Google’s top 100 searches

Day 1 – 20 of 100 related to ads

Day 2 – 6 of 100 

Day 3 – 1 of 100

Day 4 – ZERO

 

Denny’s took top honors, securing 3 of the top 20 searches. Vizio also took 3 of the top 100. the search halo from TV is well documented. Modern consumers want to and need to do more research. The total reach can be calculated from the  estimated 147 million people who watched the superbowl plus the search volume of each of the top search terms. 

 

 

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By the day after, the number of commercials still being searched for dropped to 6 of the top 100. But Denny’s still took 2 of the top 100, Jack in the box too another 2. Vizio 1 and Godaddy 1. 

 

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Superbowl porn  super bowl porn — accidental clip of porn shown during prime time due to technical glitch or hackers?

made up words are great for tracking blog buzz and search volume

Posted by Augustine Fou on January 19th, 2009

can anyone tell when Subway launched their new ad campaign?

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and GE’s Ecoimagination brand campaign?

 

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compare this to American Express, which chose the word “Open” for their small business credit card.

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if users DID type in “american express open” it might be easier to detect.

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