Was Google Ad Designed for Viral Mockery? "Parisian Oops," "Is Tiger Feeling Lucky Today"…What Next? [BoomTown]
All Things Digital Feb 09 10Yesterday, the day after after Google aired its first national commercial on the Super Bowl, an exec at a rival Internet company marveled at what high favorable scores the "Parisian Love" advertisement got, adding that the possibilities of spoofs of it were also endless. "I have a feeling that making fun of it will probably be a good thing for Google," sighed the exec, who would dearly like such attention. And, indeed, it did not take two seconds before the take-offs on the ad--an unusually sentimental, but effective, ongoing story about love in Paris, using only Google's iconic search box--appeared. Full story...
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