GoDaddy.com commerical, Classy or Trashy?

Personal Reflection 1

First of all, I would like to state that yes, I am a female and yes, I do understand that sex sells. This is apparent throughout our country in every type of advertisement possible. I get it. I really do.

However, here comes the "but" part, I was slightly disgusted at the GoDaddy.com "Danica Patrick reveals enhancement" commercial that was played during the 2009 Super Bowl. Many of my girlfriends, and even my own mother, have commented on many of commercials that they have found repulsive. It takes a very special one to get me talking about it.

Take a look if you were not brutally forced to sit through it while watching the game.



At the end of the video, what else should I have really expected? A woman about to expose the "goods" and then it says that it will be continued at their website. It also mentions that unrated content is on their website.

Naturally, in order to write this blog, I had to go to their website.

I really had no idea what GoDaddy.com was to be honest, never even heard about it. As I was typing in g-o-d-a-d-d-y-.-c-o-m, I hesitated for a moment bracing myself for what could be behind this website. A domain name search provider? I certainly was not expecting that one, but relieved that I had not entered into a world of porn.

And, for those of you wondering, there is no conclusion to the commercial. They tricked you.

Next order of action, who is this elusive Danica Patrick? With a simple Google.com search i was led to www.danicaracing.com. She is in fact a race car driver.

She, however, is completely zipped up throughout the commercial. Commendable. Although, I was bothered by the woman at the end of the commercial. I guess the whole point of this blog is that, as I've already stated, I know sex sells. I certainly could go into a blog surrounding the entire issue of women being degraded in the media, but let's stick to one example due to the close timing of Super Bowl commercials.

My suggestions and comments to GoDaddy.com: If you would've stayed a tad bit classier, I would've never written a 300 word blog about your commercial. I hope that the "Super Bowl watching, perverted-minded, middle-aged man" target audience is really that large. Because I can assure you, you will have little business from the female market.