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New Google ad strategy: 10 minutes of a guy saying "pizza"

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Re: New Google ad strategy: 10 minutes of a guy saying "pizza"

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One of the worst attempts at viral marketing I've ever seen. It is so awful, you don't even want to share it and wish you'd never seen it.

But it made it to geek.com and HN.

Hell, I didn't even watch the advert but that's the the article I know what it's for. Isn't that the point of viral marketing?

Re: New Google ad strategy: 10 minutes of a guy saying "pizza"

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One of the worst attempts at viral marketing I've ever seen. It is so awful, you don't even want to share it and wish you'd never seen it.

You saw it, I saw it, some random person who will complain about this comment saw it.

By tomorrow there will be spoof videos of people saying "hot dog" or something....

Brilliant.

Re: New Google ad strategy: 10 minutes of a guy saying "pizza"

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One of the worst attempts at viral marketing I've ever seen. It is so awful, you don't even want to share it and wish you'd never seen it.

But it made it to geek.com and HN. Hell, I didn't even watch the advert but that's the the article I know what it's for. Isn't that the point of viral marketing?

Well, some say that any publicity is good publicity.

But if it comes off as foolish, and you don't even get the point of it, and most who share it are only sharing it because they don't get it, then in the end you've just contributed to people wasting time. They tried to promote their product or service, but all I remember is "stupid" and "pizza". It did however make me associate "Google" with "stupid" and "repetitive".

Re: New Google ad strategy: 10 minutes of a guy saying "pizza"

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Doesn't anybody find this funny in a weird way? I'm actually in shambles over this one. Just like the subtle weird humor in David Lynch movies. It's surreal.

The handpuppet background cracked me up. To the haters: just skip around the video, and/or watch more Wonder Showzen.

Re: New Google ad strategy: 10 minutes of a guy saying "pizza"

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

But it made it to geek.com and HN. Hell, I didn't even watch the advert but that's the the article I know what it's for. Isn't that the point of viral marketing?

Well, some say that any publicity is good publicity. But if it comes off as foolish, and you don't even get the point of it, and most who share it are only sharing it because they don't get it, then in the end you've just contributed to people wasting time. They tried to promote their product or service, but all I remember is "stupid" and "pizza". It did however make me associate "Google" with "stupid" and "repetitiv…

After watching it, the word "pizza" has turned into a strange, meaningless word-sound.
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