Horrendous Godaddy Superbowl ad pulled

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GoDaddy -- Pulls Super Bowl Spot ... Over Puppy Cruelty Backlash | TMZ.com

Did you see it?

I can't remember ever seeing an ad before that inspired such hate in me for the company behind it.
  • Profile picture of the author TLTheLiberator
    Originally Posted by Jack Gordon View Post

    GoDaddy -- Pulls Super Bowl Spot ... Over Puppy Cruelty Backlash | TMZ.com

    Did you see it?

    I can't remember ever seeing an ad before that inspired such hate in me for the company behind it.

    I think something like this happens every year with GD.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jack Gordon
      Originally Posted by TLTheLiberator View Post

      I think something like this happens every year with GD.
      Sexy commercials are outrageous mostly to people who lack real problems to worry about, or the perspective to understand the difference.

      This is cruelty to (or, at best, endangerment of) innocent puppies. It is much, much worse.


      Originally Posted by derekwong28 View Post

      I had never seen this. It certainly fits the pattern, doesn't it?

      I have been indifferent to Godaddy over the years (I rarely use them, and transfer anything I do get there to eNom the moment I can).

      Now, I have transitioned to openly hostile.

      Nice job, Godaddy!
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  • Profile picture of the author joe golfer
    Funny, I just posted about this in the CW forum. I believe they did it on purpose knowing the spot would have to be pulled.
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    That's pretty incredible and such a ridiculously mindless ad. Hard to believe that such a large company would think that's a good idea.
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    • Profile picture of the author TLTheLiberator
      Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

      That's pretty incredible and such a ridiculously mindless ad. Hard to believe that such a large company would think that's a good idea.
      They may be going on the assumption that any pub is good pub and they knew this commercial would be rejected but viewed many times on the net.
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      • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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        Originally Posted by TLTheLiberator View Post

        They may be going on the assumption that any pub is good pub and they knew this commercial would be rejected but viewed many times on the net.
        They've made that assumption before back when I had over 300 domains with Godaddy. I don't have them with Godaddy any longer. lol.
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  • Profile picture of the author onSubie
    That commercial and controversy is tame. It's animal cruelty because they sold a dog?


    I remember a commercial from Outpost where they fired Gerbils out of a cannon at a hole in a brick wall. Usually missing the hole and slamming the Gerbil against the wall. Same reaction about animal cruelty and threats to ban the commercial but it all just raised the profile of the ad.




    They also did a pretty funny one about herding cats.
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    • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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      Originally Posted by onSubie View Post

      That commercial and controversy is tame. It's animal cruelty because they sold a dog?
      No, it's animal cruelty because they threw a puppy out of the window of a moving truck on a highway, left with no shelter or food or care.
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      • Profile picture of the author Daniel Evans
        The only Super Bowl that matter to me is the one that my stew goes into.
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      • Profile picture of the author discrat
        Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

        No, it's animal cruelty because they threw a puppy out of the window of a moving truck on a highway, left with no shelter or food or care.
        On my lord, lighten up. Dont get you panties in a wad.

        That was a doll then they switched cameras to the real thing.

        And "no shelter and food "??
        Now, your just being ridiculous.

        It is NOT animal cruelty. I repeat this is NOT animal cruelty Take a deep breath and come to your senses
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        • Profile picture of the author Jack Gordon
          Originally Posted by discrat View Post

          On my lord, lighten up. Dont get you panties in a wad.

          That was a doll then they switched cameras to the real thing.

          And "no shelter and food "??
          Now, your just being ridiculous.

          It is NOT animal cruelty. I repeat this is NOT animal cruelty Take a deep breath and come to your senses
          It is sort of funny. Like Godaddy asking every dog owner in the world to choose between their love for Fido and their affection for Godaddy could possibly turn out well for Godaddy.

          What is not funny is how they attempt to draw sick humor from the appearance of mistreating puppies.

          Again, what the hell were they thinking?
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          • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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            Originally Posted by Jack Gordon View Post

            what the hell were they thinking?
            "At least nobody can criticise us for shooting animals, this time"?
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          • Profile picture of the author discrat
            Originally Posted by Jack Gordon View Post

            It is sort of funny. Like Godaddy asking every dog owner in the world to choose between their love for Fido and their affection for Godaddy could possibly turn out well for Godaddy.

            What is not funny is how they attempt to draw sick humor from the appearance of mistreating puppies.

            Again, what the hell were they thinking?
            yeah jack,
            This is about as much Animal Cruelty as there is Murder when Jason takes his machete and bludgeons unsuspecting Co eds in Friday The 13th Movies.

            They are just portrayals touching the surface of Animal Cruelty and Murder. But they are not Animal Cruelty and Murder in actuality.

            Both could be construed as inappropriate particularly to young children.

            P.S. That being said there could be an inherit difference in the two. In that the one is a Movie and the other is a commercial directly benefiting a particular company. And you are probably right just to be bypassing the obvious mistreatment of an animal to talk about how you can make sales using Godaddy is really overboard. Dare I say showing a little psychopathy
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            • Profile picture of the author Jack Gordon
              Originally Posted by discrat View Post

              Dare I say showing a little psychopathy
              I am all for a little psychopathy here and there.

              Just leave the cute fuzzy widdle puppies out of it.

              Coeds, on the other hand... I am not above admitting that there have been a few revenge fantasies sprinkled across this nerd's adolescence.
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              • Profile picture of the author discrat
                Originally Posted by Jack Gordon View Post

                I am all for a little psychopathy here and there.



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                Originally Posted by Jack Gordon View Post

                Coeds, on the other hand... I am not above admitting that there have been a few revenge fantasies sprinkled across this nerd's adolescence.
                Yeah, Claude might just have to welcome you to his own club on that one. lol
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                • Profile picture of the author TimPhelan
                  I got a little chuckle out of it, although it's probably in bad taste, which is typical for GD.
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                  • Profile picture of the author MikeAmbrosio
                    Originally Posted by Jack Gordon View Post

                    Just leave the cute fuzzy widdle puppies out of it.
                    I agree. I think they should have used those fluffy bunnies. From what I hear, they are just asking for it anyway


                    Originally Posted by TimPhelan View Post

                    I got a little chuckle out of it, although it's probably in bad taste, which is typical for GD.
                    Nothing wrong with a little bad taste from time to time. Frankly, I was more inclined to move my domains away from GD when they got in to the habit of shutting down domains without cause on baseless and unsubstantiated complaints then from a commercial - bad taste or otherwise.
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                    • Profile picture of the author TimPhelan
                      Originally Posted by MikeAmbrosio View Post

                      Frankly, I was more inclined to move my domains away from GD when they got in to the habit of shutting down domains without cause on baseless and unsubstantiated complaints then from a commercial - bad taste or otherwise.
                      I agree. I only have a handful of domains now, but back when I had around a 1000 with godaddy, that crap worried me.
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        • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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          Originally Posted by discrat View Post

          On my lord, lighten up. Dont get you panties in a wad.

          That was a doll then they switched cameras to the real thing.

          And "no shelter and food "??
          Now, your just being ridiculous.

          It is NOT animal cruelty. I repeat this is NOT animal cruelty Take a deep breath and come to your senses
          My panties aren't in a wad and what is ridiculous is that a company would think that was smart advertising. It's clearly obvious that no puppy was harmed in making that ad, but it's also clearly obvious that if it were a real situation that it would be animal abuse. So I find the fake depiction of animal abuse offensive.

          It was stupid for them to think that people would react favorably to that ad. So I really don't need to take a deep breath and there's nothing wrong with my senses, thank you. I voted against Godaddy long ago by removing all of my domains from them.

          Perhaps you like the commercial. Maybe you think it's brilliant marketing. Go buy some Godaddy domains to support their stupidity.
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      • Profile picture of the author Mark Singletary
        Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

        No, it's animal cruelty because they threw a puppy out of the window of a moving truck on a highway, left with no shelter or food or care.


        The edited, apparently, video that Jack posted comes out differently when we can see the full thing.


        I never thought it was thrown out but then when I saw the full version below, it's obvious to me at least, that there just isn't any kind of animal cruelty.


        The dog falls out then goes through thick and thin to get home. The owners are glad to see the dog return.


        Yes, they sold the dog but what is wrong with selling and buying a dog?


        People say it's about puppy mills but there is absolutely no indication, that I can see, that they raise dogs just to sell them. But even if they did raise dogs to sell them, what is wrong with that? There is no indication that if they were in that business that it was a bad life for the puppy or anything like that.


        I think this is an example of somebody with a grudge starting something and everyone else just assuming the worse and getting on the bandwagon.


        For example, the title of this thread talks about something "horrendous" -- which I never took to mean the marketing especially when you see the title in the link at TMZ about puppy cruelty.


        Then you get the dump on GD crowd going and you've got a full blown case against them -- all for the wrong reasons and in my humble opinion no reason.


        Mark


        Edit: The 2 seconds in the very front is what makes the difference or should.


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        • Profile picture of the author discrat
          Originally Posted by Mark Singletary View Post

          The dog falls out then goes through thick and thin to get home. The owners are glad to see the dog return.


          Yes, they sold the dog but what is wrong with selling and buying a dog?


          even if they did raise dogs to sell them, what is wrong with that? There is no indication that if they were in that business that it was a bad life for the puppy or anything like that.

          Yeah, Mark there is no direct Animal Cruelty going on here.

          But now that I have taken a look at video again it is a little deviant in a way. The owners aren't glad to see him. Only glad to see him so they can 'ship him out.' And after he has been through so much.

          And he gives a last second little whine when he is being shipped out.

          I think PETA goes a little extreme no question, but I just think a little bit of bad taste here.

          Plus, my Mom raised 'light' golden retriever litters when I was growing up.

          And they are the most adorable puppies ever created


          So I am a little biased
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        • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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          Originally Posted by Mark Singletary View Post

          The dog falls out then goes through thick and thin to get home. The owners are glad to see the dog return.

          Yes, they sold the dog but what is wrong with selling and buying a dog?

          People say it's about puppy mills but there is absolutely no indication, that I can see, that they raise dogs just to sell them.
          That's the impression that the ad gives. That they raise dogs just to sell them. Otherwise, why would they need to build a Godaddy website for selling puppies.

          Puppy Mills and back yard breeders are the scourge of the pet industry. Puppy mills are large scale dog breeding commercial operations that put profits far above the health and the welfare of the animals that they breed. Backyard breeders are a bunch of dumb asses who buy some dogs and breed them with no thought to the health, welfare and betterment of the breed they are breeding.

          This ad smacked of "puppy mill" humor. I hadn't seen it, but after seeing it, I had a very negative response to it, with the most negative response being to the puppy going through all manner of trials and tribulations to get back home and this woman saying gleefully, it's back ... ship it out.

          Like I said, Godaddy is a huge corporation. A lot of money goes into a Super Bowl ad. You would think that at least some research and thought would also go into them. How could they possibly not be aware that the ad had issues?

          But Super Bowl ads aren't why I removed 300 domains from Godaddy. It was their support for SOPA and PIPA that was the straw that broke the camels back.

          I had long heard of them holding people's domains hostage for a large ransom and people losing domains. The complaints of that happening with Godaddy were plentiful, while other registrars, not so much. I never had it happen to me, but I was always afraid that it might.

          Their interface always annoyed me with all the upsells and slowness of the site for people like me with challenged bandwidth. The biggest benefit of moving my domains to Namecheap was that the interface was wonderful in comparison.
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          • Profile picture of the author WalkingCarpet
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            Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

            That's the impression that the ad gives. That they raise dogs just to sell them. Otherwise, why would they need to build a Godaddy website for selling puppies.

            Puppy Mills and back yard breeders are the scourge of the pet industry. Puppy mills are large scale dog breeding commercial operations that put profits far above the health and the welfare of the animals that they breed. Backyard breeders are a bunch of dumb asses who buy some dogs and breed them with no thought to the health, welfare and betterment of the breed they are breeding.

            This ad smacked of "puppy mill" humor. I hadn't seen it, but after seeing it, I had a very negative response to it, with the most negative response being to the puppy going through all manner of trials and tribulations to get back home and this woman saying gleefully, it's back ... ship it out.

            Like I said, Godaddy is a huge corporation. A lot of money goes into a Super Bowl ad. You would think that at least some research and thought would also go into them. How could they possibly not be aware that the ad had issues?

            But Super Bowl ads aren't why I removed 300 domains from Godaddy. It was their support for SOPA and PIPA that was the straw that broke the camels back.

            I had long heard of them holding people's domains hostage for a large ransom and people losing domains. The complaints of that happening with Godaddy were plentiful, while other registrars, not so much. I never had it happen to me, but I was always afraid that it might.

            Their interface always annoyed me with all the upsells and slowness of the site for people like me with challenged bandwidth. The biggest benefit of moving my domains to Namecheap was that the interface was wonderful in comparison.
            I use Namecheap as well.
            Bet you suddenly wanna move again right?
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            • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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              Originally Posted by WalkingCarpet View Post

              I use Namecheap as well.
              Bet you suddenly wanna move again right?
              Why would I? I've been happy with Namecheap from the day I moved.
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  • Profile picture of the author salegurus
    I'm all for animal rights, i can't even watch these SPCA ads showing explicit footage of abused animals..
    But Dear Lord aren't you guys taking this ad a bit too seriously...
    I mean i see more outrage over an ad compared to live beheadings posted on Youtube...
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    • Profile picture of the author onSubie
      Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

      No, it's animal cruelty because they threw a puppy out of the window of a moving truck on a highway, left with no shelter or food or care.


      Okay thanks. Did not see the clip (no streaming) but I read a news article about the controversy..



      Originally Posted by salegurus View Post

      I'm all for animal rights, i can't even watch these SPCA ads showing explicit footage of abused animals..
      But Dear Lord aren't you guys taking this ad a bit too seriously...
      I mean i see more outrage over an ad compared to live beheadings posted on Youtube...


      Yeah, these kind of things always make me shake my head.


      People reserve their outrage for a commercial with an actor dog and actor people but turn their head at real-world cruelty.
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    • Profile picture of the author BigFrank
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      Originally Posted by salegurus View Post

      I mean i see more outrage over an ad compared to live beheadings posted on Youtube...
      That's because adult humans have free will and can choose for themselves how much danger they decide to put themselves in. Sometimes that does not turn out well, but it was their call.

      Who speaks for defenseless animals used in a way to entertain humanoids at any cost?

      I'm just sayin' . . . . . . . .

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    • Profile picture of the author Jack Gordon
      Originally Posted by TLTheLiberator View Post

      They may be going on the assumption that any pub is good pub and they knew this commercial would be rejected but viewed many times on the net.
      I made this point in the other thread as well.

      "Any publicity is good publicity" is a farce. Bad publicity can kill a company, either quickly mercifully or slowly and painfully. Bad publicity demands a reaction, and the quality of the reaction is where the opportunity lies.

      Originally Posted by onSubie View Post

      I remember a commercial from Outpost where they fired Gerbils out of a cannon at a hole in a brick wall. Usually missing the hole and slamming the Gerbil against the wall. Same reaction about animal cruelty and threats to ban the commercial but it all just raised the profile of the ad.
      I remember that. And where, might I ask, is Outpost now?

      Originally Posted by salegurus View Post

      I'm all for animal rights, i can't even watch these SPCA ads showing explicit footage of abused animals..
      But Dear Lord aren't you guys taking this ad a bit too seriously...
      I mean i see more outrage over an ad compared to live beheadings posted on Youtube...
      Isis is not trying to sell me domains. I will never buy what Isis is selling, and now I am strongly inclined to never buy what Godaddy is selling. That is brilliant marketing.

      I am offended just as much by their marketing obliviousness in releasing this ad as I am by the horrible message it sends.
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      • Profile picture of the author onSubie
        Originally Posted by Jack Gordon View Post


        I remember that. And where, might I ask, is Outpost now?

        In a seedy bar drinking with pets.com....
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        • Profile picture of the author discrat
          Am I being punked here ?

          Certainly I must.

          Good lord ,what is the big deal ? Poor taste ?

          Probably.

          But I thought when I saw the title of this Thread and all the Hate words thrown around there were going to be puppies put in a garbage bag with bricks and thrown in a lake or something.

          Relax people, damn !!
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    • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
      Originally Posted by TLTheLiberator View Post

      They may be going on the assumption that any pub is good pub and they knew this commercial would be rejected but viewed many times on the net.
      Yes, no doubt the Sony experience, will produce some copycats.

      True it got pirated online but they also Brock even before the released it to theatures!

      The puppy bouncing out of the truck by the way was fake, but still in bad taste.

      I am with Godaddy and still use them for my domains, but have considered going over to Hostgator, since it is less hassle for the domain proxie thing!

      Although last time l couldn't access Godaddy, eventhough the codes were right, and Hostgator had issues with updating the Sitebuilder software, so that didn't publish and took a few days to fix!

      Oh, well, at least this is better than attractive women with oversized,....ahem, well women models!

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      • Profile picture of the author Jack Gordon
        Originally Posted by tagiscom View Post

        Oh, well, at least this is better than attractive women with oversized,....ahem, well women models!
        Hardly.

        T & A, in my opinion is a marketing copout. However, objectifying women (and attractive men, for that matter) sends a less harmful message to our kids than cruelty (or indifference) to animals does.

        All kids are going to hit puberty. Exosure to sex in the media is a fact of life. We are not going to change it, and it would be hopeless to try.

        Sending the message that puppy mills and animal neglect are not problematic, however, seems orders of magnitude more insidious to me. Those are messages planted deep in our children that could manifest in horrible ways for the rest of their lives.

        I am all for clever, subversive marketing. This ain't it.
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        • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
          Originally Posted by Jack Gordon View Post

          Hardly.

          T & A, in my opinion is a marketing copout. However, objectifying women (and attractive men, for that matter) sends a less harmful message to our kids than cruelty (or indifference) to animals does.

          All kids are going to hit puberty. Exosure to sex in the media is a fact of life. We are not going to change it, and it would be hopeless to try.

          Sending the message that puppy mills and animal neglect are not problematic, however, seems orders of magnitude more insidious to me. Those are messages planted deep in our children that could manifest in horrible ways for the rest of their lives.

          I am all for clever, subversive marketing. This ain't it.
          Well, can't argue with you on those points, and by the way the link had an attached popup ad. Well a dodgy Telstra, survey which claims l could get $75 if l answered 8 questions.

          After l realised it wasn't Telstra, but some dodgy US one, or something else, l didn't bother!

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  • Profile picture of the author WalkingCarpet
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    Yeah I've been avoiding GoDaddy ever since their CEO went hunting Elephants in Africa.
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by Jack Gordon View Post

    I can't remember ever seeing an ad before that inspired such hate in me for the company behind it.
    I missed this one.

    But funnily enough, the last time I thought that about a company, from an ad, a couple of years ago, it was also a GoDaddy ad. (I'd already stopped doing business with them, even before that one, to be honest.)


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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    MAN, that WAS bad! I mean the dog went to SO much trouble to come back to her, MAYBE from the last customer, and NOW she ships the dog to someone else.

    At least it wasn't what I THOUGHT it was about! Recently, a woman tried to board a flight with FOUR DOGS!!!!!!! Frankly, they should have made it CLEAR that was a bad idea, and should have told her when she got the boarding pass, came through security, and waited at the gate, but they DIDN'T! She had 1 in an approved container, and 3 out in the open. She was in a hurry, but I guess not TOO much of a hurry. This was yesterday in Florida, by the way.

    1. She tried to get on the plane, they said NO!
    2. She had a friend come, but the friend could only take two dogs.
    3. She tried to smuggle the third on with the OK one. She was CAUGHT!
    4. She went into a bathroom, came out, and I guess boarded the plane.
    5. Someone later went into the bathroom, and found a dead dog in the toilet.
    6. The examiner determined that the cause of death was DROWNING.
    7. She was arrested and booked on animal cruelty charges.

    Word to the wise.... NEVER board a commercial airliner in the US with more than 1 small dog carried on by YOU! It should be your one personal item that you can put below the seat. There are HORRIFIC stories about dogs placed in the cargo hold, and how they are treated. And if the dog is too big, it is unfair to the dog, and the airline may forbid it!

    If you MUST travel with more than one dog, try to get people to fly with you that are accommodating and trusted. Otherwise, try to fly chartered or private. Otherwise, take ground transportation, or ship.

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  • Profile picture of the author micksss
    Enough is enough with this company. Please try and avoid using them if possible. I understand there are certain situations where it's unavoidable for webmasters. I'm happy to say that I have zero domains with GoDaddy at this moment in time. I try to boycott them at all costs. The only times I have used them in recent years is if I buy a domain from someone that already has it registered with them or through auction. But as soon as possible I transfer the domains to Namecheap.

    Try your best to boycott GoDaddy for your domains, web hosting or any other services they provide.
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    I didn't watch the ad. I"m getting the drift what it's about and don't want to see it. At all. Animal abuse raises my fury more than anything else on this planet. It makes me wish I used go-daddy just so I could fire them. Demented assholes.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mark Singletary
    The Bud commercial has all the many of the same basic elements as the GoDaddy commercial yet it's being touted as the best one of the year. Yet interestingly, the Bud puppy very well could have been thrown out of the truck because it doesn't really show exactly how the door gets open. Go figure.


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  • Profile picture of the author WalkingCarpet
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    I don't see the problem with the ad really other than been insensitive.
    Why on earth YouTube would pull it is a total mystery. They even have these ISIS beheadings on there.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
    The reason a lot of people don't like this ad is because it tugs at your heartstrings, getting you emotionally involved in the puppy's plight, only to have an apparent happy reunion become nothing more than a cold-hearted, profit-motivated ending.

    They manipulated the audiences' feelings to create a shock point, and that shock point doesn't convert well into a sales message for many. You don't get to hook people by the emotions and then rip those emotions apart without repercussions.

    The anticlimax is the deal-breaker.
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    • Profile picture of the author Kay King
      GD's claim is they were "spoofing" the Budweiser puppy commercial...I think this "spoof" was never meant to be shown except for "attention" as they have "another video that people will love" that will magically be ready in time....

      Looks like Budweiser has another great puppy commercial for Super Bowl this year.
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