Super Bowl advertiser websites by US visits in 2008

Super Bowl XLII advertiser websites with the largest increases in market share of visits on Super Bowl Sunday 2008 were Hyundai, up 1450%, Paramount’s Ironman Movie, up 800% and GoDaddy.com, which increased 616%. Budlight.com and Budweiser.com increased 100% and 25 percent on Sunday from the previous day, respectively. Both the Budweiser and Bud Light brands were advertised multiple times during the game without the inclusion of a URL. Traffic to beverage websites such as Pepsi.com and Coca-Cola.com increased 76% and 33%, respectively.

Advertiser Domain Sunday % Change Monday % Change
Hyundai www.hyundaigenesis.com 1450% -55%
Paramount www.ironmanmovie.com 800% -33%
GoDaddy www.godaddy.com 616% -30%
Audi www.truthinengineering.com 433% NA
SalesGenie www.salesgenie.com 333% 15%
Office of National Drug Control Policy www.theantidrug.com 200% 0%
New Line Cinema www.semipromovie.com 200% 133%
Gatorade www.gatorade.com 200% -33%
Under Armour www.underarmour.com 156% -22%
Bud Light www.budlight.com 100% 0%
Tide www.mytalkingstain.com 57% NA
GMC www.gmc.com 39% -25%
Coke www.coca-cola.com 33% 25%
CareerBuilder www.careerbuilder.com 27% 39%
Budweiser www.budweiser.com 25% 20%
Planters www.planters.com 15% 0%
Dell www.dell.com 8% 9%
Cars.com www.cars.com 2% 5%
Garmin www.garmin.com 0% 22%
T-Mobile www.t-mobile.com -1% -7%
Victoria’s Secret www.victoriassecret.com -2% 19%
Toyota www.toyota.com -10% -3%
Toshiba www.toshibadirect.com -15% 32%
Disney www.disney.com -17% -34%
Taco Bell www.tacobell.com -20% -25%
eTrade www.etrade.com -27% 175%
Sunsilk www.lifecantwait.com -29% 100%
FedEx www.fedex.com -31% 136%
20th Century Fox www.jumperthemovie.com -50% -50%
Claritin www.claritin.com NA 100%
Vitamin Water www.vitaminwater.com NA -50%
AMP www.ampenergy.com NA 200%
Source: Hitwise