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More and more often discussions arise about Data Portability and about the Open Web. What is it, who uses it, and what can you do with it? A lot has been written about the subject, but a simple presentation from the Data Portability Workgroup already......
The latest online video audience numbers, released today by ComScore, are sort of a good news/bad news scenario for Google's YouTube. YouTube gained 5.4 Billion views in July 2008, but its share went down almost 10% over the same period. How can that......
Viral Friday is the weekly viral video chart of ViralBlog, showing the 5 most popular viral videos, commercials or user-generated videos, carefully selected and ranked by popularity, viral impact & spread.
This weeks Viral Friday #1 position......
Visa has launched a travel-focused campaign starring internet celebrity Matt Harding, who dances his way through several locations across Asia, promoting Visa's global currency campaign.
In the new commercial Matt celebrates the hassle-free jo......
Suppose you come up with an ad that says some bad things about some type of crowd. This crowd also happens to be your primary target of your campaign. You must be doing something wrong, right? But what if you're right? What if that target group is ac......
Black Eyed Peas rapper will.i.am is commemorating Barack Obama's historic win in the U.S. presidential election over John McCain by releasing a new song and video, called "It's A New Day", which premiered on The Oprah Winfrey Show last Friday.
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The Viral Factory collated clips of the 80's porn in a humorous new viral to celebrate Diesel’s 30th anniversary. The viral uses animation to block out the rude bits, creating various cartoon interpretations of the actors’ movements. Actors are s......
Oh, what an opportunity. Below video was created by a student in a video project for school. But wouldn't it have been a great viral commercial for TomTom? See how TV series LOST is solved in 30 seconds with TomTom...
Its amazing to see, how e......
YouTube finally seems to have shaken up it's advertising possibilities. And that's about time. A few months ago we saw the YouTube annotation Interactive Card Trick that shook up social media communities. Below you can experience a new 'shaken not st......
In March 2008 WCRS, part of the Engine Group, developed for Transport for London the campaign Do The Test, designed to promote and increase road safety to cyclists & drivers.
The campaign centred on an ad, which challenged viewers to count the......
Here's a new spot from AKQA for the UK's original 'Slag of Snacks' Pot Noodle. It's about a boy who turns into a sheep after eating too much Pot Noodle.
The clip was put onto VHS and then digitized to give it that original 80s feel. They've a......
About a year ago Cadbury unveiled its £6.2m campaign for Dairy Milk featuring a gorilla playing the drum solo of Phil Collins' track 'In the Air Tonight'. The original Gorilla advert, launched during last year's Big Brother 8 UK final on 31st August......
In a first for Nestlé, a new Nestlé product variant is being launched entirely online. JWT Sydney and digital agency RMC Connect have created the digital launch for the new Kit Kat variant, Cookies and Cream. Meet the central campaign character: th......
The video response of Electronic Arts with Tiger Woods is brilliant marketing of EA Sports. EA Sports reacted with a video, on a video that was created and posted by a fan on YouTube, and explains that it's possible for Woods to hit a golf ball in Ti......
A witty and clever viral spoof commercial starring celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, will surely spread fast. Watch the brilliant spoof created by Rebel Virals for online recruitment website Caterer.com
The "Little Gordon" viral went live on YouTu......
In 2006 the NFL and Reebok introduced three viral-style commercials called "NFL Fantasy Files", which ran on-air, on the web and on Globatrons in stadiums, to promote and drive traffic to NFL.com.
The Fantasy File series, created by Blue Room......
Diageo, the largest multinational beer, wine and spirits company in the world, has publicly distanced itself from the below sexy Guinness UGC viral that has broken on YouTube. Almost 350.000 people watched the video before Diageo instructed YouTube t......
Stop motion is hot! More and more videos using this technique are popping up on the internet. One of the best examples is the 'Tony vs Paul' video, which has managed to get over 4.5 million views on Youtube so far.
A trend like this doesn't us......
Nineteen year old Dutch singer Esmée Denters has managed to gather an impressive 100 million views on her YouTube channel in less than two years! That's more than the 50 Cent (91 million views) or Michael Jackson (74 million views) YouTube channel! ......
Years ago Leon worked for a record label and he toured with Japanese band Electric Eel Shock. He sent me a Multi Vision YouTube idea from this band, which I had never seen before. I really was amazed by the smartness and creativity of this layered ch......
If you have what it takes to be part of the Playboy Family... Show it now at the YouTube Playboy Channel.
See the video message of Playmate Editor Holly Madison below, send in your 2 minute video and you might become the 55th Playboy Anniversary P......
This viral UGC campaign by 3M's Post-it I like a lot. Why? Since Post-it not only launched a standalone viral commercial (Super Sticky Man), but also took the strategic decision to build an online brand engagement theater inviting consumers to partic......
Is the world's largest interactive photo platform Flickr attacking online video mogul YouTube? Since today Flickr users can add video clips alongside their photos, a much requested and much anticipated feature that has been promised for over a year. ......
For years Southpark has been one of the most viewed and downloaded TV series on the internet. And none of it was filling the pockets of the show's creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker. So alongside with the network which airs the episodes, Viacom, the......
As former CMO, former IAB CEO and last 4 years as digital agency MD, I have really experienced the power of Google. Google has disrupted marketing strategies, neutralized monopolies of large brands with huge marketing budgets and has offered small br......
The follow-up to the hugely successful Cadbury's Gorilla advert, 'Trucks' by Fallon's director Juan Cabral and Blink Productions, has been released online. The commercial wil air later today on TV. The music in the much-anticipated sequal is Queen's ......
London-based Cadbury, the world's largest candy maker, has revealed imagery of its sequel to the Dairy Milk 'Gorilla' advertisement. The much-anticipated and long-awaited follow-up to Cadbury's highly successful 2007 ad, viewed over than 10 million t......
Universal Records has been on the look out for "monks, men of the cloth and sacred singers" for quite a while and now they found them- thanks to YouTube!. They placed adverts in religious publications hoping to find Gregarian singers, who they could ......
Judson Laipply, creator and dancer of the #1 Most Viewed (All Time) Video Evolution of Dance on YouTube, has confirmed Evolution of Dance II will be released soon in partnership with Sonos Inc., the leading developer of wireless multi-room music syst......
Coca Cola launched the Coke Zero Game in Germany and Spain. Now the Coke Zero Game is now also available in English.
Coca Cola is launching this campaign around the EUFA EURO 2008. The Coke Zero Game takes way to much time in loading the game......
At Virgin Money they've launched a new campaign to promote the Virgin Climate Change Fund. This is an investment fund which invests into high performing shares, and filters out those with a poor carbon footprint. So people that invest money, can do a......
With Def Comedy Jam and series like Entourage HBO is my favorite TV Broadcaster. When I vist New York, I always buy some DVD boxes at the HBO store.
I was delighted when I read that HBO and YouTube have reached a deal in which YouTube will cr......
NPCA's new campaign is tapping into the US elections with a smile. And is using viral videos and social media in a smart way. NPCA hopes to get the candidates to address national park issues while on the campaign trail.
The National Parks Conserv......
The Hasbro vs the Scrabulous Facebook application case is a great example which shows why most companies still don't get the new world of marketing. Bloggers and tech pundits alike unanimously slated Hasbro for this, what some described as 'idiotic',......
Microsoft is shaking and breaking up the digital media landscape by announcing its bid for Yahoo! It's clear that Microsoft with the Yahoo! purchase wants to claim back a part of the SEA cake from Google, since Microsoft's portals MSN have clearly lo......
Sexy or horny couples can be well performing ingredients in viral commercials. Just look at Trojan Games, the Cillit Gang Bang spoof or the Virgin Atlantic gay guys.
John West understands in it's Red Salmon tv and viral commercials that salmons, ......
I just want to say to our viral community: I wish you Merry Xmas and a very healthy and happy 2008! If you are interested in the future of social and participatory media in 2015, just read along.
Googlezon is the name of a fictional future compan......
X-mas thoughts are overtaking the Internet. So is Green Thing, a not-for-profit online community that lectures each month in an inspiring and entertaining way.
Check out December's viral guerrilla video to see how Mary and Joseph did the green thin......
The San Francisco-based group The Richter Scales created this hilarious Silicon Valley music video, sung to the tune of Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire". The web 2.0 bubble video really cracked up Robert Scoble: "I have Diet Coke coming ......
JamesatWar from Fairbanks, Alaska likes to spoof things. Since he joined YouTube about 3 months ago he recorded some hilarious and quite successful videos, e.g. Star Trek Shatner Back and Nickelback Rockstar Spoof. His YouTube fanbase quickly grew to......
This is hot and fresh from the press, thanks to a tip in our network. Dr Pepper added the new viral music video Cherry Chocolate Rain to YouTube November 28, 2007. The music video is starring Internet icon Tay and Mista Johnson. With this hilaric vir......
As this is my first post on here I thought I'd start with one of my personal all time favourites.
42 Below is a vodka producing company from New Zealand. The owner, Geoff Ross, started brewing vodka from his garage and managed to turn the company ......
Funny animals and pets are hot on the internet. Especially cats seem to be very popular! Famous cats with internet stardom, include LOLcats, Battle Cats, Nora: The Piano Playing Cat, Sleepy Cat and Nokia's Flying Cat. The latest 'cat celebrities' are......
The crazy Dutch try to improve the world record at Domino Day each year. But last attempt failed with 'only' 3.671.465 stones that fell.
This old skool Philips viral commercial tapped into the Domino Day phenomenon with a simple but cool viral co......
Choirs can be a hit creating viral commercials. Certainly this viral Victoria Bitter commercial is great. Honda launched this commercial with a choir.
But sometimes users tap into viral commercials and create their own commercial. And so did......
YouTube, the world-famous video sharing site, is expanding quickly to new foreign markets. The popular website unveiled its international expansion plans earlier this year in Paris, where it announced the launch of 9 localized domains in Brazil, Fran......
Do you remember the pigeon killing viral commercial of Ford Ka? It gave tremendous buzz, but off course no real pigeon was harmed in the video.
Chrysler recently introduced the Dodge Nitro in The Netherlands electrocuting and BBQ-ing a dog. It ga......
When Alejo asked for a week off to go on holiday with his friends in January, his boss was not very willing to cooperate. In fact, he told him it would be easier to gather 50.000 signatures than to fulfill his Argentine summer dream. So that's exactl......
Viral Friday is the weekly viral video chart of ViralBlog, showing the 10 most popular viral videos, commercials or user-generated videos, carefully selected and ranked by popularity, viral impact & spread.
This week's Viral Friday #1 position g......
Last week I wrote an article about CadBury's Drumming Gorilla. This morning I came across this well done spoof on Besserwerberblog. 20 year old Wonderbra model and singer Jentina Chapman is drumming like the Cadbury Gorilla. I like it! YouTube user b......
Kodak was the company that really missed the digital era. It built factories in Asia producing traditional 'photo rolls', while the whole world was switching to digital camera's. Missing this trend was a strategic mistake that costed Kodak many jobs ......
A viral video for hardware store OBI is a huge hit in Germany with over 4 million viewers in 3 weeks, according to Hamburg based viral company DSG Dialog Solutions. Although the video is somewhat difficult to follow for non-German speaking intern......
Talkshow queen Oprah Winfrey has launched her own channel on the Google owned video sharing website YouTube. Last Friday she unveiled her brand new channel in a video to the YouTube community. Oprah's channel will feature exclusive videos she has mad......
At the end of August Cadbury UK unveiled a £6.2m campaign for Dairy Milk featuring a gorilla playing the drum solo of Phil Collins' track 'In the Air Tonight'. The ad debuted during the 'Big Brother 8 UK' final on 31st August 2007. Bloggers have......
Sometimes you like to watch certain brands, because you have high expectations of them. On my watch list is the revolutionary social investing network Zecco.
Zecco started aggressively in the US market a year ago with 0$ trading commissions and gi......
My PC and notebook are loaded with viral videos and viral commercials. Last year I've been spicing up PSP and iPod Video with these virals. It is just for fun on the go. Or handy at sudden presentations, since I don't like to bring my notebook all th......
Since a few months a flash my iPhone to anybody that wants to see it. To be honest, I also 'spam flash' my iPhone to people that didn't even give me permission to be exposed to it!
Although GPRS is slow, and the US iPhone is not suited for Europe ......
There is a delicate etiquette surrounding the 'saying': Going Dutch! We've earned this tagline due to the fact that we bring our own food, when we go on holidays abroad. Also since we like discounts a lot. Or we tend to split bills and pay for our ow......
Nearly 600,000 Bob Dylan fans around the world have watched the Dylan Messaging viral campaign, to promote the release of his greatest hits album DYLAN, out October 1. The Bob Dylan viral messaging campaign, launched by Sony BMG's Columbia Records an......
In the month August 2007, USA search engines like Google and Yahoo! handled a total of 9,8 billion search queries. So search still is the number 1 most used functionality at the world wide web.
But, the tipping point is close! Soon US interne......
In NewMediaAge I read that British Airways has launched a viral campaign starring spoof air stewardess Pam Ann to highlight the quality of its cabin crew. BA crews are featured working professionally while Pam Ann, played by Caroline Reid, causes hav......
Viral Friday is the weekly viral video chart of ViralBlog, showing the 10 most popular viral videos, commercials or user-generated videos, carefully selected and ranked by popularity, viral impact & spread.
This week's Viral Friday #1 position g......
Recently I wrote about Google and YouTube being slow, introducing 'video ad skins' or 'branded layers' around YouTube video's Now it seems that awebsite owner can embed a special video player into his website and decide what category video's should b......
Today it's exactly a year ago Google shocked the world with the YouTube acquisition for $1.65 billion. Before that NewsCorp bought MySpace for $538 million. Last week we read the bullocks that Facebook would be worth over $10 billion?! I'm a holey be......
One of my old time favorite viral concepts is Trojan Games Bucharest 2003 spoof Olympics. A series of really great viral commercials, a micro website and a smart viral architecture, make Trojan Condoms viral heroes.
You hardly see viral concepts s......
For inspiration just another old skool viral commercial. This Red Salmon viral commercial by John West reached millions of internet users.
In the first stage of the commercial the scenes might look very realiastic. This keeps you glued to te......
