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by cryptoz 5744 days ago
Wow, Google runs ads on Television? I consume all of my video media from the Internet these days so I guess I just didn't know, but that's surprising to me. Do they run the same type of promotional videos that you find on YouTube about Chrome, or are they totally different adverts?
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Here in India, Google has run a full-page print ad recently.

http://www.labnol.org/india/google-chrome-ads-in-indian-news...

I noticed that their print ad drops the http:// from the URL just like the browser itself.
Google ran an ad during the Super Bowl this year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cekQrMEh1wY

That was a very good ad. On top of being well-produced and sweet, it taught people how to use the auto-suggest feature.
You make a good point, I consume all my television via streaming services, too. It's possible that the adverts are different for that compared to broadcast TV. A cursory web search for Chrome TV ads does appear to confirm they're broadcasting them though.
they ran a massive campaign in the parisian subway a couple of months ago
And in the London tube over Christmas. Chrome marketing is pretty awesome.