Top 10 Super Bowl Tech Commercials

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Technology companies haven’t typically been a large presence during the Super Bowl, at least not compared with beer and cars, the two big daddies of Super Bowl ad time. Over the years, as technology becomes a greater and greater influence on our daily lives, this has slowly shifted and brought us more and better technology commercials that frequently rival the creative output of even the Great God of Super Bowl Advertising, Anheuser-Busch. Today let’s take a quick walk down memory lane and see some of the more memorable tech ads that have graced our televisions over the years.

Monster.com – 1999 – When I Grow Up

This is Monster’s first foray into the wild and crazy world of Super Bowl advertising, and it paid off in a big way. This was well received by fans and critics alike (are there commercial critics?), making Monster.com a household name instantly.

They do a great job by tugging the heartstrings of childhood dreams, but fail to mention one important detail: most of the jobs in their database are for filing, or are bottom rungs on the corporate ladder, or are the kinds of jobs in which people can be replaced on a whim.

Oh well, we guess that’s advertising, right? Sell them the dream, but deliver the reality.

2009 Monster.Com

Need a job? Ok, go get one on Monster.Com.

But serious, even if your head is stuck up a donkeys bum, we would not recommend switching right now.