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Bob Parsons, the larger than life founder of GoDaddy, tweeted earlier this afternoon that the GoDaddy Ad for the Super Bowl had been rejected - again.

CBS rejected the advert, which can be viewed online, as being "offensive to certain viewers".

Of course the outcome of their decision will be even more PR for GoDaddy, but that was inevitable.

But what is so offensive about the advert?

Is it the lingerie or the implied sexual preferences of the main character?

As a European I can't see how anyone would be offended.

GoDaddy's adverts wouldn't be considered that risque to a European audience. However, for some odd reason, they've caused plenty of controversy in the US for the last few years.

This year they're obviously capitalising on the run up to the SuperBowl with trailers for their adverts.

While Hollywood loves to whet our appetites with trailers for full length movies, GoDaddy has taken the step of creating teasers of their ads!

Here's the trailer:

AFNIC's latest online and TV campaign to promote .fr may not be the most amusing thing you'll ever see, but it's still amusing to a point.

Here's the long version of their advert:



In French - sorry ! Subtitles available!