{"id":430757,"date":"2021-02-08T10:12:29","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T15:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=430757"},"modified":"2021-02-08T10:12:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T15:12:29","slug":"touchdown-cadillac-wins-the-big-game-on-cars-com-with-a-194-spike-in-traffic-from-car-shopping-football-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/touchdown-cadillac-wins-the-big-game-on-cars-com-with-a-194-spike-in-traffic-from-car-shopping-football-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"Touchdown: Cadillac Wins the Big Game on Cars.com with a 194% Spike in Traffic From Car-Shopping Football Fans"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Big Game Sees Half the Number of Automakers Advertising Compared to Last Year, Yet Car Shoppers Still Flock to Cars.com for Validation After Viewing Top Auto Commercials<\/h2>\n

GM’s Ad on Electric Vehicles Causes Triple Digit Surge to its EV Models on Cars.com, Prompts Overall EV Searches on the Marketplace to Increase 77%<\/h2>\n

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\n CHICAGO<\/span>, Feb. 8, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ —\u00a0Besides Tampa Bay, this year’s big winner was Cadillac<\/b> with its Edward-Scissorhands-inspired commercial that led to a 194% traffic bump<\/b> to its respective branded pages on\u00a0Cars.com<\/a><\/u>\u2122 (NYSE: CARS), a leading digital automotive marketplace and solutions provider.1<\/sup> GM also saw triple-digit traffic increases to its EV pages on the marketplace while Jeep came in third place at a whopping 93% lift from car-shopping football fans. Overall, auto brands’ Big Game commercials drove a 38% average increase in Cars.com site pageviews as football fans multitasked during the game and sought the marketplace’s trusted third-party input to aid them on their shopping journey. <\/p>\n

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“This year’s Big Game saw 50% less OEM advertisers compared to last year, likely due to overall sports viewership down all season,” said Brooke Skinner Ricketts<\/span>, chief experience officer of Cars.com. “Some automakers favored more targeted, efficient digital media advertising on Cars.com around the Big Game to better reach the millions of active car shoppers who choose our marketplace as a critical destination to research, read reviews and connect with local dealers. As automotive brands continue to focus on this valuable in-market shopper audience, Cars.com is a leading platform for marketers who prioritize impact and efficiency.”<\/p>\n

For those brands that opted for a big ticket TV commercial during the game, some ads sparked more action from car shoppers than others. When Will Ferrell<\/span> portrayed holding a grudge against Norway<\/span> for the country’s electric vehicle adoption in GM’s comedic commercial, Cars.com saw a 169% increase<\/b> in consumers flocking to GM’s EV pages to discover more about the automaker’s EV models. In addition, the commercial triggered a 77% increase in total EV searches on Cars.com<\/b> during the game and a 41% increase for used Hummers. <\/p>\n

Visits to other featured brands’ pages peaked, too:<\/p>\n