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Microsoft V. Google: Opposite Approaches To Browser Advertising

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imageThe first Google (NSDQ: GOOG) TV ad for Chrome plays up the browser’s simplicity—as easy to use as putting together some blocks, the ad basically claims. But Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has settled on a different angle with Internet Explorer. In one of its inaugural pitches for the browser (featuring Superman Dean Cain), it highlights the chaos that it believes would exist without IE.

The ads, after the jump.

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Jun 11, 2009 9:02 PM ET
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Posted In: Technologies / Formats, Browsers, Companies, Google, Microsoft

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  • Ken

    I think it is good to have competition. I am a fan of Google Chrome after experiencing slow of IE. However, some website still require to use the IE.

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