• February 16, 2005

Views of Super Bowl 2005 ads at AOL.com and on the AOL service were more than double the 9.2 million recorded last year, AOL said yesterday. Pepsi's Cindy Crawford commercial was the most viewed 2005 Super Bowl ad on AOL, the company said. GoDaddy's "Hearing" ad placed a close second.

The ads, which were available through Saturday on the Web at AOL.com, were viewed 18.6 million times. AOL also announced that ads from its Classic Commercials package, which featured popular spots from previous Super Bowls, were viewed 3.8 million times--bringing the total number of views for all Super Bowl commercials to more than 22 million. While Pepsi drew the most viewers overall, it was Budweiser's patriotic ads that garnered the most votes among AOL users as the best spot. By these standards, GoDaddy came in sixth, while Pepsi came in tenth.

--Gavin O'Malley