I’ve always had a soft spot for Absolut ads. So simple and yet positively genius. According to Wikipedia, it’s the longest running ad campaign, ever. Not sure of the validity of this claim, but it’s certainly been a very long time. Based on the shape of the bottle, which is distinct among other vodkas, unlimited variations of the ad have been made. Over 1500, according to Wikipedia! I compiled some ads here to showcase the fact that each ad is completely unique, while maintaining the brand and making a statement. There is definitely something to learn here, this ad concept was first started around 1980, and it’s still running! Enjoy..

Do you know all of the web’s simple acronyms like www and url? What about the more complicated ones like xml or php? Everyone throws around these terms that are actually household names! But do people actually know what they stand for? My guess is no.. I’ll admit, I had to look some these up. But I thought it would be fun to see what you guys know and maybe you’ll learn a few new ones!

WWW – world wide web (okay we’re starting out easy!)
URL – uniform resource locator
HTTP – Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTML – Hypertext Markup Language
XHTML – eXtensible Hypertext Markup Language
XML – eXtensible Markup Language
FTP – file transfer protocol
PHP – Hypertext Preprocessor
WYSIWYG – What You See Is What You Get (This one still gets me, it’s so simple!)
RSS – Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary
ISP – Internet Service Provider
DOM – Document Object Model
CSS – Cascading Style Sheets
CMS – Content Management System
CGI – Common Gateway Interface
DNS – Domain Name Server
SEO – Search Engine Optimization

What else can you add to the list?