Google Product Launch or Super Bowl Ad?

Today Twitter and Facebook saw a new competitor come into focus, one that they’ve known was coming for a while, I’m sure.  Today Google launched Google Buzz, and from what I can see, they sure are getting a lot of it now.

Since we are still monitoring Google on Twitter from their Super Bowl Ad, I became curious on how many tweets they got for today’s launch – and I’ll be honest, I was pretty surprised.

As you can see from the chart below, Google is actually getting more tweets talking about them for their Google Buzz product launch than they got for the reported $5 million USD that they spent on the Super Bowl Ad.

Google Buzz Launch vs Super Bowl Ad

So that makes you wonder, if Google can launch a product and get more buzz than the Super Bowl can provide, why’d they even run the ad?  I mean, doesn’t everyone already use Google for most things?  Food for thought.

What do you think of Google Buzz?  Is it the Twitter or Facebook killer?  What about Google Wave?  And, should Google have even run that ad in the Super Bowl, or was it a waste of $5 Million? Let us know in the comments.