Opens in a new windowOpens an external siteOpens an external site in a new window 7 minute read This Sunday, over 100 million viewers will watch the Super Bowl. Whether they’re catching the match-up between the Falcons and the Patriots, or there for the commercials between the action, that’s a lot of eyeballs—and that’s only counting America. But all that attention doesn’t just stay on the screen,
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