Industry analysts have been watching the worldwide web closely over the past few months to see how political ads fared in Election ’06. Surprisingly, it appears that many politicians do not see the value in paying for Internet advertising.
Democrats PWN The Political Web
For whatever larger reason, Democrats seem much better at utilizing the Internet, and e-marketing in general, than the Republicans to get their messages out. From YouTube, to Google bombs, to SEM and SEO, the Democrats own the Internet, inherited from its inventor, former Vice President Gore
Political Fact-Checking, According To Google
Does Google have a lie detector in the works? Probably not, but a comment from CEO Eric Schmidt definitely turned a few heads. As a Reuters article stated, “he predicted that truth predictor’ software would, within five years, hold politicians to account.'”
Search Shows Your Political Thoughts
The queries people make at search engines demonstrate what is on the minds of the electorate, as the latest data from Hitwise indicated. Abortion, war, and illegal immigration were among the issues U.S. searchers looked for in queries for the twelve weeks leading up to September 16th.
YouTube Users Go Political
According to YouTube, people watch “more than 70 million videos on this site daily.” That’s a very impressive number. The “consumer media company” has been used most often to show original, homemade videos, but networks and even politicians are beginning to see its potential.
FEC Boosts Online Political Bloggers
Campaign finance law will cover online political advertising, but other communication like blogs and email remains uncovered by the law.
Political Blogs Picking Up Steam
Blogs have become quite the topic for debate in recent days for a number of reasons including credibility, integrity, quality and accuracy. Political blogs are tour de force for internet political circles and some new ones are showing up on the radar after working on the recent scandals in Washington D.C.
Is Japanese Internet Tycoons Political Debut an Omen?
The Land of the Rising Sun has become the Land of Political Assassins as Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has tapped 32-year-old dotcom blockbuster Takafumi Horie to run against an especially difficult political opponent in September’s elections. If successful, Koizumi’s internal coup could switch on light bulbs in the heads of political strategists (strategerists) everywhere.