A certain search giant might as well get it over with and release some sort of product mashup called Google Election. In the meantime, though, YouTube and Google Moderator have come back into the spotlight as important tools in a series of political interviews.
Politicians Battle For Narrative Control On The Web
There was a time, if your only source of information was the Internet, when it seemed Ron Paul was a shoe-in for the Republican nominee. Internet reality is not always true reality—then again, what’s reality matter in politics? What really matters is narrative, and in that sense, the Internet is a mirror of the brick-and-mortar world, and there are lessons in political campaigns for businesses about controlling your online story.
Politicians Continue Courting Googlers
The US Presidential race has candidates chasing dollars like hounds after a fox, and one of their favorite destinations in rich Silicon Valley has been Google.
NY Politicians Argue Over Google Earth
New York politicians appear to be at odds over just how dangerous Google Earth might be; Assemblyman Mike Gianaris is asking Google to blur out images of “sensitive” sites, while Mayor Michael Bloomberg feels such efforts may not be the best use of time.
Politicians Drop Saxophone, Look To MySpace
Mr. Luksgudnasuit, running for office this fall, is looking for a leg up in his freshman campaign. He intends to focus on the largely absent young voter crew, a group of freshmen for the freshman. Where could he reach the impressionable, the passionate, and those who haven’t quite developed a healthy distrust of politicians? Oh! MySpace!
NY Politicians Bought With AdWords
To better get the message out about the performance of members of the New York State Legislature, a political policy institute purchased ads through Google AdWords to publicize the grades the institute feels those politicians merit.
Politicians Blast No-Show Search Engines
Congress gave a Human Rights Caucus and their desired targets of derision chose not to attend; that did not stop politicians from attacking Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft on their policies in China.