http://www.epolitics.com/2007/06/12/david-all-flooding-the-zone-and-other-online-video-tactics/ dissecting the craft of online politics and online advocacy Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:25:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.epolitics.com/2007/06/12/david-all-flooding-the-zone-and-other-online-video-tactics/#comment-696363 e.politics: online advocacy tools & tactics » Winning in 2010: Online Outreach Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:57:16 +0000 http://www.epolitics.com/2007/06/12/david-all-flooding-the-zone-and-other-online-video-tactics/#comment-696363 [...] The “Macaca moment” gave online video a bad reputation in some political circles after the 2006 election, with campaign professionals horrified at the thought of their clients’ every public mistake ending up as fodder for online hecklers. But YouTube actually turns out to be a good counter to embarrassing content, since a campaign can use its own videos to respond to an offending clip, or at least to push it farther down the list of search results (a tactic sometimes referred to as “flooding the zone”). [...] [...] The “Macaca moment” gave online video a bad reputation in some political circles after the 2006 election, with campaign professionals horrified at the thought of their clients’ every public mistake ending up as fodder for online hecklers. But YouTube actually turns out to be a good counter to embarrassing content, since a campaign can use its own videos to respond to an offending clip, or at least to push it farther down the list of search results (a tactic sometimes referred to as “flooding the zone”). [...]

]]> http://www.epolitics.com/2007/06/12/david-all-flooding-the-zone-and-other-online-video-tactics/#comment-612732 Axelrove’s Astroturf Army And The Trippi Influence « Cinie’s World Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:30:38 +0000 http://www.epolitics.com/2007/06/12/david-all-flooding-the-zone-and-other-online-video-tactics/#comment-612732 [...] via  The Guardian, and scolding TechRepublican’s David All for threatening to “flood the zone” by screwing with search engine keywords to divert attention from potentially embarrassing [...] [...] via  The Guardian, and scolding TechRepublican’s David All for threatening to “flood the zone” by screwing with search engine keywords to divert attention from potentially embarrassing [...]

]]> http://www.epolitics.com/2007/06/12/david-all-flooding-the-zone-and-other-online-video-tactics/#comment-570272 Iowa Floods Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:30:04 +0000 http://www.epolitics.com/2007/06/12/david-all-flooding-the-zone-and-other-online-video-tactics/#comment-570272 Loved your insight!! For once someone got everything correct!! Would you mind if I put a blogroll link back to your post? :) Loved your insight!! For once someone got everything correct!! Would you mind if I put a blogroll link back to your post?

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