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Quick Hits — September 10, 2008

September 10th, 2008

• Update: CBS yanks McCain/Palin “lipstick on a pig” online ad.
• Update: Boomers Get Hip to This Crazy ‘Internet Video’ Stuff.
• Update: DNC launches Sarah Palin: The Next Cheney. Also, Talking Points Memo Embraces The Pig (via Chris Cosart).
• Update: How the ‘net might help young people swing the election.
• Sarah Palin’s Campaign Debut Electrifies the GOP, Galvanizes The Twitterati. C.f. Palin Quickly Becomes A Part Of Celebrity Culture Online and Gov. Sarah Palin…Online Conservatives’ New Sweetheart.
• As Campaign Heats Up, Untruths Can Become Facts Before They’re Undone. Mockery is the best antidote — administer liberally (via Chris Cosart).
• Searching for Palin’s ‘Hot Photos’. “Sarah Palin” jumped to the top of the Google rankings, but guess why.
• McCain Speech Receives Polite Applause Online.
• RNC Protestors Mastering Mobile Tools to Organize, Outfox Police. C.f. Video of Clashes Between St. Paul Police and RNC Protestors Bubble Up Online.
• At Democratic convention, bloggers got some respect. C.f. Inside The ‘Liberal Lounge’.
• How the candidates edited their Web sites last week. A fun feature to follow.
• Palin E-Mails Show Intense Interest in Trooper’s Penalty.
• Palin: Context Is Everything. Via Brad Terrell.
• Obama Met With Fox News Executives. Photo: Ailes the Hutt?
• For hours, Fox News reported GOP claims about American flags. How can anyone consider Fox “News” after moments like this? Stars and bars forever!
• Police, advocates monitor Web sex ads during political conventions. VERY much NSFW (if you don’t know what that means, don’t click).
• Details on Candidates’ Online presence, Advertising campaigns and TV Ratings for Past Conventions.
• Obama v. McCain in Online Display Ads, Video Views, and Searches. Via Eric Frenchman.
• Google Grabs Most of Obama’s $5 Million in Online Ad Spending. Only $5 million? Maybe 1-2% of what they’ve spent on TV? THAT number’s likely to be very different in 2012.
• Presidential Campaigns Tailor, Target Ads Based on Visitors’ Online Habits. Creepy.
• I think this one goes over my head. C.f. the cliffnotes and Add Woot(dall) to List of Geek Culture Tapped for Campaign Cash
• Google’s swank RNC party.
• Thoughts on the Palin Email.
• Why social media demands killer creative.
• Angola’s hi-tech election.Via Politics Online.
• The Democratic And Republican National Convention Speeches, As Seen Through Wordle. Trippy.
• Pot users share high times online.
• How to Rock Flickr Like a Champ. Via Ha-Hoa Hamano.
• Local politics in an online world (Eve).
• 5 marketing tips for tackling Twitter.
• Stop neglecting your viral metrics. While we’re at it, when’s the last time you called your mom?
• Step back from the ledge! $100 billion (investment) could yield two million ‘green’ jobs and New bug ferments green fuel on the cheap. (With friends like these, we might just make it).

– cpd

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