- Update: Primary Season Signals Adoption of Online Ads by Political Campaigns. “Not only are those ads relatively inexpensive; they’ve allowed often cash-strapped campaigns to determine whether their dollars were well spent, before voters went to the polls.” Lots of details in this one.
- Politics and tax top US search league. Also note that Huckabee’s site outdrew McCain’s by 50% in January, and that Obama’s site had double the traffic of Hillary’s and four times that of McCain’s.
- Story on McCain’s Relationship with Telecom Lobbyist Sets Bloggers Abuzz. Nothing like a potential scandal to wake up the pajama-clad warriors — and set up a fundraising frenzy.
- John McCain Abuses Email. Lithe, blonde email in question denies all allegations.
- UK-Based Facebook User Figures Begin to Plateau. Facebook dons waterskis, prepares ramp over shark tank.
- The race online: Obama, rivals bring Internet campaigning to new level. Overview article from Frank Davies of the Merc News.
- Ralph Nader’s Bid for Presidency Meets with Negative Online Buzz. No love for Nader in the Lefty blogs.
- Googlebombing McCain. Via tPrez. Warning: he’s no stranger to flak.
- U.S. online search up 10% since last year.
- GOP politics in a nutshell. Dissecting a Republican online video.
- U.S. Spies Want to Find Terrorists in World of Warcraft. Juan Cole replies:
“The recent alarmism about terrorist activity in virtual worlds seems designed to prey on the fears of the Internet common among the Great Unwired. Most of the concerns are simply unreasonable.” - Viva Obama!. Lots of citizen vids. But wait: here comes the inevitable online Obama backlash.
- Ad Age: Creatives Have a Crush on Obama. One reason that Obama-supporting citizen media is so good — plenty of it is created by professionals. Via ReelPop.
- How much millet can a cellphone buy?.
- Lost in Wisconsin. “Again and again, following Super Tuesday, the Clinton campaign failed in basic on-the-ground organisation.” Also check out this reader comment about “Camp Obama,” Deconstructing an Obama Victory and Clinton on the ropes: How she got there (the last a Burt Edwards suggestion).
- “In Canon” Voter-Generated Content. Interesting model for considering citizen media.
- How I Learned to Stop Worrying And Love Domestic Wiretapping.
- Email best practices: What are the best days and times to send bulk email?. And, Using Images in Email.
- Map of the Political Blogosphere. Via Technology Evangelist, who argues that it shows the continuing value of having original content.
- Two Articles on Political Online Advertising. Eric Frenchman adds to Kate Kaye’s excellent Clickz reporting.
- EBay Boycott Ends Today; Impact Disputed. Online activism ain’t just political.
- Grassroots organizing online, post-Ron Paul. Top-down vs. bottom-up — the battle continues.
– cpd