Evaluating MoveOn.org's First Online Town Hall
BY Micah L. Sifry | Thursday, April 12 2007
No one doubts that MoveOn.org is one of the most powerful and versatile e-organizations of the 21st century. But a quick glance at participation rates in the group's first "Virtual Townhall" this week might make you ... Read More
The Candidates and Web Analytics
BY Lynne d Johnson | Thursday, April 12 2007
After reading a Wall Street Journal article entitled, "In '08 Race, Web Tactics Are Even More Integral, on March 19, Robbin Steif CEO of lunametrics wrote on the company's blog about the web analytics packages that the ... Read More
Daily Digest: 4/11/07
BY Joshua Levy | Wednesday, April 11 2007
The Web on the Candidates A new site called QubeTV sees itself as a conservative alternative to YouTube. “It won’t be easy to compete against a giant like YouTube, but if enough conservatives embrace the ... Read More
Daily Digest: 4/10/07
BY Joshua Levy | Tuesday, April 10 2007
The Web on the Candidates Yesterday, we linked to a post from Giuliani advisor Patrick Ruffini in which he disagreed with people who think the Democrats own the Internet. TechPresident's Mike Turk engages Ruffini ... Read More
John Edwards in Second Life
BY Ruby Sinreich | Tuesday, April 10 2007
Today's victim: John Edwards. I visited his new location on March 22nd, the day Elizabeth Edwards announced the recurrence of her cancer. There was a photo of her posted near the site entrance with a timely message. ... Read More
Daily Digest: 4/9/07
BY Joshua Levy | Monday, April 9 2007
The Web on the Candidates Rudy Giuliani advisor Patrick Ruffini looks at theories that the Democrats own the internet and decides it isn’t true. “The basic gist of the argument is that because Democrats ... Read More
Daily Digest: 4/3/07
BY Joshua Levy | Tuesday, April 3 2007
The Web on the Candidates Jeff Jarvis posts a great video on PrezVid grading most of the candidates on their use of YouTube, and showing us some of the best and worst moments from their videos. John Edwards and ... Read More
Looking at Voter-Generated Presence on Candidate Websites
BY Fred Stutzman | Tuesday, April 3 2007
As candidates cede authority over their web presence to supporters, allowing the posting of voter-generated content to campaign sites, there are bound to be some interesting and unexpected consequences. I decided to ... Read More
Daily Digest: 4/2/07
BY Joshua Levy | Monday, April 2 2007
The Web on the Candidates The key to the 2008 presidential race won't the be candidates' stands on issues like Iraq, global warming, or the economy. Instead, suggests Carla Marinucci in the San Francisco ... Read More
Daily Digest: 3/20/07
BY Joshua Levy | Friday, March 30 2007
The Web on the Candidates A commenter on Jeff Jarvis' Buzzmachine says that "there's a big elephant in the room on viral video for politics," which is that as more political advertising (and eyeballs) end up on YouTube, ... Read More