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Clinton Spent Far Less Online Than Obama

Jun 16, 2008 - Despite the disparity, both Democratic presidential hopefuls spent the bulk of their online ad budgets on Google. Comments

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Obama Spent Most of $3 Million This Year on Google

May 29, 2008 - UPDATE: The biggest recipient of the Democratic Presidential hopeful's online ad dollars from January through April was Google. Comments

Obama's Web Ads May Have Driven Big North Carolina Win

May 21, 2008 - Obama barnstormed North Carolinians with Web ads in April, while McCain and Clinton ran relatively few display ads last month. Comments

Obama Looks Ahead to Oregon Primary in E-mail Push

May 16, 2008 - While Clinton, McCain and Obama all push for donations in e-mails, the Obama's campaign also uses e-mail to get diehards to trek to Oregon and knock on doors. Comments

Web Ads May Have Aided Obama's High January Fundraising

Feb 21, 2008 - Barack Obama's campaign placed more than 70 million display ads online in January, the majority of which drove supporters to help elect the candidate. Comments

Presidential Site Traffic Spikes on Super Tuesday

Feb 8, 2008 - Steadfast conservatives were among the top audience segments of those visiting all of the five Democratic and Republican presidential frontrunners' sites in January. Comments

Presidential Hopefuls Display Online Ad Maturity

Jan 22, 2008 - Ads run in December showed a greater willingness to experiment with innovative ad creative and messaging. Comments

Web Grows as a Source for Political Info

Jan 18, 2008 - Close to one in four Americans head to the Internet regularly for presidential campaign news. Comments

Top Democrats Strong in Site Traffic from Early Primary States

Dec 18, 2007 - People in early caucus and primary states were more likely to visit Web sites for Democratic hopefuls Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and Barack Obama than average Web users. Comments

Democratic Candidates Attract More Females than Males to Sites

Dec 3, 2007 - According to data provided by Quantcast, the only Republican caAlso, contrary to what some may assume, Bill Richardson's site did not attract the most Hispanics, and Republican Rudy Giuliani's site drew the most younger people. Comments

Presidential Candidates Can't Resist Holiday Appeal in E-mails

Nov 21, 2007 - Special days like Thanksgiving, Halloween and birthdays have been used as e-mail themes recently for top 2008 presidential candidates. Comments

Presidential Hopefuls Go on Attack with Most Ads Ever in October

Nov 16, 2007 - UPDATE: More so than in any other month, candidates went on the attack, and ran a total of nearly 65 million ad impressions in October, according to Nielsen Online AdRelevance. Comments

Thompson Site Traffic Plummets, Paul and Clinton Regain Top Spots

Nov 12, 2007 - Traffic to the Web homes of Democratic candidates has become more reflective of the actual race. Comments

Political Consultants May Spend More in 2008, but Hesitancy Persists

Nov 5, 2007 - Over 45 percent of consultants said they will allocate 6 to 20 percent of their communications budgets to the Web next year, according to E-Voter Institute. Comments

Romney Web Ads Back with Gusto in September

Oct 22, 2007 - UPDATE: Romney For President ran over 22 million Web ad impressions in September, according to Nielsen/NetRatings AdRelevance. Comments

Fred Thompson Grabs Top Presidential Site Traffic Seat

Oct 12, 2007 - Thompson pushed Paul from a longtime top ranking among Republican sites, while Obama remained the top Dem. Comments

Candidates Get Up Close and Personal with E-mail in September

Oct 8, 2007 - As the Q3 Federal Election Commission fundraising reporting deadline loomed, presidential candidates took advantage of the medium to raise cash. Comments

McCain Sticks with No Surrender Message in Web Ads

Sep 27, 2007 - UPDATE: Forty percent of the ads run in August by John McCain 2008 used the No Surrender message according to Nielsen//NetRatings AdRelevance. Comments

McCain Sole Display Ad Candidate in July, Shows AdRelevance

Sep 21, 2007 - UPDATE: Display ad impressions for the Republican Senator have steadily dropped over the past few months, from 11.5 million in April to 125,000 in July. Comments

Top Presidential Campaigns Took Few E-mail Breaks in August

Sep 13, 2007 - Top polling presidential candidates used e-mail to promote campaign events, discuss issues and drive users to sign petitions and watch videos. Comments

Hitwise: Obama and Paul Top Traffic Charts in August, Thompson Shows Strength

Sep 7, 2007 - According to Hitwise, Thompson's site traffic ranked third among all candidates from both parties. Comments

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