Obama Aimed for Performance with Local and Social Buys in May
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Obama Aimed for Performance with Local and Social Buys in May

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Obama Aimed for Performance with Local and Social ...

The biggest Web media expenditures indicate the campaign is continuing its performance-based ad strategy, in addition to spending on local media and s...

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Campaign '08 Ad Galleries
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Campaign '08 Ad Galleries

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Campaign '08 Ad Galleries

ClickZ Campaign ’08 gathered tons of display ads from the 2008 Presidential election campaigns and other groups including the Republican and Dem...

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Campaign '08 Ad Gallery: Democratic National Committee
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Campaign '08 Ad Gallery: Democratic National Committee

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Campaign '08 Ad Gallery: Democratic National Commi...

The Democratic National Committee ran online display ads in an effort to detract from Republican Presidential candidate John McCain and help Democrati...

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Campaign '08 Ad Gallery: Republican National Committee
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Campaign '08 Ad Gallery: Republican National Committee

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Campaign '08 Ad Gallery: Republican National Commi...

The Republican National Committee ran online display ads in an effort to detract from Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama and help Republic...

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Political Action Ads Emerge in May
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Political Action Ads Emerge in May

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Political Action Ads Emerge in May

MoveOn.org and NOW PACs threw their hats into the online political ad ring in May, while the Democratic National Committee asked for party support. Re...

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Clinton Spent Far Less Online Than Obama
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Clinton Spent Far Less Online Than Obama

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Clinton Spent Far Less Online Than Obama

Despite the disparity, both Democratic presidential hopefuls spent the bulk of their online ad budgets on Google. Read More...

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Pew: Americans Embraced the Web for Primary Election Info
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Pew: Americans Embraced the Web for Primary Election Info

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Pew: Americans Embraced the Web for Primary Electi...

New data suggest candidates are missing out on online ad opportunities. Read More...

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Clinton Needed More Search: Q&A with Google's Greenberger
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Clinton Needed More Search: Q&A with Google's Greenberger

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Clinton Needed More Search: Q&A with Google's Gree...

Google's top political ad man contends savvy search advertising contributed to the success of both Barack Obama's and John McCain's primary season win...

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Obama Spent Most of $3 Million This Year on Google
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Obama Spent Most of $3 Million This Year on Google

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Obama Spent Most of $3 Million This Year on Google

UPDATE: The biggest recipient of the Democratic Presidential hopeful's online ad dollars from January through April was Google. Read More...

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Local Candidates Use Web Ads to Gain Support Locally and Nationally
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Local Candidates Use Web Ads to Gain Support Locally and Nationally

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Local Candidates Use Web Ads to Gain Support Local...

Some local and statewide candidates deploy online ads to reach voters in their own states, and to garner support and donations from across the country...

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

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

Obama barnstormed North Carolinians with Web ads in April, while McCain and Clinton ran relatively few display ads last month. Read More...

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Obama Looks Ahead to Oregon Primary in E-mail Push
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Obama Looks Ahead to Oregon Primary in E-mail Push

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Obama Looks Ahead to Oregon Primary in E-mail Push

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 o...

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Web Ads from Left and Right Advocacy Groups Signal More to Come
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Web Ads from Left and Right Advocacy Groups Signal More to Come

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Web Ads from Left and Right Advocacy Groups Signal...

Recent online ad efforts by liberal group MoveOn.org and conservative nonprofit Freedom's Watch imply more advocacy Web spending this election. Read M...

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Obama and Clinton Led Display Ad Drop in March
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Obama and Clinton Led Display Ad Drop in March

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Obama and Clinton Led Display Ad Drop in March

When it came to online display ads in March, Obama went local, Clinton had her hand out, and McCain got a basketball jones. Read More...

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Obama Targets Pennsylvania Voters with Pure Persuasion Ads
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Obama Targets Pennsylvania Voters with Pure Persuasion Ads

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Obama Targets Pennsylvania Voters with Pure Persua...

Local executions contrast sharply with those of the Clinton campaign. Read More...

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Web-Based Ad Buying Systems Serve Candidates' Penchant for TV
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Web-Based Ad Buying Systems Serve Candidates' Penchant for TV

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Web-Based Ad Buying Systems Serve Candidates' Penc...

A new service from WideOrbit and another from Spot Runner promise to steer more money through the Web towards TV advertising. Read More...

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Obama Battled for Early Votes as McCain Blitzed Clinton in February
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Obama Battled for Early Votes as McCain Blitzed Clinton in February

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Obama Battled for Early Votes as McCain Blitzed Cl...

Obama placed millions of Get Out the Vote ads before the Lone Star primary while McCain took advantage of his lone Republican candidate status with Ge...

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Clinton Aims for Small Donations in Web Ads, E-mails
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Clinton Aims for Small Donations in Web Ads, E-mails

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Clinton Aims for Small Donations in Web Ads, E-mai...

Campaign runs fundraising ads on AOL, CNN.com, Newsweek, NYTimes.com, Slate, and WashingtonPost.com. Read More...

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Clinton, Obama Neglect Issues in E-mails Sent to Texas Voters
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Clinton, Obama Neglect Issues in E-mails Sent to Texas Voters

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Clinton, Obama Neglect Issues in E-mails Sent to T...

Democratic primary rivals skip over issues in messages recently sent to El Paso voters. Is it safe to assume everyone on the e-mail lists already made...

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Clinton Web Ads Dry Up as Obama Showers Texas and Ohio with Video Ads
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Clinton Web Ads Dry Up as Obama Showers Texas and Ohio with Video Ads

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Clinton Web Ads Dry Up as Obama Showers Texas and ...

Senator Barack Obama is promoting early-voting in Texas and Ohio, but Clinton, desperate for primary wins in the states, seems to be steering clear of...

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Clinton Is All Talk on Her Web Site, Say Survey Respondents
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Clinton Is All Talk on Her Web Site, Say Survey Respondents

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Clinton Is All Talk on Her Web Site, Say Survey Re...

A study testing clarity of the presidential candidates' Web sites on issues showed the sites helped, but sometimes harmed when it came to favorability...

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Web Ads May Have Aided Obama's High January Fundraising
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Web Ads May Have Aided Obama's High January Fundraising

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Web Ads May Have Aided Obama's High January Fundra...

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....

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Presidential Site Traffic Spikes on Super Tuesday
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Presidential Site Traffic Spikes on Super Tuesday

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Presidential Site Traffic Spikes on Super Tuesday

Steadfast conservatives were among the top audience segments of those visiting all of the five Democratic and Republican presidential frontrunners' si...

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Newsmax Media Wants Advertisers to Take Aim at Rich Republicans
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Newsmax Media Wants Advertisers to Take Aim at Rich Republicans

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Newsmax Media Wants Advertisers to Take Aim at Ric...

The conservative news site has launched a multimedia campaign aimed at advertisers and their agencies. Read More...

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Online Political Ad Spending Forecasts Lack Clarity, Consistency
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Online Political Ad Spending Forecasts Lack Clarity, Consistency

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Online Political Ad Spending Forecasts Lack Clarit...

Three reports predicting online political ad revenues in 2008 have been published since December, and they're all over the ballpark. Read More...

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Political Web Ad Spending Could Hit $110 Million in 2008
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Political Web Ad Spending Could Hit $110 Million in 2008

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Political Web Ad Spending Could Hit $110 Million i...

According to a Lehman Brothers report, presidential election and summer Olympics-related ad spending will be key drivers of an anticipated 24 percent ...

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Presidential Hopefuls Display Online Ad Maturity
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Presidential Hopefuls Display Online Ad Maturity

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Presidential Hopefuls Display Online Ad Maturity

Ads run in December showed a greater willingness to experiment with innovative ad creative and messaging. Read More...

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