New York Congressional Campaign Used Rare Google Ad Tactic
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New York Congressional Campaign Used Rare Google Ad Tactic

17y Kate Kaye

New York Congressional Campaign Used Rare Google A...

Yesterday's closely watched special congressional election in New York's 20th District prompted Democrat Scott Murphy's campaign to use a rarely emplo...

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Meg Whitman for Governor Campaign Teams with eBay Alum
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Meg Whitman for Governor Campaign Teams with eBay Alum

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Meg Whitman for Governor Campaign Teams with eBay ...

Like Obama's presidential campaign, former eBay CEO Meg Whitman has gone straight to the source of social media development to build online community ...

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Departure of RNC's Top Web Strategist Worries Conservatives
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Departure of RNC's Top Web Strategist Worries Conservatives

18y Elizabeth Gardner

Departure of RNC's Top Web Strategist Worries Cons...

Cyber Strategist Cyrus Krohn resigned last week, to the dismay of many in the party. Read More...

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Nuclear and Environment Ads Aimed to Influence Stimulus Votes
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Nuclear and Environment Ads Aimed to Influence Stimulus Votes

18y Kate Kaye

Nuclear and Environment Ads Aimed to Influence Sti...

A handful of groups bought online display ads to complement lobbying and other efforts aimed at influencing February's economic stimulus legislation. ...

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Campaign '08: A Turning Point For Digital Media
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Campaign '08: A Turning Point For Digital Media

18y Kate Kaye

Campaign '08: A Turning Point For Digital Media

If most media outlets covering the presidential campaigns had anything to say about it, Facebook, YouTube, blogs, and other social media phenomena wou...

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McCain's New Country First PAC Puts Web Donations First
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McCain's New Country First PAC Puts Web Donations First

18y Kate Kaye

McCain's New Country First PAC Puts Web Donations ...

John McCain's new Political Action Committee aims to get Republicans elected, but immediate goals include using his large e-mail list to drum up donat...

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Google Grabbed Most of Obama's $16 Million in 2008
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Google Grabbed Most of Obama's $16 Million in 2008

18y Kate Kaye

Google Grabbed Most of Obama's $16 Million in 2008

The big names in online media, including several ad networks, collected the bulk of Obama campaign cash; McCain's campaign spent far less than Obama's...

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McCain and Obama Used Web to Persuade in Final Weeks
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McCain and Obama Used Web to Persuade in Final Weeks

18y Kate Kaye

McCain and Obama Used Web to Persuade in Final Wee...

Women were a target of display ads in the last two months of the election season. Read More...

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McCain Camp Spent Fraction of Obama's Online Ad Budget
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McCain Camp Spent Fraction of Obama's Online Ad Budget

18y Kate Kaye

McCain Camp Spent Fraction of Obama's Online Ad Bu...

The McCain campaign spent just over $1.5 million on Web media, mostly on Google search ads. Read More...

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Over Long Campaign, Obama Videos Drew Nearly a Billion Views
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Over Long Campaign, Obama Videos Drew Nearly a Billion Views

18y Fred Aun

Over Long Campaign, Obama Videos Drew Nearly a Bil...

Obama outpaced McCain in video uploads and views, says divinity Metrics. Read More...

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Obama's Online Ad Spend Approached $8 Million
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Obama's Online Ad Spend Approached $8 Million

18y Kate Kaye

Obama's Online Ad Spend Approached $8 Million

The president-elect's campaign shelled out nearly $8 million through October on Google, Yahoo, Facebook, news sites, ad networks, and in-game ad netwo...

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Undecided: What Was Digital's Impact on the Election?
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Undecided: What Was Digital's Impact on the Election?

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Undecided: What Was Digital's Impact on the Electi...

Speakers at ad:tech NY weigh in on the influence of digital marketing in the 2008 elections. Read More...

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Web Ads Mattered More than Ever in '08 Election
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Web Ads Mattered More than Ever in '08 Election

18y Kate Kaye

Web Ads Mattered More than Ever in '08 Election

The Web won't pose a threat to TV ad spending anytime soon, but the last two years have moved the medium light years ahead when it comes to its signif...

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Kerry PAC Asks for Google Ad Cash to Battle for Obama
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Kerry PAC Asks for Google Ad Cash to Battle for Obama

18y Kate Kaye

Kerry PAC Asks for Google Ad Cash to Battle for Ob...

The Democratic Massachusetts Senator's PAC asks supporters specifically for donations toward Google ads to fight smears against Barack Obama. Read Mor...

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Al Franken Bears Brunt of Republican Web Attacks
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Al Franken Bears Brunt of Republican Web Attacks

18y Kate Kaye

Al Franken Bears Brunt of Republican Web Attacks

The National Republican Senatorial Committee takes aim online at Minnesota Senate hopeful Al Franken, and other candidates in several tight Senate rac...

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AARP Video Puts Individual Voters On The Ballot
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AARP Video Puts Individual Voters On The Ballot

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AARP Video Puts Individual Voters On The Ballot

Election-themed video is part of organization's Divided We Fail effort. Read More...

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Online Political Ad Spending Forecast Lowered
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Online Political Ad Spending Forecast Lowered

18y Kate Kaye

Online Political Ad Spending Forecast Lowered

Borrell Associates reduced expectations for all political ad spending this election, but foresees an uptick for Web ad expenditures in coming election...

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Local Candidates Went Beyond Fundraising in Summer Web Ads
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Local Candidates Went Beyond Fundraising in Summer Web Ads

18y Kate Kaye

Local Candidates Went Beyond Fundraising in Summer...

This summer, when local campaigns were getting underway, candidates for Senate on down to County Property Appraiser used Web ads to familiarize citize...

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McCain/YouTube Dustup Indicates Importance of Political Web Video
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McCain/YouTube Dustup Indicates Importance of Political Web Video

18y Kate Kaye

McCain/YouTube Dustup Indicates Importance of Poli...

YouTube isn't about to change its policy on removing videos for John McCain or anyone else, but some McCain foes even feel the campaign's video pain. ...

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Air America Gears up for Digital Relevance
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Air America Gears up for Digital Relevance

18y Kate Kaye

Air America Gears up for Digital Relevance

The media firm has hired its first chief digital officer and plans to launch a small vertical ad network with like-minded left-leaning publications. R...

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DNC Aims for Hispanic Voter Registration with Iraq Message
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DNC Aims for Hispanic Voter Registration with Iraq Message

18y Kate Kaye

DNC Aims for Hispanic Voter Registration with Iraq...

August Web ads from the Democratic National Committee were part of broader efforts by the organization and Barack Obama’s campaign. Read More...

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Google Grabs Most of Obama's $5 Million in Online Ad Spending
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Google Grabs Most of Obama's $5 Million in Online Ad Spending

18y Kate Kaye

Google Grabs Most of Obama's $5 Million in Online ...

Nearly 59 percent, more than $3 million, of Obama's campaign coffers have been doled out to Google so far this year, according to FEC reports compiled...

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Advocacy Groups Use Conventions to Push Issues, Candidates Online
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Advocacy Groups Use Conventions to Push Issues, Candidates Online

18y Kate Kaye

Advocacy Groups Use Conventions to Push Issues, Ca...

EMILY's List and biotech industry association BIO are using targeted Web ads to get the attention of convention goers and watchers Read More...

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New DNC Ads for Obama Turn Up in Red Light District Online
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New DNC Ads for Obama Turn Up in Red Light District Online

18y Kate Kaye

New DNC Ads for Obama Turn Up in Red Light Distric...

Yesterday, ads paid for by the Democratic National Committee and Barack Obama's campaign showed up on an array of local Clear Channel rock radio stati...

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Weak Web Promotion Surrounding Dem and GOP Conventions
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Weak Web Promotion Surrounding Dem and GOP Conventions

18y Kate Kaye

Weak Web Promotion Surrounding Dem and GOP Convent...

The parties and the two presidential hopefuls appear to be doing little to promote the Republican and Democratic National Conventions online. Read Mor...

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Senate Candidate Web Ads Take Cues from McCain, Obama
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Senate Candidate Web Ads Take Cues from McCain, Obama

18y Kate Kaye

Senate Candidate Web Ads Take Cues from McCain, Ob...

Democrats Mark Udall and Mark Warner, and Republican Senator Mitch McConnell have placed online ads influenced by the Presidential hopefuls. Read More...

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Codename Marley: Questions for Molecular's Tech Lead on MittRomney.com
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Codename Marley: Questions for Molecular's Tech Lead on MittRomney.com

18y Kate Kaye

Codename Marley: Questions for Molecular's Tech Le...

David Palmer gives an inside view of the Web site strategy of a former candidate and possible McCain running mate. Read More...

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