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		<title>By: Helinet</title>
		<link>http://www.blogpi.net/the-google-primary-ii-buy-your-rivals/comment-page-1#comment-143226</link>
		<dc:creator>Helinet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;How about Sarah Palin?  When you Google her the Adwords are:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;JohnMcCain.com/Palin (makes sense)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;www.indecision2008.com (Comedy Central thinks it&#039;s a great joke)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Surprised no democrat has puuchased an adword to list the weaknesses they feel her campaign has.  I enjoyed your analysis and you brought up some good points.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How about Sarah Palin?  When you Google her the Adwords are:</p>
<p>JohnMcCain.com/Palin (makes sense)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.indecision2008.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.indecision2008.com</a> (Comedy Central thinks it&#8217;s a great joke)</p>
<p>Surprised no democrat has puuchased an adword to list the weaknesses they feel her campaign has.  I enjoyed your analysis and you brought up some good points.</p>
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		<title>By: Googling the Conventions at Blog P.I.</title>
		<link>http://www.blogpi.net/the-google-primary-ii-buy-your-rivals/comment-page-1#comment-139812</link>
		<dc:creator>Googling the Conventions at Blog P.I.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;[...] Google Adwords &#8220;buy your rivals&#8221; strategy can be a very effective way of putting your message in front of Internet users who [...]&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>By: BetterFasterSmarterTaller</title>
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		<dc:creator>BetterFasterSmarterTaller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 23:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;One thing I think you missed is that buying adwords that are a trademark might be a violation of law.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;http://mccainvsfact.com/blog/?p=45&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The 1999 Trademark Amendment was intended to extend trademark protection to websites and the Internet.  This includes Meta Tags, Keywords and any other trademark already owned by a person or company.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Do you think Apple would allow HP to buy the Adword &quot;Apple&quot; and display an advertisement for an HP computer without at least attempting to get the ad pulled down as a violation of Apple&#039;s Trademark?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can&#039;t even go into a bar and order a run and &quot;Coke&quot; and be given another beverage without the barkeep being in danger of Coca-Cola&#039;s lawyers being all over him.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;How can the candidates get away with this?  Even if it is not a violation of law, it is a sleazy scam.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One thing I think you missed is that buying adwords that are a trademark might be a violation of law.</p>
<p><a href="http://mccainvsfact.com/blog/?p=45" rel="nofollow">http://mccainvsfact.com/blog/?p=45</a></p>
<p>The 1999 Trademark Amendment was intended to extend trademark protection to websites and the Internet.  This includes Meta Tags, Keywords and any other trademark already owned by a person or company.</p>
<p>Do you think Apple would allow HP to buy the Adword &#8220;Apple&#8221; and display an advertisement for an HP computer without at least attempting to get the ad pulled down as a violation of Apple&#8217;s Trademark?</p>
<p>You can&#8217;t even go into a bar and order a run and &#8220;Coke&#8221; and be given another beverage without the barkeep being in danger of Coca-Cola&#8217;s lawyers being all over him.</p>
<p>How can the candidates get away with this?  Even if it is not a violation of law, it is a sleazy scam.</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;[...] The Google Primary II: Buy Your Rivals at Blog P.I. (tags: google primary techpresident rivals presidential race keywords ads advertising) [...]&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>By: gary</title>
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		<dc:creator>gary</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;The google adwords are an interest (and not really surprising) result of how the internet works.  But ultimately they are still just commercials.  I&#039;m of the opinion that people will ultimately settle down on websites or portals that they trust and go from there.  Here&#039;s my own creation...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;http://www.ExpertVoter.org&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I played around a bit with adword campaigns, but of course the competiton is fierce.  And I have no money.  So I&#039;ll just stick to word of mouth myself.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;gary&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The google adwords are an interest (and not really surprising) result of how the internet works.  But ultimately they are still just commercials.  I&#8217;m of the opinion that people will ultimately settle down on websites or portals that they trust and go from there.  Here&#8217;s my own creation&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ExpertVoter.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.ExpertVoter.org</a></p>
<p>I played around a bit with adword campaigns, but of course the competiton is fierce.  And I have no money.  So I&#8217;ll just stick to word of mouth myself.</p>
<p>gary</p>
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		<title>By: Sarah</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Gunga, be careful.  I tried that and I ended out with a governor whose only concrete plan is to put a hiatus on new charter schools (including ones the previous administration approved, and ones sponsored by local school districts and universities.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Though it is entertaining to see one of his party&#039;s most reliable voter groups splinter a tiny little bit (and see public school teachers worried about the future of a charter school,) after watching the other side&#039;s incumbent descend to unheard-of lows in voter approval rates last year.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And truth be told, I don&#039;t think the most annoying guy in the state (who push-polled my house so aggressively that, despite there being five of us to answer the phone, I got dinged personally several times in the last six weeks of the primary campaign.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Regarding AdWords: I&#039;m really quite surprised none of the campaigns have bought any of those words.  I mean, okay, any one or two would be expected -- but no &quot;social security&quot; OR &quot;immigration&quot;?  Huh?  Also, it appears that conservatives are ever ready to devour their own, leaving the advantage to the random guy no one thinks can win, whose enemies are too distracted by one another&#039;s prancing to notice him till three days before Iowa.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gunga, be careful.  I tried that and I ended out with a governor whose only concrete plan is to put a hiatus on new charter schools (including ones the previous administration approved, and ones sponsored by local school districts and universities.)</p>
<p>Though it is entertaining to see one of his party&#8217;s most reliable voter groups splinter a tiny little bit (and see public school teachers worried about the future of a charter school,) after watching the other side&#8217;s incumbent descend to unheard-of lows in voter approval rates last year.</p>
<p>And truth be told, I don&#8217;t think the most annoying guy in the state (who push-polled my house so aggressively that, despite there being five of us to answer the phone, I got dinged personally several times in the last six weeks of the primary campaign.)</p>
<p>Regarding AdWords: I&#8217;m really quite surprised none of the campaigns have bought any of those words.  I mean, okay, any one or two would be expected &#8212; but no &#8220;social security&#8221; OR &#8220;immigration&#8221;?  Huh?  Also, it appears that conservatives are ever ready to devour their own, leaving the advantage to the random guy no one thinks can win, whose enemies are too distracted by one another&#8217;s prancing to notice him till three days before Iowa.</p>
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		<title>By: e.politics: online advocacy tools &#38; tactics</title>
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		<dc:creator>e.politics: online advocacy tools &#38; tactics</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Quick Hits &#8212; April 10, 2007...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I just caught Susan Finkelpearl cheating on us with Democracy in Action! Moreover, she&#8217;s brazenly flaunting her Tips (for Sprucing up Your Website) in public, too!
Does User-Generated Content Work for Political Campaigns? Todd Zeigler takes a ge...&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Quick Hits &#8212; April 10, 2007&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>I just caught Susan Finkelpearl cheating on us with Democracy in Action! Moreover, she&#8217;s brazenly flaunting her Tips (for Sprucing up Your Website) in public, too!<br />
Does User-Generated Content Work for Political Campaigns? Todd Zeigler takes a ge&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Pajamas Media</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pajamas Media</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Google Primaries:...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Candidates are buying not only their own names on AdWords, but also those of their rivals. (Blog P.I.) &quot;Smart, yet somehow self-demeaning,&quot; says Glenn @ Instapundit.......&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The Google Primaries:&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>Candidates are buying not only their own names on AdWords, but also those of their rivals. (Blog P.I.) &#8220;Smart, yet somehow self-demeaning,&#8221; says Glenn @ Instapundit&#8230;&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: Gunga</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gunga</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:21:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;This time around I&#039;m voting for the candidate who annoys me the least...fewest lame push-polls...fewest intrusive phone calls... and the fewest impotent internet ads.  Since this election cycle seems to have started some time around the turn of the last century, maybe I can vote for Woodrow Wilson.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This time around I&#8217;m voting for the candidate who annoys me the least&#8230;fewest lame push-polls&#8230;fewest intrusive phone calls&#8230; and the fewest impotent internet ads.  Since this election cycle seems to have started some time around the turn of the last century, maybe I can vote for Woodrow Wilson.</p>
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