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YouTube Debate May Have Affected Candidate Site Traffic
Filed in archive Internet TV by martino on August 8, 2007
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The CNN/YouTube Debates are being discussed and it may have changed the traffic to sites of the official campaign sites of the Democratic Presidential candidates.

While Hillary Clinton is ahead in recent polls, according to Hitwise, Barack Obama held the lead in traffic for the weeks ending July 21 and July 28. His traffic market share, however, did fall 6 percentage points following the July 23 YouTube spectacular.

Clinton, who led the pack in May, did eclipse another fellow Senator, John Edwards, in the week ending July 28, as compared to the week ending July 21. Traffic to Edwards' site shrank 6 percentage points by the 28th, and Bill Richardson also lost his share in traffic over the two week span.

Lesser-known Dem Mike Gravel experienced a leap of over 6.5 points in the week following the debate, moving from the 7th to the 4th spot in the Democratic candidate rankings. Joe Biden and Chris Dodd also increased market share of traffic to their sites, as did Dennis Kucinich, who changed his official campaign site domain name from the more awkward www.kucinich.us to dennis4president.com.









































































Democratic Candidates' Site Traffic
Market Share and Rankings Weeks Ending 7.21 and 7.28
Market Share Ranking Week Ending 7.28 Campaign Web site Market Share Week Ending 7.21 Market Share Week Ending 7.28
1. Barack Obama www.barackobama.com 47.51% 41.17%
2. Hillary Clinton For President www.hillaryclinton.com 19.53% 24.14%
3. John Edwards For President www.johnedwards.com 20.58% 14.37%
4. Gravel 2008 www.gravel2008.us 1.50% 8.15%
5. Joe Biden for President www.joebiden.com 2.58% 4.52%
7. Dennis Kucinich 2008 www.dennis4president.com 3.93% 4.15%
6. Bill Richardson for President Exploratory Committee www.richardsonforpresident.com 3.22% 2.04%
8. Chris Dodd for President www.chrisdodd.com 1.12% 1.46%
Source: Hitwise, 2007




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