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First, YouTube, Now McCain Trumps Obama On Search
alleyinsider.com - 8/28/2008
First, YouTube, Now McCain Trumps Obama On Search
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As we've noted, John McCain's campaign has indeed figured out YouTube , and he leads Barack Obama in total video views on his YouTube channel over the past month. Now, we're told by the WSJ , the McCain camp has trumped Obama in search engine marketing. The McCain campaign snapped up search terms like "Joe Biden" and "Biden" and refer traffic to a campaign ad where Biden talks in an earlier ...
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