After looking at the websites of presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Barack Obama, Ron Paul and John McCain, I must say that I find Hillary Clinton’s to be the most technologically advanced. I like that she has links to the most popular networking sites, such as facebook, myspace, you tube and many others. Most of the other candidates had these links on their pages as well, yet they didn’t seem to stand out as much to me as did the links on Clinton’s page. Something else I noticed what that for a lot of the pages there is a sign up sheet that pops up immediately when you go to the page and you can either sing up or skip to the home page. I like that type of “in your face” advertising. It’s putting technology to good use and an even better way to get people involved in their campaigns. I also found their links to get mobile updates to be a good use of technology as well. Although not all web pages are equipped with this technology. John McCain is one who just doesn’t get it. Despite the fact that he does have some links to things on his page, there is nothing big like myspace, or facebook anywhere on his page. He does have polls and links to join his campaign, but I think the lack of the bigger networking sites could be hindering the participation of a younger crowd. Looking at these pages I spent some time and looked at the youtube links and found it to be very informational. I like the use of technology and can see how it will benefit the candidates.
