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More Web Politics – Fred Thompson On The Move

October 12, 2007 on 5:25 pm | In Blogs, Marketing, Online, Politics, Promotion, Web 2.0 | 4 Comments

Presidential contender Fred Thompson takes the web traffic lead in September, according to ClickZ.

The TV star pushed Congressman Ron Paul out of the number one position held by his site among Republican candidates since May, while longtime site traffic leader Barack Obama maintained his top ranking among Democratic presidential hopefuls.

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rich

Fred surged ever so briefly, then sputtered out by mid September. Ron Paul now even beats obama. To his credit, however, thompson is a distant FOURTH.
Here are the latest hitwise numbers:

1. http://www.ronpaul2008.com 19.98%
2. http://www.barackobama.com 16.4%
3. http://www.hillaryclinton.com 13.5%
4. http://www.fred08.com 9.32%
5. http://www.mikehuckabee.com 8.3%
6. http://www.johnedwards.com 5.65%
7. http://www.mittromney.com 5.54%
rich

the hitwise numbers in the above comment were for the first week of October. Late September numbers were similar, except obama was in firstplace.
rich

At alexa.com (which i don’t always trust) ron paul never lost his first place position throughout august and september.
http://www.my-creativeteam.com Harry Hoover

Rich, I’m thinking you might be a Paulista! And, Alexa should not be trusted. It will get you in the ballpark but won’t help you find first base.