Comments on: Exclusive: 15 of 18 Presidential Candidates Have Negative Search Listings

By: Jonathan Mendez

Jonathan Mendez — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:59:54 +0000

Great study Andy.

This week I also did a scorecard for the candidates on the SERPs but in AdWords. My results are here:

http://www.optimizeandprophesize.com/jonathan_mendezs_blog/2007/06/the -search-engi.html

Your work highlights even more the need for candidates to improve Paid Search efforts.

Cheers,

Jonathan

By: Gilmore gains positive approval on the net » wenBLOG

Gilmore gains positive approval on the net » wenBLOG — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:28:59 +0000

[...] Interesting bit of information about how candidates in the 2008 presidential race are faring on the internet.Â Â A study by the marketing and blogging consultancy Marketing Pilgrim found that the 15 out of 18 presidential candidates have majority negative search engine listings associated with their campaigns. [...]

By: Fitness guy

Fitness guy — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:03:11 +0000

I can’t believe that SEO is not one (if not the highest) of their budget priorities. Maybe they are not aware of how long it takes to effect search engine ratings and are waiting for a big push as the election gets closer. Which we all know will be disastrous.

By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:11:38 +0000

@SEO refugee – yeah we left him out of the results because he hasn’t declared, but did look at his reputation. Over Google and Yahoo’s top 20 (40 results) he had 11 positive, 1 negative and 28 mixed. One of the better reputations.

By: SEO Refugee Blog

SEO Refugee Blog — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:53:41 +0000

You left out Fred Thompson. I realize he’s not “officially” declared (I think that will come next week) but he might as well have. He does very well in the SERPs and a good chunk of that is because of his acting career.