Why Did Huckabee’s Website Go Down?

Update: The site is back up now – www.explorehuckabee.com.  It was down for at least an hour.

I see this post over on Tech President pointing me to former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee’s Presidential Exploratory Committee website.  Based on that post and my own research the site URL is www.explorehuckabee.com. ...

Check out Wallstrip

One trend to watch this year is the boom in well produced, niche video blogs.  The children of Rocketboom. 

My favorite example is Wallstrip, a daily video blog that takes an in depth look at a hot stock each day from a sort of layman’s perspective.  Using humor, they try to explain in real world terms why a stock is doing so well....

Donate to Candidates Through Search

We had a story appear on the Digg homepage the other day and in the comments someone pointed to a site I hadn't seen before: Presidential Quest.  

Basically Presidential Quest has created search sites for every single Presidential candidate.  Users then search the web from the site of their chosen candidate and all the ad revenue that is generated from the searching is donated to their chosen candidate. ...

USA Today Website Redesign is Live

USA Today's new website went live this morning.  You can read a note from the editors about the redesign here and a breakdown of the new features here. 

I like it. 

The key here is the social networking component.  Users can create profiles that include personal information,...

USA Today to Launch New Website this Weekend

Mark Glaser points to a blog entry by USA Today’s Patrick Cooper announcing that they will launch a new version of their site this coming weekend. Jeff Jarvis was given a sneak peak at the site and links to a screenshot of the new homepage.

Here are some key components of the new site based on my reading of Cooper’s post:

• Open commenting on every article.
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