Nielsen Wire » candidates’ websites http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire Consumer Insights, News, Research & Reports Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:36:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Web Traffic To Prez Candidates’ Sites Up In September http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/web-traffic-to-prez-candidates-sites-up-in-september/ http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/web-traffic-to-prez-candidates-sites-up-in-september/#comments Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:22:20 +0000 admin http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=2394 Traffic to the presidential candidates’ websites showed continued growth during September, Nielsen Online reported Friday.

Traffic to Sen. John McCain’s site increased by 56% over the previous month — to 4.2 million unique visitors in September, and by 239% over traffic in June.

Meanwhile, Sen. Barack Obama’s website attracted 7.9 million unique visitors in September — up by 31% from August, and by 156% over June traffic.

Candidate Website June 2008:
Unique Audience
(in 000s)		 July 2008:
Unique Audience
(in 000s)		 August 2008:
Unique Audience
(in 000s)		 Sept. 2008:
Unique Audience
(in 000s)
BarackObama.com 3,097 3,330 6,070 7,934
John McCain 2008 1,239 1,592 2,686 4,202
Source: The Nielsen Company (September 1, 2008 – September 31, 2008).
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