Senator Barack Obama

Given the vital role that the Internet has played so far in Senator Barack Obama’s bid for the White House, it is only fair to say that his team truly understands the power of the Internet.

Maximising the use of the Internet has given Barack Obama the power to be less dependent on the traditional media to spread his message and to claim the Democratic nomination.

Social networking websites like Youtube, Facebook, Myspace and Digg, are allowed him to connect directly with his voters.

His website is quite simply a masterpiece. It is clean, smart and easy to navigate. His website has been used as a medium via which to answer his critics, while using it as vehicle to carry his message to voters. Obama’s speeches and major campaign events can view viewed via BarackObama.com 24 hours a day.

The way politicians in the USA, and globally, reach out to their voters will never be the same again. The Internet will become the platform via which many political ambitions will be launched in the future.

Having a US President who can harness the true power of the Internet in such a way is good for the technology and online advertising industry. It is yet even more evidence that the Internet is taking over from traditional media.

This is good news for the domain industry. With more businesses (and politicians) signing up to do business and conduct their affairs via the Internet the demand for top quality premium domain names will only increase.

Barack Obama has demonstrated that he represents the future. He is a man with a visionary outlook of what can be achieved with the utilization of modern technology.

However, here is a contrasting picture to end with:

In 2007 a judge overseeing the trial of three alleged Muslim “cyber-terrorists” in the United Kingdom had to be given a basic lesson in the internet – after admitting that he did not know what a “website” was.

Mr Justice Peter Openshaw, who was conducting the trial at Woolwich Crown Court, stunned prosecutors when he said: “The trouble is I don’t understand the language. I don’t really understand what a website is.”