Comments on: Sick of Social Media Political Spam? Just wait. It’s Going to Get Worse. http://socialnewswatch.com/social-media-politics/ Keeping a close watch over social media since 1874. Mon, 21 May 2012 10:06:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: JD Rucker http://socialnewswatch.com/social-media-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-332 JD Rucker Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:29:45 +0000 http://socialnewswatch.com/social-media-politics/#comment-332 The social media traffic - probably not much. In reality, social media users are, for the most part, very opinionated. The press that one person or another receives doesn't sway their votes. The effect will come in that social media effects Google, and whne people (non-social media types) start looking into "who is Barack Obama": or "what does Romney believe", they are going to go to the search engines. Controlling what pops us is extremely important, so social media will get its share of importance even though it won't be in direct influence of opinions. The influence on Google is social media's real political strength. The social media traffic – probably not much. In reality, social media users are, for the most part, very opinionated. The press that one person or another receives doesn’t sway their votes.

The effect will come in that social media effects Google, and whne people (non-social media types) start looking into “who is Barack Obama”: or “what does Romney believe”, they are going to go to the search engines. Controlling what pops us is extremely important, so social media will get its share of importance even though it won’t be in direct influence of opinions. The influence on Google is social media’s real political strength.

]]> By: Joe Poniatowski http://socialnewswatch.com/social-media-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-331 Joe Poniatowski Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:58:20 +0000 http://socialnewswatch.com/social-media-politics/#comment-331 The question is, does this social network traffic and enhanced Google coverage result in more votes? As you point out, R. Paul gets a lot of social media attention, yet he's far behind the front runners in the republican race. The question is, does this social network traffic and enhanced Google coverage result in more votes? As you point out, R. Paul gets a lot of social media attention, yet he’s far behind the front runners in the republican race.

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