The Slate on Saturday compared US presidential candidates with well-known brands and came to the conclusion that Barack Obama is like Google. Here"s why, in their words:
Both have posted astonishing growth since splashy initial public offerings in 2004 and have become darlings of Silicon Valley. Networked and populist, Google and Obama have both benefited greatly from content generated by others: millions of newspaper articles and blog entries for Google, and that hot virtual 1984 ad for Obama. Both have rung up impressive sales figures based on small transactions and enjoy incredible momentum and popularity despite short operating ...
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Google Blogoscoped>>Publish Date: 4/24/2007 8:01:16 AM
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