Using Google and SEO here are some interesting comparisons between Barack Obama and John McCain.
In Google type in obama and search results are #155,000,000
If you put “obama” in quotes you get #156,000,000
In Google type in mccain and search results are #76,900,000
If you put “mccain” in quotes you get #77,300,000
Barack Obama has a splash page with his family.
John McCain does not have a splash page.
Barack Obama has optimized his title tag on his splash page as “Welcome to Obama for America”.
Barack’s home page title tag is “Barack Obama | Change We Can Believe In | Home”
McCain has optimized his title tag as “John McCain – John McCain for president”
Prime real estate on Barack’s home page has a “Donate Now” button, followed with “Make A Difference”.
Prime real estate on John McCain’s home page has “Get Involved” followed with a “Contribute” button.
On Barack Obama’s splash page the meta keywords and description read:
meta name=”keywords” content “Senator Barack Obama 2008 Presidential Campaign”
meta name “description” content=”Official Website of Barack Obama 2008 Presidential Campaign”
On Barack’s home page the meta keywords and description read:
meta name “description” content “Official Website of Barack Obama 2008 Presidential Campaign”
meta name “keywords” content “president, senator, illinois, chicago, barack, barck, barek, obama, 2008, 08, presidential, president, campaign, election”
On John McCain’s home page the meta keywords and description read:
meta name “description” content “John McCain 2008 – The Official Website of John McCain’s 2008 Campaign for President”
meta name “keywords” content “John McCain, McCain, mccain for president, John S. McCain, McCain 2008, president, presidential, 2008, campaign, election, straight talk, straight talk express, politics, political, john mccain, john mccain for president, senator john mccain, sen. john mccain, cindy mccain, john mcain, john mckaine, john maccane, jon mccain, john maccaine, john mccaine, mccain 2008, johnmccain.com, senator mccain, mccain 2000, mccain campaign, mccain hq, exploremccain.com, explore mccain, mccain exploratory committee, mccain exploratory”
And finally my last Obama vs McCain comparison between candidates is their use of the h1 tag:
On Obama’s home page the <h1><a href=“http://www.barackobama.com/index.php”><img src=“http://www.barackobama.com/images/temp_flashheader.jpg” alt=“Obama for America”/></a></h1>
On McCain’s home page there is NO <h1> tag.
And the next president of the United States is …???
