Given the important role that new media played in the early stages of the 2004 presidential election, Independent Sources is evaluating the Internet efforts of each of the 2008 hopefuls.Please note that sites reviewed are not necessarily affiliated with the campaigns as our criteria was to pick the highest ranking web site of each candidate on Google search of the candidate’s name and 2008.

To review the candidates sites we used a panel of digital media experts who looked at everything from organization to color pallet.

First up, is front runner Hillary Clinton and the Hillary Now web site.

Overall Grade: D-

Select comments:

• “Bad Clip art. Need I say more?”
• “Looked like it was designed in 1995 not 2004.”
• “My dog could do better.”
• “Did they reuse a template from a 5th grade science class?”
• “Ugh.”
• “Was there a contest to see how many different fonts could be used on one page?”
• “Far too many exclamation points!!!!!!!! (‘Email Us!’ doesn’t need an exclamation point!)”
• “Didn’t understand, from a design perspective, why every sentence had to be a different color. Is this supposed to show diversity?”
• “Why is the postage stamp size photo of who I assume is Ms. Clinton so washed out?”
• “Did I say ‘Ugh’ already?”
• “Makes me want to vote Republican.”

Read the full review in Independent Sources’ upcoming report “the Art of the 2008 Election”.

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