Facebook, Google and YouTube (re)Launch Political Product Lines

I threw confetti (not really) when I learned that former President George W. Bush launched a Facebook page and a Twitter account. He’s a little slow in the going, but it couldn’t have happened at a greater time.

Google announced the launch of its Campaign Tool and its subsidiary, YouTube also launched Campaign Toolkit. And if that were not enough, Facebook launched a U. S. Politics page.

Google’s Campaign Tool includes YouTube and a long list of its other products such as AdWords, Moderator, Analytics and Alerts. Google promises to make campaigning easier and offers demos of how the products can be used to enhance communication between the campaign and voters. It’s nothing extraordinary and is simply all of its products contained in one space for reference.

YouTube Campaign Toolkit is no different with one exception I like: The YouTube Politician Channel. To be included in the channel, a politician has to apply and qualify to receive a verified user status.

The Facebook U. S. Politics page is less of a launch and more of a relaunch with recent updates like this:

The Facebook Washington DC office is in New York City today for the 2010 Personal Democracy Forum conference. Looking forward to hearing talks from Craig Newmark, the Sunlight Foundation, Newt Gingrich, Daily Kos, and many others.

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