The Power of the Internet

Those crafty internet marketers use abandoned campaign sites to draw traffic to their sometimes, less-than-flattering products. For those of us in Wisconsin, we have link in this story:

"Dozens of recent candidates have seen their dormant Web addresses snapped up by everyone from cybersquatters to purveyors of pornography. The new owners hope to capitalize on traffic still flowing to the sites, or are looking to resell the addresses -- possibly back to the candidates who abandoned them.

Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano's site for the 2002 election, gojanet.org, now advertises an herbal formula for penis enlargement. RayClatworthy.com, the erstwhile site of losing Delaware senatorial candidate Ray Clatworthy, features links for music by Stevie Ray Vaughan and books by Ray Bradbury. One of the strangest sites, Doyle2002.com, once promoted Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle but now intersperses advertising links like 'Madonna nude' and 'premium cigars' into the text of a children's story."