The Power of the Internet and a Blog.

President Elect Barack Obama is not only the first African-American to become President of the United States, but he is also the first Political candidate to use all popular resources available on the internet to promote his campaign that led to his win over Senator John McCain.

Some of the major platforms that his staff, family, and he embraced/are embracing are:
http://www.facebook.com/barackobama
http://www.myspace.com/barackobama
http://www.youtube.com/barackobama
http://www.flickr.com/photos/barackobamadotcom
http://twitter.com/barackobama
http://www.blackplanet.com/barack_Obama
http://www.migente.com/barack_Obama
http://www.linkedin.com/in/barackobama
http://digg.com/users/ObamaforAmerica
Email NewsLetters
Call To Action Domain Names (VoteForChange.com, Change.gov, )
Internet Surveys from Visitors
Blogging
Internet Storefronts
Social Sharing

And of course the list goes on and on. I believe his staff will continue to use all resources while he remains in office to stay connected. He was also the first politician to connect with the young generation because of the popular platforms he chose to embrace on the internet. This affected their behavior and they flocked in record numbers to register and vote.

My statement that Obama’s actions will advance internet behavior and technology might be a bit broad and unrealistic to some readers. However, Obama is not done using the internet to connect globally with Americans just because his campaign is over. He launched Change.gov immediately after his victory, which was highly publicized in the media. He chose a call-to-action domain name that reflected his future actions while in office. Brilliant Move, so long as he delivers what he has promised.

If you have never been to Change.gov, you have got to go and visit and see the resources available on that site. You will be able to see everything the President of the United States is using to get his message out. For those in the domain industry, you should notice almost instantly that everything is contained on a blog platform. Yes, you read that right, Change.gov is nothing more than a popular blog. The President plans on using this blog (Change.gov) as the center of the American empire to communicate with Americans and for Americans to communicate with his staff and himself. A blog……I find this remarkable……

Amazingly, I blogged about this months ago that blogs would become the center for many corporations and businesses to conduct business as the internet continued to grow. I also stated that most traditional sites that provided one way communication would become obsolete as consumers demanded to share their opinions on topics of interest. The wheels have been set in motion for this prediction to occur. Who would of thought that the President of the United States would lead from the top and make my statements a slam dunk. Anyway, no one cares about my past statements, so let’s continue.

Yesterday, President Obama announced that Change.gov would be setup as a “Creative Commons” legal framework. This is unheard of, as historically, all content remained US Copyrighted that any politician published on their websites or any government agency. This legal framework announced by the media yesterday is set up to make sharing and reuse as easy as possible.

This means that anyone can use the photos, content and comments that are located on Change.gov for whatever purposes so long as they give credit to the originating source/publisher/photographer.

“The license on Change.gov also states that anyone who posts anything to Change.gov (like comments) must accept that their content will be under Creative Commons as well.”

This may not be big news to domainers, but this is huge news for Corporate America and international Corporations. The leader of our nation will not only make change in Washington DC, and our Country, but he will also make change on the internet and advance internet technology/behavior as the whole World watches how he builds relationships with Americans, and gives them an option to be heard as the “Voice of America” by using a blog, the internet, and Creative Commons law.

Corporate America is going to embrace Obama’s actions and follow suit IMO. In almost any organization, the top leaders are emulated by those who are under them. The strive for excellence is going to continue for internet technology and new business practices launched all because of our internet savvy President who has the people of this great Country as his number one priority.

In closing, I will end this blog post with this quote from the article:

“This act of support for progressive intellectual property policy is big news, but it also makes us wonder – what’s next? That’s exciting to think about.”

(Source: NYTimes.com)